A pair of plastic recycling trade groups representing both sides of the Atlantic Ocean are coming together try to create a global definition of a common word: recyclable https://t.co/b2GaBAtNY9
3D printing transitioning from hype to widespread use
3D printing transitioning from hype to widespread use
3D printing machines are nearly commonplace in manufacturing plants
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Waiakea installs new PET Technologies machine for its Hawaiian bottled water
Waiakea installs new PET Technologies machine for its Hawaiian bottled water
A Hawaiian bottled water company, which makes its bottles from recycled PET, has turned to Austrian blow molding machinery maker PET Technologies GmbH...
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Grupo Ortiz investing nearly $17M in new stretch film site in Mexico
Grupo Ortiz investing nearly $17M in new stretch film site in Mexico
The investment will Grupo Ortiz to increase stretch film output from its current 25,000 metric tons a year to 75,000 metric tons a year.
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Material Insights: Barry packs less punch than feared on US Gulf Coast
Material Insights: Barry packs less punch than feared on US Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Barry spares most material production on the U.S. Gulf Coast from extensive damage, the Alliance to End Plastics Waste picks up more me...
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Barry Hill, long-standing chief of Wittmann Group’s UK business, is retiring on January 1 2020, when the business will be jointly run by Daniel Williams and Tracy Cadman, responsible for sales and finance respectively. https://t.co/GwHk3pQsSa @WittBatt
UK Plastics Pact guidance for recyclability of household rigid packaging to form basis for review by On-Pack Recycling Labelling scheme. WRAP still working on guide for new NIR-detectable black plastics. @WRAP_UK @OPRL
#plastics #recycling technology group NGR joins Austrian RePETitio project to collect household PET blister packaging, thermoformed trays and film waste and sort into 6 material types. Kruschitz will recycle to PET flakes which NGR will upgrade with LSP. https://t.co/8W78QR1NpV
Radici Group set a sales record for 2018 of €1.21bn. Company president Angelo Radici says volumes for H1 2019 lower but margins holding. Predicts H2 "going to be a bit tougher" on trade war fears and automotive uncertainty.
Italian ancillary equipment maker Piovan acquires ToBaPNC, a supplier of powder and material handling systems for plastics applications based in Seoul in Korea. Says move gives it a place in a new international market and bolsters its position in powder handling technology
