Teknor Apex is committed to building on its legacy of many decades of compounding expertise and environmental awareness, by establishing itself as a market leader in scalable and sustainable materials solutions. Responding to market demands for sustainable compounds, the company is relaunching its Terraloy® brand in a dedicated effort to build up a portfolio of […]
Independent laboratory testing shows that Fedrigoni’s ‘PP White with water-based acrylic emulsion adhesive’ and ‘PE White with UV-Cured acrylic adhesive’ technologies are compatible, respectively, with the rigid, coloured PP and HDPE recycling streams in Europe. In both cases, the labels were tested unprinted on bottles without caps. For the PP-based technology, the adhesive represents 1% […]
Experienced industry professional Donald K. Wiseman has taken on the CEO role. Teknor Apex has a long and rich history of serving customers in finding unique and complex product solutions within the plastics industry. For the past 51 years, Jonathan Fain has led the organization to develop long-term partnerships with the company’s suppliers and customers […]
INEOS Styrolution launches new U.S. produced, NAS® ECO grade of bioattributed polymers for the Americas region. INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced the introduction of their U.S., domestically produced NAS ECO grade of sustainable polymers. The new grade contains bio-based renewable materials and is now available in the Americas. The addition of NAS […]
Scandinavian Enviro Systems and Siemens has signed a MOU, memorandum of understanding, regarding a collaboration in support of the European expansion plan that Enviro announced earlier this year together with Antin Infrastructure Partners. Through the collaboration, Enviro gets access to Siemens’ extensive experience in automation and digitalization for efficient industrial production. The MOU was signed […]
The European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) welcomes the ITRE committee’s adoption of the Report on Critical Raw Materials, which reflects the recycling industry’s concerns and recommendations. The adopted report addresses critical issues, such as the preservation of definition of large companies, ensuring transparency in assessing strategic raw materials and prioritising projects related to material recovery, […]
According to US-based manufacturer Maguire, growing demand for the use of post-consumer content, surcharges on virgin resign, and global legislative policy proposals and adoptions are being enforced around the globe. “These new challenges have plastics processors looking for economical solutions to incorporate additional materials, more diverse materials and changing material content in their final product,” […]
Recyclates of the highest quality are a highly sought-after commodity in the plastics processing industry. In line with demand, stricter requirements are also being placed on the productivity of the recycling systems. German-based company Ettlinger, the center of competence for recycling in the MAAG Group, offers a solution for providing corresponding product quantities for the […]
At this year’s Steinexpo, Kleemann showcases innovative mobile crushing and screening plants and the SPECTIVE operating concept from its comprehensive product portfolio. A wheel loader from John Deere will also be on show for the first time at Steinexpo. The trade fair appearance will focus on cost-effectiveness, operability and sustainability. Powerful: Quarrying and Recycling With […]
On an island on the edge of the Pacific Ocean – 2,000 kilometers northeast of Java – a trio of Rokbak haulers “RA40” operate across a 45,065-hectare mining site. At this remote location in North Maluku, Indonesia, the haulers operate up and down steep inclines, through mud, dirt, grit and gravel, for close to 24 […]