How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled
Single-use healthcare items – everything from gloves and blood bags to surgical equipment - have become a growing environmental problem worldwide.
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Messe Düsseldorf restructures operations, makes management changes
On August 1, Marius Berlemann took over as the new Managing Director for Operations. The personnel change is accompanied by a restructuring of management responsibilities.
Biesterfeld and Chem-Trend expand successful partnership in the Eastern European market
Biesterfeld and Chem-Trend are expanding their long-standing partnership. Biesterfeld will distribute Ultra Purge purge compounds and Lusin maintenance products in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
In-line quality control for plastic recyclate
The RecyQuant research project makes it possible to monitor and maintain tolerable levels of foreign materials in the recyclate directly in the process.
New director business development medical at Sumitomo (SHI) Demag
Andreas Montag joined Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH as the company’s new Director of Business Development Medical. He replaces Anatol Sattel, who moves into a new function as Group CSO, effective 1 September 2024.
Entries open early for Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025
Earlier than usual, the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 are now open for entries. Participants from every part of the plastics recycling chain in Europe are invited to enter.
Explore the future of plastics recycling at AMI’s Plastics Recycling World Expos Europe
PRWE Europe is taking place at the Brussels Expo in Belgium on 11-12 September 2024. Returning for the fourth time, this free-to-attend expo and conference brings together industry leaders, experts and enthusiasts.
High stability and long service life when used in batteries
Kraiburg TPE has launched Thermally Conductive TPEs for these applications, which meet the increasing requirements in terms of quantity and quality of batteries to a large extent.
New product line of biobased and biomass-balanced compounds
The Cologne-based company Bio-Fed, a branch of Akro-Plastic GmbH, has launched a new product line under the brand name M·Biobase. The plastic compounds in this product line are made partly or completely from biobased and/or biomass-balanced materials.
Pogs chooses sustainable ABS from Ineos Styrolution
Ineos Styrolution, leader in styrenics, announced today that Pogs, a leading innovator in audio solutions ,has selected the ECO version of one of the company’s high-performance Novodur grades for a new range of headphones for children.
New avient ColorWorks design center opens near Mexico City
Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, today announced the opening of a new ColorWorks Design & Technology Center in the Mexico City area.
Evosys shows new solutions for laser welding of plastics at Fakuma 2024
At this year's Fakuma in Friedrichshafen (Germany), the technology leader for laser welding of plastics will be showcasing new solutions such as the EvoWeld Mini with radial module and equipped with a 2 μm laser.
