Coveris will exhibit at Pats UK 2025, presenting recyclable monomaterial and paper-based packaging for dry, wet and snack pet food. New developments include high-barrier monomaterials, lightweight PE bags and PFAS-free options.
Erema reports rising demand for food-grade post-consumer recyclate and is supplying systems aimed at meeting EU and US safety requirements. A new PLC integration for ReFresher extends process visibility and data access.
Palsgaard A/S has introduced Einar 987, a plant-based anti-fouling additive for polyethylene and polypropylene polymerisation, designed as a drop-in alternative to ethoxylated amines.
Bio-Fed, part of the Feddersen Group, will showcase circular-economy material solutions for packaging under the M·VERA, M·BIOBASE and M·CYCLOSE brands at Fachpack 2025. The group will present biodegradable, biobased and recyclate-based compounds and an award-winning packaging project.
Südpack has grouped its PP and PE mono-material tubular pouch films from the Pure-Line into the CarbonLite product family. The films target flowpacks, doypacks and block-bottom pouches with verified recyclability, material savings and a smaller carbon footprint versus multi-material laminates and trays.
At the beginning of 2025, news of bankrupt recycling companies, mainly in Western Europe, were reported in a series of non-exhaustive lists of names: Blue Cycle - Netherlands, Stiphout Plastics - Netherlands, Bage Plastics - Austria, Texaid, Veolia - Germany.
At the start of August 2025, as expected, producers rolled over last month’s prices, but by the middle of the first week they began offering small discounts.
At Fachpack 2025, Südpack will present its latest sustainable packaging solutions, including recyclable mono-materials and advanced skin films, highlighting its commitment to circular economy and reduced carbon footprint.
Diverse portfolio of packaging, consumer, infrastructure and mobility solutions to take center stage in a bespoke building dedicated to collaboration.
Only 5 mm wall thickness deviation with a pipe diameter of 2.7 m Extrusion technology from battenfeld-cincinnati makes it possible. After all, there is no other machine manufacturer in the world that has so much in the design of complete large-diameter pipe extrusion lines and has installed as many lines internationally as the German-Austrian company.
The second week of July was a period of low activity on the Polish polyethylene market, especially on the part of converters. Many producers and traders do not anticipate any significant changes in the coming days.
The first set of RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocols for Automotive and Electrical & Electronic Equipment (EEE) has been published following intense collaboration with the plastic value chain.
