Gastop-Flex boosts flexible packaging barrier performance
Ampacet Gastop-Flex technology allows to address the trends towards a reduction of plastic packaging wastes and higher circularity.
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MuCell: The optimal solution for lightweighting and sustainable manufacturing
MuCell technology has been widely applied in industries such as automotive, electronics, medical, sporting goods, and green manufacturing. Under the growing trends of lightweighting and carbon reduction, it has become a major breakthrough in sustainable and efficient manufacturing.
SABIC, Lamb Weston and Opackgroup create sustainable packaging
SABIC has joined forces with Lamb Weston, a major global brand owner and producer of frozen potato products, in a closed-loop process designed to create low-weight sustainable packaging bags made with a thin coextrusion film structure.
BASF starts up its first plant for recycled polyamide 6
BASF announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply of sustainable products for the textile industry.
trinamiX expands its portfolio for plastics and textile identification
trinamiX GmbH, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy solutions and subsidiary of BASF, will participate in the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2025, taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
RecyClass paves the way for plastic circularity with enhanced Recyclability Methodology
A new version of the Recyclability Methodology has been published in anticipation of upcoming legislative changes. This update ensures continuous support for the plastic value chain in the transition towards circularity.
Filtration efficiency in PET recycling thanks to automated inline cleaning
Large-area filtration faces the stigma of high costs, maintenance efforts, and time-consuming changeover and cleaning activities. However, good filtration is unavoidable with increasing rPET proportions.
Brazilian PCR Resin at PRS - traceability and positive socio-environmental impact
The goal of the Brazilian company is to reach the European recycling industry with its 100% post-consumer recycled resins, including the innovative Blue Ocean.
Berry Global showcases leading innovations in plastics recycling at PRSE 2025
Berry Global will join industry leaders at this year’s Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE), taking place at the RAI Amsterdam on 1st and 2nd April, to discuss the latest advancements in plastics recycling and circular economy solutions.
Crisis in EU plastic recycling
The European Union’s plastic recycling industry is at a breaking point. A sharp decline in domestic production, increased imports, and rising economic pressures are forcing company closures.
Food vacuum system containers use SABIC's circular PP
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, reports that B!POD, a business unit of SAES Getters, has selected SABIC’s OBP-based polypropylene resin as the material for their containers.
Envalior presents high performance thermoplastics at the PIAE conference
Envalior will present its latest materials innovations, focusing on electromobility, lightweighting, sustainability, and safety and comfort, at the Plastics in Automotive Engineering (PIAE) conference organized by the Association of German Engineers.