Avient at Textile Printing & Sustainability Conference
Avient Corporation will showcase its range of sustainable screen printing inks at the Textile Printing & Sustainability Conference (TPS).
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Erema at Chinaplas 2024
Experience meets quality: Erema sets standards in PET recycling
Funding of Ioniqa’s enhanced recycling business of PET Polyester
Ioniqa Technologies B.V. (‘Ioniqa’) is pleased to announce a significant growth investment by Infinity Recycling (‘IRC’)’s Circular Plastics Fund to help accelerate the scale-up and roll out of its enhanced PET Polyester recycling technology.
Celanese and Under Armour Develop Innovative New Neolast Fiber
Neolast Fiber Offers Elevated Stretch Performance While Helping Address Sustainability Challenges Associated with Elastane
The tyranny of the MFR
The plastics industry faces significant challenges in the coming years between 2025-2030. According to the commitments of the European Plastics Pactan average of 25-30% recycled plastic must be used in plastic finished products and packaging materials.
EvoSteam process paves the way for more sustainable staple fiber production
World premiere at the international ITMA trade fair in Milan: for the first time, Oerlikon presented its innovative new development, the EvoSteam, for manufacturing PET staple fibers.
Textiles recycling: the sorting challenge
According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, it is estimated that 114 million tonnes of textile waste are generated every year. Of the clothing that is collected for recycling, 12% is downcycled into lower-value applications such as insulation material, and less than 1% is used to make new clothing in a closed-loop circular economy.
From waste to value – Nordson’s EDI die business supports the circular economy
Nordson to supply a FastGap extrusion die for the production of panels made from recycling textile fibers and plastics.
New recycling systems, new services, new applications
The EREMA Group showcases mechanical plastics recycling at K 2022
The ISEC evo shredder-extruder combination from Pure Loop
High-strength synthetic nonwoven now made with a recycled content of 10 percent
ICE Europe: Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating presents new Ultrathin Coating process for film/nonwoven composites
Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating will showcase a completely new production process for cost-effective film/nonwoven composites with an exceptionally low grammage at ICE (International Converting Exhibition) Europe
Research Project: separation and reprocessing of mixed textile waste
Within the textile network PlasTexTron, Starlinger recycling technology is searching for an ecologically and economically sound solution for the recycling of mixed textile waste of multi-material composition.
