Polyolefins and blowing technology for a lightweight bottle
Borealis and Trexel have developed a reusable and recyclable bottle made of polypropylene with attributed bio-circular content, made lighter by the use of MuCell...
Lactips inaugurates the first factory for the production of casein-based biopolymers
The French company Lactips has inaugurated at Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, French Commune located in the Loire department of the Auvergne-RhĂ´ne Alpes Region, the first factory for...
Recycled polystyrene in jars and trays for foods
A scientific study entrusted by Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) to the German research institute Fraunhofer IVV has demonstrated that the recycled polystyrene (rPS) used...
EPS: stable, but flows are changing
In 2018 Italy consumed 120,000 tons of EPS, 1,000 more than in 2017
by Luigi Rossoni
In a general scenario in Italy that has seen a...
Arburg’s challenging solutions
At K2019 the German company provides answers to important and pressing questions for the world of plastics processing and use: digitization and circular economy
by...
Flame retardant for polycarbonate and polyethylene terephthalate
Grafe (Hall 6, Booth E75-E77) has developed a new effective flame retardant for polycarbonate. It contains neither halogen nor phosphorus and achieves a UL94-V0...
How to improve injection moulding process
Challenging applications of hot runner technology together with recent developments targeted to improve injection moulding process
by Stefano Sandri
At K 2019, HRSflow (Hall1, Booth D05) presents...
PVC: demand at a standstill in Italy
In Italy the volume of converted virgin resins and compounds has fallen at the levels of two years ago, losing all the 20,000 tons...
Educate, not ban
Littering is one of the worst forms of environmental degradation. But now there is an app to help us solve the problem
How do we...
A new machine for larger packaging and logistics applications
With the new size of the clamping force of 11,000 kN, KraussMaffei expands the range of the GX series by focusing on packaging and...