In Plastics We Trust
Text and pictures: Press release 7.9.2022 by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH VDMA and 13 member companies to present the latest technologies for the circular economy in the plastics industry at K 2022. This year will once again see a Circular Economy Forum held at K in Düsseldorf, The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics & […]
Teksti ja kuvat: Matti Nieminen, VTT VTT:ltä spinnaava Olefy Technologies ryhtyy kaupallistamaan uutta teknologiaa, jolla on mahdollista kierrättää suurin osa maailman jätemuoveista tehokkaasti ja lukemattomia kertoja takaisin laadultaan täysin alkuperäistä muovia vastaavaksi. Teknologian taustalla on VTT:n noin 40 vuotta kestänyt termokemiallisen konversion tutkimus. Teknologian suojaamiseksi on jätetty kahdeksan patenttihakemusta. Olefy-teknologia lyhyesti Olefy-teknologian avulla voidaan kierrättää […]
Teksti ja kuvat: Neste Oyj (13.9.2022) Circularise on ilmoittanut uraauurtavasta yhteishankkeesta, jossa yhteistyökumppanit testasivat lohkoketjujärjestelmää täydentääkseen ISCC Plus -sertifiointia. Hankkeessa olivat mukana ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) -sertifiointijärjestelmä, materiaalitoimittajat Neste, Asahi Kasei, Borealis, Trinseo ja Shell, alkuperäiset laitevalmistajat, tuotemerkit Arcelik, Philips Domestic Appliances ja EVBox sekä kauppayhtiöt Marubeni ja Itochu. Yhteistyön osapuolet toivat yhteen […]
Text and Photo: Tactotek Oy A case study by team TactoTek®. Solving the Appliance HMI Challenges with IMSE®. The Human Machine Interface (HMI) in home appliances is used to communicate essential information to the user and to provide the user with means of controlling key appliance functions. A cost-effective, appealing, and intuitive HMI helps brands […]
Text and photos: Heng Liu and Sidel Between 2019 and 2021, three Sidel and Serac Combis for edible oil have been installed in the bottling facility of Lesieur in Coudekerque (North of France). The oil, sauce and condiment company can now produce light-weighted bottles and use recycled PET (rPET). Operationally, the combination of the two […]
Text and picture by Jörg Wolters ELMET’s new all-electric SMARTshot E valve gate cold runner system has servo-driven nozzle needles to maximize flexibility, precision and controllability when injecting two-component liquid silicone rubbers (LSR) into multi-cavity molds. It comIeplements ELMET’s range of SMARTshot Liquid Injection Molding (LIM) cold runners which also includes a pneumatic version, the model […]
Text by Coperion GmbH LANXESS successfully produces polyamide compounds on Coperion turnkey system. Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is now operating another Coperion line to produce Polyamide 6, Polyamide 66 and Polybutylenterephthalate (PBT) at its Krefeld-Uerdingen, Germany, location, making significant steps toward a new throughput range. With this technology, constructed around the high-performance ZSK 92 Mc18 […]
Text and pictures: Sidel Tethered caps – closures that stay connected to the bottle when opened and used – will become an everyday part of life for consumers in the EU starting in July 2024. Sidel carried out a survey to get a better understanding of consumers’ environmental perceptions, their requirements for closures in general […]
Text and pictures: Nigel Davis Petrochemical prices have continued to move up in the uncertain operating environment with distortions to normal, inter-regional trade playing a key role in underpinning sometimes near record highs. All eyes are on downstream demand which appears robust and, in the US, driven by stimulus and post-pandemic economic uplift expectations. Timing […]
Text and Pictures: Dr. Gerald Altnau, Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Hamann, Dipl.-Ing. José M. Dias Fonseca In order to raise the discussion on the topic of Circular Economy for plastics to a fact-based level, CreaCycle GmbH,EPC Engineering & Technologies GmbH and LÖMI GmbH have developed a position paper that addresses all parties involved in this topic. They call for the improvement […]