In Plastics We Trust
More than 133,500 people reached with sustainable waste management services in three coastal cities Text and picture: Borealis AG Project STOP and its partners celebrate milestones in preventing plastic leakage to the environment in Indonesia. From 2017 until end of 2020, the programme has brought waste management services to more than 133,500 people, built five […]
Text and photos: Sidel Press Team Oman Refreshment Company (ORC) has launched three new formats for PET bottles in order to meet changes in consumer demand. Thanks to outstanding teamwork and flexibility, Sidel, its trusted OEM, completed the line conversion within a reduced lead time. These formats are now operating with improved rated speed to […]
Teksti: Susanna Sieppi, kuva: Neste Oyj Neste prosessoi tänä syksynä onnistuneesti 400 tonnia nesteytettyä jätemuovia jalostamossaan Suomessa. Määrä vastaa 20 000 keskiverto-EU-kansalaisen vuosittain tuottamaa muovijätteen määrää*. Tämä oli ensimmäinen kerta, kun Neste prosessoi nesteytettyä jätemuovia teollisessa mittakaavassa. Ajon aikana pakkaus- ja sekajätemuoveista jalostettiin korkealaatuisia kierrätysraaka-aineita petrokemian teollisuuden käyttöön, esimerkiksi uusien muovien tuotantoon. Koeajo on merkittävä virstanpylväs suhteessa […]
Author: Melanie Streich Photos: Messe Düsseldorf Edited to ABC Plastics News, by Jukka Silén Publihed with Permission of Messe Düsseldorf The confectionery and baked goods segment is an excellent example of the important impact packaging can have on consumer decisions at the point of sale (POS). Almost no other industry benefits as strongly from seasonal […]
Teksti: Tuomo Wall, kuvat: UPM RAFLATAC Climate change is happening – to tackle global warming we have to stop releasing more carbon into the air. We need to take strides toward the circular economy. To do this, we must find new solutions to replace fossil raw materials with renewable ones and use materials – recycled […]
Teksti ja kuvat: Sidel For the very first time, the local Italian milk producer Fattoria Latte Sano have switched their ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk production from carton to aseptic PET with a new safe and simple packaging line, featuring Sidel’s proven Aseptic Combi Predis™. Combined with a new bottle design, it opens the door to sustainable […]
Author: Tom Brown, ICIS Deputy European News Editor The UK is no longer seeking associate membership of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) after it departs the EU customs union umbrella next year, meaning that the country will have its own regulatory framework post-Brexit, according to a UK Member of Parliament. Rebecca Pow, Parliamentary Under Secretary […]
Author: Nigel Davies, Insights Editor, ICIS The impact of the coronavirus lockdowns on the oil, gas and chemicals industries’ integrated value chains is radically shifting relationships and profitability. It is also making planning virtually impossible, as BASF suggested last week. The environment around refining and chemical margins remains challenging, Shell CEO Ben van Beurden also […]
Interpack, Messe Düsseldorf Technical Article, Author: Melanie Streich Photos: Messe Düsseldorf Edited to ABC Plastics News, by Jukka Silén Published with permission of Messe Düsseldorf The perspectives for the global beverage industry are excellent, as data provided by British market research institute Euromonitor International and the VDMA Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Association shows. According […]
