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How the Plastics Industry Is Reducing Its Petroleum Dependence

How the Plastics Industry Is Reducing Its Petroleum Dependence

Virgin petroleum-derived resin was the default input for most of the industry’s history. Processors ordered it and priced it into their contracts without much thought about where it came from. However, this default is now being questioned from several directions at once, and plastics manufacturers are responding with tangible changes to how resin gets sourced.

AI-Powered Plastic Injection Molding: Improving Precision, Quality Control, and Production Efficiency

AI-Powered Plastic Injection Molding: Improving Precision, Quality Control, and Production Efficiency

Plastic injection molding has always been a game of tight tolerances and thin margins. A fraction-of-a-second miscalculation in cooling time, a slight drift in barrel temperature, or an inconsistent injection speed can turn a perfect part into scrap. For decades, manufacturers have relied on the experience of skilled operators and trial-and-error tuning to keep production lines running smoothly. That era....

Automation and Robotics in Plastics Manufacturing: The Future of High-Speed, Low-Labor Production

Automation and Robotics in Plastics Manufacturing: The Future of High-Speed, Low-Labor Production

The plastics industry is going through one of the biggest operational shifts in its history, and it's happening faster than most people outside the sector realize. Plastic Manufacturing Automation has moved from a nice-to-have upgrade to a survival requirement, and the shift is reshaping how manufacturers think about speed, cost, and labor.

Industry 4.0 in Plastics Processing: Connecting Auxiliary Equipment through IoT and Predictive Maintenance

Industry 4.0 in Plastics Processing: Connecting Auxiliary Equipment through IoT and Predictive Maintenance

For decades, auxiliary equipment has been treated as the supporting cast in plastics manufacturing. The injection molding machine or extruder gets the attention, the dashboards, and the operator’s full focus— while the dryers, chillers, and granulators running alongside them

Energy-Efficient Extrusion and Molding Systems: Reducing Costs While Achieving Sustainability Goals

Energy-Efficient Extrusion and Molding Systems: Reducing Costs While Achieving Sustainability Goals

Electricity used to be a line item plant managers barely looked at. Not anymore. Between rising utility rates, tightening emissions regulations, and customers who now ask hard questions about where their packaging comes from, manufacturers are under real pressure to rethink how their machines consume power. That pressure has turned energy-efficient extrusion and energy-efficient molding from a "nice to have"....

Covestro to Expand MDI Production Capacity in China and Explore New UAE Plant

Covestro has announced a strategic MDI investment programme to strengthen its global position and improve long-term supply security for customers worl...

Gould Industries Invests in Mississippi Manufacturing Plant to Expand Production Capacity

Gould Industries Ltd., a Montreal-based manufacturer of recycled plastic products, has acquired a manufacturing plant in Summit, Mississippi. The acqu...

Polykemi and Rondo Plast Invest SEK 25 Million to Expand Recycled Material Capacity in Europe

Polykemi and Rondo Plast have invested nearly SEK 25 million to expand their production capacity by around 7,500 tonnes of recycled material per year....

Neste Invests EUR 111 Million in Waste Plastic Upgrading Plant at Porvoo Refinery, Finland

Neste has successfully commissioned a new upgrading plant for liquefied waste plastic (LWP) at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. This €111 million inves...

Aluminium Compact Band Heater Type ZAK

Aluminium Compact Band Heater Type ZAK

The next generation of innovative heating bands for machines and tools in the plastics processing industry and other devices with homogeneous heat requirements. Sheath material: aluminium Wall thickness: approx. 11mm or 14mm Max. Operating temperature: 450?C Max. Power density: 4,5 W/cm2

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Sukano signs capacity reservation agreement for releaf® with Avantium

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announces that Sukano AG, a global s...

Niutech Signs Agreement with Global Energy Major for Waste Plastic Pyrolysis Line to Produ...

Niutech Technology Group Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as "Niutech"), a global supplier of industrial...

Magnolia Advanced Materials Launches Complete Advanced Materials Product Suite for eVTOL M...

Magnolia Advanced Materials, Inc., a custom formulator of high-performance epoxy systems for aerospace, d...

Aramco enhances its global partnership ecosystem through collaboration with French compani...

Aramco, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, today announced agree...

Indorama Ventures strengthens Packaging business through strategic circular PET partnershi...

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, today announced a strate...

Sabic’s New Pvd-capable Ultem™ Du762 Resin Elevates Smartphone Middle Frame Performance, A...

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced ULTEM™ DU762 resin, a specialty t...

Shell to more than double US company-owned convenience retail sites with acquisition of...

Equilon Enterprises LLC, doing business as Shell Oil Products US (Shell), has signed an ag...

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Celanese to Sell Additional Shares of Nutrinova Joint Venture to Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Celanese Corporation (NYSE: CE), a global chemical and specialty materials company, today...

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Michelle Boon

Michelle Boon

Global Head of Flexible Packaging

Mainetti Group

The circular economy isn't just an option - it's essential for our survival. As we face mounting plastic pollution, we must shift from a take-make-dispose model to one where materials are reused and kept in circulation. It's not only about reducing waste but also about securing our future.

Michael Laurier

Michael Laurier

CEO

Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc

?Our technology isn't just about reducing plastic pollution; it's about redefining sustainability, ensuring that every product we make leaves a positive impact on the planet."

Bhupinder Singh

Bhupinder Singh

Chief Executive Officer

Messe Muenchen India Pvt. Ltd.

Michela Carrer

Michela Carrer

Chief Marketing Officer

Moretto S.p.A.

Krsad Dokme

Krsad Dokme

Export Manager

Plastmore

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