US packaging company Plastipak (Plymouth, Michigan; www.plastipak.com) has announced partnership with compatriot food and beverage giant Kraft Heinz (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; www.kraftheinzcompany.com) to provide containers made with 100% food-grade rPET for the latter’s Real Mayo and Miracle Whip brands.The US food giant said the transition to rPET will result in the elimination of about 6,350 t...
2024-07-26Chemical maker LG Chem (Seoul, South Korea; www.lgchem.com) and US agricultural and biotech group Archer Daniels Midland (ADM, Decatur, Illinois; www.adm.com) said they would no longer proceed with their previously announced joint projects for the production of lactic and polylactic acid. A joint statement blamed the rising costs of construction for scrapping the projects. “Since we originally...
2024-07-25US petrochemical giant ExxonMobil (Houston, Texas; www.exxonmobilchemical.com) has announced the launch of a polyethylene grade designed for the production of thin-gauge hand wrap stretch films. The new product can incorporate PCR loadings of 30% or more while maintaining processability and film quality, the company said.The Enable 1617 polyethylene grade offers high-melt strength, high-flow...
2024-07-24Biesterfeld Plastic, the distribution and services division of Biesterfeld Group (Hamburg, Germany; www.biesterfeld.com) has been appointed by US materials giant DuPont (Wilmington, Delaware; www.dupont.com) as the distributor for its semi-finished polyimide (PI) products under the Vespel brand in Denmark, Finland, Italy, Norway, and South Africa.The Vespel product line comprises high-performance ...
2024-07-23Communities across the United States and around the world are facing a plastic pollution crisis. Plastic production and waste have doubled over the past two decades, littering our ocean, poisoning the air of communities near production facilities, and threatening public health. The Biden-Harris Administration recognizes that pollution can occur at every stage of the plastic lifecycle,...
2024-07-22Multiple states have enacted new regulations making producers liable for recycling.The first Extended Producer Responsibility law in the U.S., requiring packaging producers to contribute to the costs of recycling their materials, takes effect in Oregon on July 1, 2025. In the coming years multiple states will implement such regulations: Colorado and Maine’s EPR laws go into effect in 2026,...
2024-07-19A move to environmentally friendly packaging and government policies will drive the plastics recycling market.WILMINGTON, Del., July 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The plastic recycling industry was worth US$ 45.5 billion in 2023. By the end of 2035, the industry is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.3% and reach US$ 129.5 billion by the end of the year. Through ongoing improvements in recycling...
2024-07-19Just six months after founders Salvador Torras and Martí Baqués acquired the outstanding 40% in Spanish masterbatch specialist Delta Tecnic (Sant Celoni; www.deltatecnic.com), the company is being transferred to the hands of an investment group. A fund of the investment company Investindustrial (London; www.investindustrial.com) is acquiring 100% of Delta Tecnic. The background to the transaction ...
2024-07-19German thermoplastic elastomer supplier Kraiburg TPE (Waldkraiburg; www.kraiburg-tpe.com) has opened a UK subsidiary, to be headed by Michal Mucha, formerly a key account manager at plastics processor Coba (Fleckney, Leicester, UK; www.coba.com).Kraiburg’s UK business will operate out of a sales office in Stafford, with a dedicated warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent. The firm said Mucha was “primed to...
2024-07-18Olefins and polyolefins major Borealis (Vienna; www.borealisgroup.com) has announced the launch of Borcycle GD3600SY, a 30% glass-fibre reinforced polypropylene compound with 65% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. The compound is part of Borealis’ Borcycle M portfolio of advanced mechanically recycled polyolefins.The compound is initially to be used in the production of centre console carriers ...
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