Extruder Technology: Processing of Increasingly
Green Plastics – Innovation Opens Up to Circular Economy
“Bausano is at the fore-front, alongside the sector's operators, to respond to the market's new requirements, with ad hoc designed technologies that implement innovative transformation methods, which are also energy-saving,” says Massimiliano Fenili, Bausano's Technical Manager
Recycling – Case Study: First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Kenya
T3 (EPZ) Limited, a member of Megh Group, ordered a Starlinger recoSTAR PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line for its new plant in Athi River, Kenya
Measurement and Inspection Technology: WPC Deck Boards Perfectly in Shape
IA leading US manufacturer of sustainable decking products made of wood-plastic composites uses measuring technology made in Germany for its quality control. The 
PIXARGUS inline system, ProfilControl 7 DX WoodPlasticComposites, ensures 100% inspection of the entire board profile in a continuous, inline Process
Circular Economy: Project STOP – Pioneering Concept to Expand Affordable Waste Management and Recycling Solutions
Project STOP and its partners reached significant milestones and successes in demonstrating a model for expanding affordable waste management and recycling solutions to help address the plastic waste challenge in Indonesia
CONTENTS:
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 Firms in this issue  | 
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 Imprint  | 
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 Industry News  | 
 8  | 
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 Calendar  | 
 8  | 
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 PLASTPOL – The Gateway to New Sales Markets  | 
 8  | 
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 Fakuma 2023 – It’s filling up at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre  | 
 9  | 
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 CHINAPLAS 2023 – Plastics Industry Intensifies Innovations Towards a Circular Economy  | 
 10  | 
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 Exhibitors at wire and Tube are looking forward to their Düsseldorf trade fairs 2024  | 
 13  | 
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 Successful Webinar Series goes into the Third Round  | 
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 Symposium „Innovations using Fluoropolymers“  | 
 14  | 
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 NPE2024  | 
 15  | 
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 ArabPlast 2023  | 
 16  | 
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 New Packaging Regulation – Views from the Packaging Supply Chain  | 
 16  | 
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 Interplas 2023 – Celebrating 75 Years of Connecting the UK Plastics Industry  | 
 17  | 
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 Acquisition  | 
 18  | 
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 Digital Platform for the Closed-Loop Recycling of Plastic Food Packaging  | 
 18  | 
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 Personalia  | 
 19  | 
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 Market Study: Plastic Films  | 
 20  | 
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 Top Management Strengthened  | 
 20  | 
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 Reorganization  | 
 21  | 
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 Continued Investments in Production Capabilities Announced  | 
 21  | 
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 Start of Production at PET Recycling Team Targu Mures  | 
 22  | 
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 Licence Secured with Proprietary High-Pressure Technology  | 
 22  | 
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 Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023  | 
 23  | 
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 Sustainability Report Presented  | 
 24  | 
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 Reciprocating Head Introduced  | 
 24  | 
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 Simply Unique Packaging  | 
 26  | 
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 Chemical Recycling of Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Waste into New Plastic Pipes  | 
 27  | 
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 Practical Digitalization Solutions for Needs-baded, Secure Processes  | 
 28  | 
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 Industry News USA  | 
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 First of ist Kind Floating Solar System at the Manufacturing Site in the United States Installed  | 
 30  | 
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 New President for North America  | 
 30  | 
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 Partnership Strengthened and Expanded  | 
 31  | 
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 Personalia – New CEO  | 
 31  | 
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 Gold Rating, Higher Sustainability Score Achieved  | 
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 Elimination of Bottlenecks in the Post-Treatment Unit for High-Jetness Carbon Blacks  | 
 32  | 
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 PLASTICS President & CEO Matt Seaholm’s Op-ed in The Washington Times  | 
 32  | 
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 January Retail Sales Analysis Issued  | 
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 Committee on Equipment Statistics Report Issued  | 
 33  | 
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 Newly Developed DURACON® POM Products at MD&M West and Pharmapack Europe  | 
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 Extruder Technology: New Pelletizing Extruder Covers a Wide Range of Applications – Suitable also for Used PVC Window Recycling  | 
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 Extruder Technology: Processing of Increasingly Green Plastics – Innovation Opens Up to Circular Economy  | 
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 Equiplast 2023 – Interview: „A world without plastic is not possible, so let’s make it sustainable and circular“  | 
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 Corona Treatment: The Importance of Surface Treatment at the Extrusion Stage of Film Production  | 
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 Recycling – Case Study: First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Kenya  | 
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 Measuring Technology – Case Study: „You get a measurement you trust“  | 
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 Measurement and Inspection Technology: WPC Deck Boards Perfectly in Shape  | 
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 Blown Film Extrusion – From the Research: Data-driven Prediction the Tensile Strength of Blown Film Due To Digital Shadows  | 
 44  | 
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 Composite Film – Case Study: Trend-setting Product Development – Production of Innovative Technical Composite Construction Films Started  | 
 52  | 
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 Circular Economy: Project STOP – Pioneering Concept to Expand Affordable Waste Management and Recycling Solutions  | 
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 Recycling: Open House – Presentation of New OMNIboost Recycling System  | 
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