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GreenPlast 2025 - quality first and foremost

GreenPlast 2025 - quality first and foremost

The 2025 edition of GreenPlast concluded just over a week ago, with results overall in line with expectations. The event attracted 17,373 visitors who engaged with 200 exhibitors (75% Italian, 25% international), comprising raw material producers (22%), processors (18%), and machinery manufacturers (60%) from 19 countries.

All-electric investments reach new peak for multi-component moulder

All-electric investments reach new peak for multi-component moulder

Nestled beneath the ridges of the Ore mountains in Germany are two plants manufacturing thousands of multi-material components for OEMs daily. With an additional site recently opened in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, Hugo Stiehl Kunststofftechnik GmbH (HSK) invested in 10 injection moulding machines from the Sumitomo (SHI) Demag IntElect series.

FCS CT-120e all-electric injection molding machine at PMT 2025

FCS CT-120e all-electric injection molding machine at PMT 2025

The inaugural 2025 Plastics, Rubber & Composite Material Fair Taiwan will be grandly held from June 4 to 6 at the ICC Tainan. FCS Group will showcase its “Smart All-Electric” and “High-Efficiency Energy Saving” CT-e series, integrated with the iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory, demonstrating its R&D capabilities and process integration expertise.

KHS publishes 2024 sustainability report

KHS publishes 2024 sustainability report

KHS GmbH has restructured its voluntary reporting process. The systems provider for the filling and packaging industry has now brought its sustainability report further into line with the EU reporting standard and is disclosing additional non-financial KPIs.

Elix Polymers, Repsol and AnQore has produced 100% recycled products

Elix Polymers, Repsol and AnQore has produced 100% recycled products

Elix’s E-Loop CR products are manufactured using sustainable and certified raw materials that incorporate circular and bio-circular feedstocks. These products hold ISCC-plus certification, ensuring traceability and transparency across the supply chain using the mass balance model.

Tomra spearheads coalition to demand circularity provisions

Tomra spearheads coalition to demand circularity provisions

Key figures within the EU Plastic Recycling Industry and others have joined forces to raise alarm over the European Commission’s draft Clean Industrial State Aid Framework, citing a critical lack of support for circularity measures.