Plastics and circularity - caught between necessity and potential
K 2025 from 8 to 15 October in Düsseldorf has set itself the goal of addressing the central issues of our times. One of its three Hot Topics reads “Shaping the Circular Economy”.
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Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 winners announced at PRS Europe
The winners of the eighth annual Plastics Recycling Awards Europe were announced today at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam.
The Innovation Alliance: the system event dedicated to advanced mechanics
GreenPlast, Ipack-Ima, Print4All, and Intralogistica Italia - creating an integrated supply chain ecosystem, from technology for plastics and rubber processing to packaging, from printing to logistics.
Il Visone transforms grape storage with Tosca’s reusable crate solutions
Il Visone, a key player within the Agricoper Italian group specialising in the cultivation and supply of fresh grapes, has partnered with Tosca to address their operational challenges, maintain the quality of the produce during harvesting and storage, and achieve their sustainability goals.
Cellasto and Össur collaborate to enhance performance in foot prosthesis
At Chinaplas 2025, BASF will present the Pro-Flex Terra foot prosthesis, co-created with the leading global prosthetic provider, Össur.
SI Group to showcase polymer additive innovations at Chinaplas 2025
SI Group, a leading global developer and manufacturer of performance additives, process solutions, pharmaceuticals, and chemical intermediates, will showcase its latest innovations in polymer additive technologies at Chinaplas 2025.
New possibilities for challenging E&E parts with specialty plastic Ultrason D
For challenging E&E components with special requirements, BASF has now developed the high-flow Ultrason D 1010 G6 U40.
New sales leadership for Syncro Group
After an important career in the industry, culminating with management experience in international companies in the plastics and extrusion industry, Matteo Spinola joins Syncro Group in the role of Sales Director.
BASF receives Operation Clean Sweep certification at all its European production sites
All BASF's European production sites for engineering plastics, polystyrene, expandable polystyrene, polyurethane, thermoplastics polyurethanes, polyamides and specialty polymers are now certified by independent third parties according to the Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) standard.
New Global Sales Director at Erema
Erema has appointed a long-time employee as Global Sales Director: Christoph Wöss, previously Business Development Manager for the Bottle division, will take over the newly created position within the Erema management team on April 1, 2025.
New micro capacity for research, teaching and industry partnerships
Ansbach University has extended its technical lab by adding a MicroPower from the Wittmann Group. The new injection molding machine for micro technology is now available for teaching and research.
Lindner Washtech: new leadership team, clear vision
In the autumn of 2013, Harald Hoffmann together with Manuel Lindner, owner of the Lindner Group, founded Lindner Washtech. Hoffmann’s vision of designing complete solutions for processing plastics led to the company becoming one of the key stakeholders in plastics recycling.
