Plastics

Plastics are the materials used in many various applications, e.g. in packaging and construction industry, as well as in manufacturing of household appliances, clothes, toys and medical equipment. Polymers are produced mostly from fossil resources and their features can be modified through special additives. The most popular plastics are: polyethylene, polypropylene, polivinyl chloride and polystyrene.

News

Covestro launches new ultra-durable material solution

Covestro, a leading producer of advanced polymers and high-performance plastics in the United States and around the world, developed Makrolon 3638 polycarbonate.

Evertis obtains the Retray Certification

PET film producer Evertis obtains the Retray Certification, quantifying recycled content from the tray-to-tray loop.

The first ultra-pure solvents made from plastic waste

Clariter, a global cleantech company, and TotalEnergies Fluids, a division of TotalEnergies, have premiered the world’s first sustainable ultra-pure solvent made from plastic waste.

Itech Cooling Systems at Plast Eurasia 2022

Poex at PlastEurasia Istanbul 2022

Engel at K 2022

Perstorp sets reduction targets for water and waste

30% absolute reduction of water and waste until 2030, from a 2019 base year

FCS’s 2023 "New Vision"

Fu Chun Shin (FCS) greets 2023 with the “New Vision” by your side.

KB Folie levels up with first ThermoFlexX imager

The Polish packaging manufacturer has installed a ThermoFlexX TFxX 48 flexo plate imager to meet demands from customers for faster delivery, more flexibility, and increased sustainability.

Tomra Recycling’s technology takes center stage in the UAE’s first automated sorting plant

Tomra Recycling Sorting’s Autosort sensor-based sorting technology is helping to recover high-quality, high-purity value recyclates at Farz, the first automated MRF in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Maag Group at Chinaplas 2023

Maag Group is a broadly diversified global solutions provider of Pump & Filtration Systems, Pelletizing & Pulverizing Systems, Recycling Systems and digital solutions.

Great Place to Work Certification for Sirmax Group

The Cittadella Group has been awarded the Great Place to Work® International Certification for the first time, thanks to the actions aimed at its employees and the overall climate established within its plants

Reifenhäuser focuses on safe recyclate processing and automation in film production

The Reifenhäuser Group will showcase its latest solutions for sustainable and efficient blown and flat film production at Plastindia 2023 in New Delhi, India, from February 1 to 5. (Hall 4H-FP, Booth C D 20)