Recycled Materials

High-Performance, Recycle-Content, Glass-Reinforced Nylon 6 and 66 Compounds

Solvay’s Omnix ReCycle HPPA demonstrates lower water absorption, improved flowability and best-in-class surface aspect vs. virgin high-performance nylons.

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Biopolymers

SABIC, Mars Petcare and Huhtamaki Extend Collaboration to Wet Pet Food Packaging

The Sheba brand’s packaging will be based on certified circular PP.

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Plastic Bank Stops 2 Billion Plastic Bottles from Entering the Ocean

In reaching this milestone, the social enterprise worked with more than 30,000 collectors across the Philippines, Indonesia, Brazil, and Egypt.

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sustainability

Solvent-Based Recycling: Emerging Technology for Reclaiming & Purifying Polyolefins with Twin-Screw Extruders

Just now being applied commercially, solvent-based recycling turns colored polyolefin waste into clear, clean and even food-grade resin comparable to virgin—all while keeping the polymer structure intact. Specially engineered systems of tandem twin-screw or twin- and single-screw extruders can do the trick.

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sustainability

Packaging Project Combines Thin Walls, Recycled Content and High Speeds

A collaborative project to produce a 5-liter thin-walled pail brought together Arburg and specialists in mold making, automation, in-mold labeling, material handling and resin supply.

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Postconsumer

Ocean Plastics in My Wallet

O.P. recycling helps pay the bills.

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Thermoforming

15 Headlines I’d Like to See in ’22

Extrapolating from recent news and trends, I twisted the dial from “Reasonable Possibilities” to “A Bit of Fantasy”

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AM Workshop
Special steels for reinforced plastics
VACUUM PUMPS
large tonnage injection molding productivity
NPE2024: The Plastics Show
NPE2024: The Plastics Show
Dri-Air
chemical foaming agents for molding and extrusion
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