Karen Laird

For the first time, a PET resin made from carbon captured from emissions has been successfully produced and used in packaging applications.

Neste, the Finnish petrochemical company that over the past decade has reinvented itself as a front runner in renewable solutions, has reached this point through a combination of research and development and a can-do attitude towards innovation, backed by a strong and steady stream of investment.

The winners of the Circular Plastics Case Competition, a new competition launched this year, have been announced.

A collaboration between Sealed Air, ExxonMobil, Cyclyx International and grocery retail group Ahold Delhaize USA, launched last year has been a success, the companies have announced.

The Plastics Industry Association has announced the winners of its 2023 Re|focus Sustainability Innovation Awards.

Much has changed in the world of plastics recycling over the past decade. Once a sector with little prestige and even less claim to notice, plastics recycling is now considered one of the main pillars, if not the backbone, of the transition to a circular economy.

Karen Laird says the plastics industry is facing a “paradigm shift” to change from conventional fossil fuel feedstocks to bio-based alternatives.

Amaplast, the Italian association representing the manufacturers of plastics and rubber processing machinery and molds, said 2022 was one for the books, closing with sales of 4.67 billion euros ($5 billion) its second-highest ever.

Finland-based VTT Technical Research Centre is investing €1.5 million ($1.6 million) into its CelluloseFilms pilot facility, where it produces renewable cellulose films designed to replace conventional plastic ones in packaging.

At the Anniversary Days held last week at its headquarters in Lossburg, plastics machinery manufacturer Arburg demonstrated to the world just how far the industry and the company have come in the course of a century.

Auxiliary equipment maker Piovan SpA says it will acquire a number of selected assets from Germany-based Protec Polymer Processing GmbH.

Having languished in limbo since 2019, the assets of the bankrupt Italian PHA manufacturer Bio-on are now in the process of being acquired by the Turin, Italy headquartered Maip Group.

European installed plastics recycling capacity grew a robust 17 percent in 2021, reports Plastic Recyclers Europe, the pan-European organization for plastics recyclers.

As years go, fiscal 2022 was not at all bad for the Wittmann Group. The company saw a high order intake — well above average, in fact, especially during the first half of the year.

PE supplier Nova Chemicals Corporation has launched a new mechanically recycled HDPE grade sourced from natural HDPE milk jugs that, says the company, is highly suitable for flexible and rigid food packaging applications.