The development of a circular economy to address the plastic waste emergency hinges on the creation of demand for high-quality recyclates. STADLER, a leading supplier of sorting plants for the recycling industry, has experienced a shift in the market, with more than 80% of its projects for plastic recycling plants in 2020 involving significant upgrades […]

Traceable: digital networked injection moulding machine gathers data relating to processes and recycling Automated: production cell with integrated digital printing for product enhancement Smart: assistance systems for filling simulation and regulated injection   Lossburg, 15 March 2021 The Hannover Messe Digital Edition 2021 will see Arburg present a new turnkey system that is set to […]

In December 2020, Ingo Schwarz, Managing Director of Schwarz Plastic Solutions GmbH, Thomas März, Managing Director of Precupa GmbH and Andreas Schramm, Managing Director of WITTMANN BATTENFELD Deutschland GmbH together with Rainer Weingraber, Managing Director and CEO of WITTMANN BATTENFELD GmbH in Kottingbrunn / Austria signed a contract for cooperation in the area of reactive […]

Σας παρουσιάζουμε την νέα μας εγκατάσταση στην Αμερική για την εταιρία Safe – Air όπου έχει ως αντικείμενο την παραγωγή προϊόντων ασφαλείας. Η εταιρία προκειμένου να εξαλείψει τις ανάγκες της στον τομέα της παραγωγής επένδυσε σε τελευταίας τεχνολογίας μηχανήματα Γκιζελής δύο στραντζόπρεσσες τύπος G-BEND Plus 3140, G-ELECTROBEND 3100 και ένα υδραυλικό ψαλίδι G-ELECTROCUT 3006. Πηγή: […]

• Rising number of incoming orders and turnover volumes expected for 2021 • Staff increases planned • Turnaround in incoming orders likely to start by the end of 2021 Frankfurt, 10 March 2021 – According to a current survey, the member companies of VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery expect the order situation and turnover volumes […]

Ensinger: Lithography-free manufacture of sensors and microsystems The market for sensor applications is a big one: large numbers of microsystems are used in the IT and telecommunications sector, the automotive and aerospace industries, and mechanical and plant engineering. These electronic components are based on ‘wafers’ – thin slices of material, usually silicon, onto which thin […]

• Restrictions on the use of recycled materials should be put to the test • Call for use quotas for recyclates at EU level • Call for a ban on exports of plastic waste to countries with low environmental standards Frankfurt, 9 March 2021 – The sustainable use of plastics is one of the decisive […]

Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is one of the most obvious solutions to further reduce CO2 emissions, but it is yet still hardly exploited. However, these six nominated technologies turn CO2 into value: ethanol, methanol, polyols, surfactants or syngas – the audience will choose the winner at the “9th Conference on CO2-based Fuels and Chemicals”, […]

Tom Eng, Senior Vice President and Head of TOMRA Recycling, provides an overview of some of the recent changes in European and international waste legislation and highlights the implications of these changes for waste operators.    The global waste and recycling sector is heavily regulated and, in addition to international legislation, almost every country will […]

On 28 February 2021, our extremely esteemed colleague, teacher and friend Professor em. Dr.-Ing. Dr. mont. E. h. Georg Menges *19. Dezember 1923 †28. Februar 2021 passed away in the presence of his family.   Professor emeritus, holder of the Chair of Plastics Processing and head of the Institute for Plastics Processing at RWTH Aachen […]