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A greener bottle without changing the entire production line or modifying the design of the bottle is now possible thanks to COMPETEK. The French company, created by the collaboration between two well-know organizations, PET Engineering…

World demand for labels and shrink sleeve materials will be worth $41.59 billion in 2021, as the segment recovers from the unprecedented disruption of 2020. In a year blighted by COVID, world value fell by -0.6%. As a degree of economic…

2° round metal co-extrusion on-line demo OPEN! We have just scheduled the first round of the on-line demo for those who had signed in back in May. Now the subscriptions are open for the repetition of the event. If you you want to apply…

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation  is pleased to announce the launch of Green KTF™—a mostly plant-based microporous film. Approximately 90% of Green KTF™ is derived from natural products such as calcium carbonate and plant-derived…

A circle surrounding the letters V and W – just one glance and it’s clear that we’re looking at a Volkswagen. After all, the logo of the automobile group from Wolfsburg is one of the best-known brand logos in the world. The basic shape of…

Origin Materials, Inc. the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, announced today that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label. The products, chloromethyl furfural (CMF) and…

SI Group, a leading performance additives company, announced today plans to increase resole production capacities at their facilities in Rotterdam Junction, New York, and Lote, India. The goal of this capacity expansion of more than 25% is…

Innoventures, Greiner’s innovation incubator, has the aim of seeing where the future is happening and with the taking of a strategic participation in the Viennese start-up temprify, has now brought off a stunning coup. Temprify has…

At Fakuma 2021 in Friedrichshafen, Tosaf /Afula, Israel, and its German subsidiary Tosaf Color Service, Karlstein, will highlight sustainability geared solutions in their wide range of functional, colour and combi-masterbatches for…

ILLIG Maschinenbau introduces “ILLIG Assist”, a digital service platform to actively support ILLIG customers on the way to Industry 4.0. Digital transformation is increasingly becoming a reality thanks to breakthrough technologies. This…