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Exchangeable Vehicle Battery System Housed in PP Enclosure

German battery expert Ansmann AG has joined forces with materials supplier Borealis to develop an exchangeable battery housed in a polypropylene (PP) enclosure. The hot-swappable GreenPack battery will be deployable in e-fleets for car sharing and delivery services as well as in commercial transport. It can also be used to power lawn mowers, snow blowers, and weed trimmers. The aim of the collaboration is to design a next-generation lithium-ion battery…

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Resin Report: Strong Buying Buoyed by Seasonal Demand Rather than Fear

It was a busy week at the PlasticsExchange trading desk from the get-go, with a steady flow of buy orders well distributed between processors and resellers, said the Chicago-based resin clearinghouse in its Market Update. The buying seemed to be driven more by normal seasonal demand rather than the fear buying observed earlier in the month. However, spot resin availability remained constrained. Aside from easy dealings supplied from its market-making…

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Can Coinjection Help Solve the Coming Recycled Content Conundrum?

It’s just one example of the limits many brandowners will soon be imposing on themselves to boost the sustainability of their products, but the U.S. Plastics Pact’s roadmap is a useful guide to where key plastics markets like packaging could be headed. A consortium led by The Recycling Partnership and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s global Plastics Pact Network, the Pact sets four main…

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Ukrainian Auto Parts Supply Disruption Stops Car Factories

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reverberating through the global car industry, with the strongest effects on European carmakers who have relied on Ukrainian factories to produce components for their cars. The Ukrainian foreign investment bureau identifies BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Volkswagen Group brands Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volkswagen as carmakers that rely on parts from the country’s supply plants. That government agency says that before the invasion, the country had…

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PTXPO Spotlight: ACS Group & MiVue

[embedded content] Michael Gersmeyer, senior product manager for ACS Group and MiVue, talks with Plastics Technology about the industry and new technology leading up to the Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 29-31st. During the show, ACS will be showcasing their new BD Series batch weigh blenders at their booth (2427) in the auxiliary equipment pavilion.  Learn more about ACS Group and register for PTXPO here.  RELATED CONTENT

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Talent Talk: These Days, It’s Employers Who Need to Worry About First Impressions

Two weeks ago, we looked at studies indicating that if every man, women, and child who wanted a job had one, there would still be more than four million unfilled positions. What this means for the plastics industry, unfortunately, is that there will be winners and losers in the pursuit of talent for quite some time to come. Last week, we began a series of articles that will “cut to the…

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Save the Date: Extrusion 2022 Conference Dec. 5-7

Check the calendar and save the date. Mark the location. The Extrusion 2022 Conference is heading back to Charlotte, scheduled for Dec. 5-7 at the Omni Hotel Charlotte. Launched in 2015, the annual event is a get-together for some of the most prominent experts and technically savvy minds in extrusion processing. The Extrusion Conference program is aimed at helping you get a handle of everyday problems and processing hiccups so…

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