Last week it got very hot over most of North America — a little less so here in the East Bay of California, where anything over 80°F is called a heat wave. Some of you in other states might consider that a summer relief. A few years ago, I visited a client in California’s central valley when it was 105°F near the extruder and 105°F outside. I think it was even worse…
A community group in Winter Garden, Fla., seeks to block the operation of a PureCycle location that would sort used PP for use at recycling facilities in Ohio and Georgia.
As the new CEO of PureCycle Technologies, Dustin Olson does not hold back on his view of the company: “When I look at PureCycle, I see a technology that has an opportunity to fundamentally change the way recycling is done in a way that has never been done before.”
Extrusion expertise will be in plentiful supply when K 2022 kicks off Oct. 19 in Düsseldorf, Germany. From bio-based wine corks to a full production line for recycling PET, industry-leading extrusion specialists, including Coperion, Leistritz, MEAF, Sikora, and Useon, will demonstrate a range of innovations. The show runs through Oct. 26 at Messe Düsseldorf.
Custom and specialty extruder Pexco LLC announced the acquisition of injection molder Performance Plastics Ltd. on Sept. 15. Founded in 1982 in Cincinnati, OH, Performance Plastics is a precision injection molder of high-performance, tight-tolerance components for demanding applications within the aerospace, defense, medical, life science, and precision industrial sectors. In addition to its headquarters in Atlanta, Pexco operates seven manufacturing plants in the United States and one in Mexico serving…
Officials said the work will help DSM meet growing demand for next-generation high-performance polymers in a wide range of applications and will help drive the shift to a low-carbon, circular economy.
Inteplast’s AmTopp Division is ramping up its stretch film production and workforce in Indiana, with two extrusion lines projected to churn out about five million pounds of product monthly. Production on the first stretch film line and pre-stretch line at the Remington, IN, facility is estimated to yield about two million pounds of product until the second line begins production in midmonth. Overall, the Remington plant is expected to produce…
A state judge in Louisiana has tossed out air quality permits for a massive Formosa Plastics plant, citing pollution risk to residents.
There seems to be little doubt that chemical or molecular recycling (pyrolysis and a magnificent variety of other technologies) will be a big part of the plastics recycling industry in the near future. The EU looks to triple the amount of chemically recycled plastics, already significant at 1.1 million tons/yr, by 2030. The largest chemical companies in the world are getting involved: BASF, Sabic, Exxon, Shell, etc. This morning, Dow…
An innovative multi-material battery enclosure developed by Teijin Automotive Technologies (formerly Continental Structural Plastics) has received the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ACCE People’s Choice Award. The winner of this award is selected from all of the SPE ACCE Innovation Awards entries at the annual automotive composites exposition. The full-sized, multi-material battery enclosure features a one-piece composite cover and tray with aluminum and steel reinforcements. By molding the cover and tray…