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Interested in a Polystyrene Foam (EPS) Recycling Grant?

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) aka polystyrene foam is a versatile and lightweight plastic valued for its low cost, buoyancy, and insulating qualities for packaging, buildings, and other markets. However, EPS is also vilified for its environmental impact and lack of recycling infrastructure of much consequence. However, that’s changing grant by grant through the efforts of the Foam Recycling Coalition of the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI). For organizations looking to increase EPS recycling, the…

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MedAccred Expands Access to Small and Medium Sized Medtech OEMs

MedAccred has expanded its accreditation program to small and medium sized medical device OEMs. The new associate subscriber level allows companies with less than $250 million in annual revenue to access audit details of the program at a substantially reduced subscription rate. Suppliers to the medical device industry also have access to the program by becoming a contract manufacturer subscriber. A not-for-profit supply chain oversight program, MedAccred claims to be…

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Arburg Debuts New Allrounder Injection Molding Machine at NPE2024

Arburg is breaking its tradition of premiering new machines in Germany to give the world its first look at its new Allrounder 720E Golden Electric at NPE2024 in Orlando, FL, in May. The new machine “combines high precision with a streamlined design at a particularly attractive price,” noted Technical Director Guido Frohnhaus, and is ideal for less-complex products with cycle times of around 15 seconds. Demo uses 24-cavity mold At…

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Syensqo Expands Bio-based Epoxy Prepreg Portfolio

Syensqo, previously part of Solvay Group, has developed a new version of its flagship MTM 49-3 resin that contains 30% bio-sourced monomers. The new product variant complements the portfolio of the company’s MTM advanced prepregs, and targets structural automotive applications, including body panels, chassis components, and spoilers. Material helps OEMS meet sustainability goals “Our new bio-based MTM 49-3 will help OEMs and Tiers to reduce fossil depletion and meet their…

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Bans, Buyers, and Berry: An Eclectic February in Plastics

PlasticsToday readers may have been drawn here by a subject search or shared link or social media post, but however you entered the website, you found the wide world of plastics to be your oyster. Such is the compilation of the top 10 articles of February, which represents a diverse mix of colorful topics that would make for a coat of many colors. A continually common thread looms large again…

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Foam Expo Explores Manufacturing Optimization

Foam Expo, North America’s largest trade show and conference devoted to foam products and manufacturing, is returning for its seventh edition from June 25 to 27, 2024, in Novi, MI. Attendees also will have access to the co-located Adhesives & Bonding Expo taking place in the same hall. A diverse range of foam products, raw materials, manufacturing machinery, and service providers will be featured under one roof. Manufacturing and processing…

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Entek to Unveil New Twin-screw Technology at NPE2024

Extrusion specialist Entek will showcase its new twin-screw technology at NPE2024 in Orlando, FL, in May, as well as material-handling equipment and expanded offerings from its new Wear Parts Division. Launched in February, Entek’s Wear Parts Division is an extension of the company’s growing replacement wear parts business. To meet demand, the company has added manufacturing shifts to increase inventory and reduce delivery times of its made-in-the-USA parts — all guaranteed…

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Does This Patent Signal a Turning Point in Sustainable Plastics?

There are really only a handful of things that motivate humanity to act. Greed and fear are certainly close to the top of that list. Neither of those are inherently bad or evil motivations. In general we have a fiduciary obligation to maximize profits while minimizing costs — what Buckminster Fuller termed ephemeralization. Likewise fear is the perfectly legitimate desire not to perish, nor kill one’s descendants. Those motivators create cultural…

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BASF CEO to Present Keynote at NPE2024

BASF CEO Michael Heinz will be one of two keynote speakers at NPE2024, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced today. His presentation, titled “Our Plastics Journey: The Road to a Sustainable Future,” will address challenges facing the industry, the importance of collaboration along the value chain, and prospects for sustainability, PLASTICS said. “I am honored to be part of the largest plastics industry trade show in the Americas,” said Heinz.…

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LyondellBasel JV Launches Advanced Recycling Facility in Germany

Source One Plastics, a joint venture between 23 Oaks Investments and chemicals company LyondellBasell, announced today the successful launch of its plastic waste sorting and recycling facility in Eicklingen, Germany. The new unit processes difficult-to-recycle post-consumer plastic waste such as mixed plastic packaging and flexible polyolefins that would otherwise be incinerated, the company said. The facility has a processing capacity of 70,000 metric tons, which is approximately the amount of…

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