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Digitized Process Streamlines Hardware Ordering and Manufacturing
Husky says new components can be configured via a web interface and manufactured in a completely automated process, slashing lead times from several weeks to a few hours.
Read MoreCircular Polymers To Turn Post-Consumer Carpet Into Feedstock For Chemical Recycling
Circular Polymers to process 30 Million pounds of carpet annually.
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Braskem Pursues Studies in Chemical Recycling
Actions of Braskem and partners will promote the reuse of post-consumer plastics by manufacturers.
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Eastman to Launch Advanced Circular Recycling Technology
Through Eastman’s methanolysis process, polyester-based waste products are broken down to their monomers which can then be used to for new polyester production.
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Evonik to Sell its Methacrylates Business to Advent International
The $3.4 billion deal includes the former Cyro acrylates business.
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Sustainability and Recycling Leaders to Speak at the PLASTICS Re|focus Summit
This year’s Re|focus will be held on May 20-22 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Read MoreKruger Plastics Products Acquires Northern California Injection Molding and El Dorado Molds
The combined business—which is rebranding as Springboard Manufacturing—has facilities in California, Michigan and North Carolina with approximately 250 employees and more than 100 injection molding machines ranging in size from 40 to 1,300 tons.
Read MoreWalmart Commits to New Plastic Packaging Waste Reduction Initiatives
The company is working with suppliers to expand efforts to improve the sustainability of its private brand product packaging, with an emphasis on increasing recyclability and making it easier for customers to recycle.
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Nominations for Posthumous Hall of Fame Inductees Now Open
New posthumous members of the Hall will be inducted in March 2020 at the Plastics Industry Association’s spring board meeting.
Read MoreGW Plastics to Expand Its Operations in Ireland
The molder and moldmaker is expanding its 2017 toolmaking acquisition in Sligo—Avenue Mould Solutions—and establishing a new cleanroom molding facility.
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