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Plastics Machinery Shipments Decline in Second Quarter
PLASTICS reported that shipments for primary plastics machinery in North America fell 15.4% compared to the second quarter and 36.2% on a year-over-year basis.
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Mass Production Partnership for All PET Caps Announced
Origin Materials and Reed City Group announced partnership to produce bottle closures from PET.
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Toward Biodegradable and Recyclable Luminescent Polymers
Research suggests that incorporating tert-butyl esters in luminescent polymers could facilitate recycling.
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Heinz Zahoransky Passes Away
The 95-year-old scion of the founder and long-time managing director of the Zahoransky Group moldmaking company was rewarded more than 200 patents during his career.
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Nolan Strall to Step Down as President of KraussMaffei in the US
Brett Greenhalgh will take over for Strall as the leader of KraussMaffei Corp. in America effective Sept. 1.
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Industrial Research Project to Advance Mechanical Recycling of Flexible Polyethylene
The RWTH Aachen University’s Plastics Institute will coordinate an industrial project titled Loopcycling.
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SPE Foundation Establishes Memorial Scholarship for Materials Guru Sepe
Mike “The Materials Analyst” Sepe was a long-time SPE member and contributed more than 100 columns to Plastics Technology.
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Plastics Technology’s Most Read July 2024 Articles
The incumbent resin effect, a plant tour of a leading packaging blow molder and a video on AI’s potential impact on plastics were just some of the stories that generated reader interest last month.
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POGS Chooses Novodur ECO ABS for Childrens Headphones
Manufacturer of audio equipment for children will use INEOS Styrolution ABS with 50% recycled content.
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Lab System Targets Large Part, Process Development for Combo Injection Molding, PUR Coating
KraussMaffei has paired an MXW 4500 injection molding machine featuring more than 5,000 tons of clamp force with two RimStar polyurethane (PUR) metering systems and three different mixing heads in a new ColorForm lab line at its facility in Parsdorf, Germany.
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