The Ocean Cleanup has carried out a large-scale operation to clean up plastic from one of Guatemala’s rivers before it ends up in the ocean, where it can no longer be collected. ADVERTISEMENT Earth Day is celebrated annually on April 22. This date was set by the UN to promote action to protect the environment. … Read more
In the Czech branches of McDonald’s fast food restaurants, a significant change began to apply in mid-January. Customers no longer receive a plastic cap when ordering a drink. The move, which aims to limit plastic materials, has mixed reactions. However, restaurants will continue to provide lids for dispensed drinks. From mid-January, customers of the popular … Read more
Dip in demand also for industrial packaging (Photo: Pexels / Markus Spiske) Manufacturers of plastic packaging are also suffering from weak demand: In the first half of this year, their sales fell by 6 percent compared to the previous year, as the IK Plastic Packaging Industry Association (IK, Bad Homburg; ) reports. In addition to … Read more
Each person “unknowingly swallows” a weekly average of microplastics equivalent to a credit cardhas assured, in an interview with EFE, the young Irish chemist Fionn Ferreira who, at only 22 years old, has developed an innovative solution to eliminate this type of polluting particles. This proposal has allowed him to become a finalist in the … Read more
Clean room production at the Plastibell subsidiary in Izernore, France. Clayens had acquired the company from faltering packaging maker PSB Industries in 2021 (Photo: Clayens NP) For an undisclosed price, the French injection molding and composites company Clayens NP (Genas / France) is acquiring its US competitor Parkway Products (Greenville, South Carolina / USA) with … Read more
The 64-year-old singer Madonna really scared the fans during her participation in the Grammy Awards. In the detailed pictures of her face that have been circulating on the Internet, she looks unusually swollen and somewhat deformed. Many started mocking her on social networks, but the pop queen quickly spoke up. And she didn’t take napkins. … Read more
Prices for standard thermoplastics on the Chinese market developed unevenly in May 2022. The prices for polyethylene (PE)-LD, PE-LLD, PE-HD extrusion and blow molding types, PVC, high-impact polystyrene and polypropylene fell. The situation was different with the listings of PE-HD injection molding qualities, standard PS and PET. The relatively lower supply and higher raw material … Read more
18.05.2022 The two containers extend the reusable Color-Cube liquid paint packaging to smaller volumes. (Photo: Rowasol) -Rowasol, Pinneberg, has expanded its portfolio of reusable packaging for Color Cube liquid paints downwards. For applications with lower paint consumption or where the mass to be lifted is limited for ergonomic reasons, a stable ten liter tin bucket … Read more
To be produced on the new extrusion line: PET blister film “knNext” (Photo: kp) The film specialist Klöckner Pentaplast (KP, Montabaur) has announced further details of its USA expansion plans: The packaging manufacturer will invest several million USD in the production and processing of PET and recycled PET films at its production facility in Beaver, … Read more
24.02.2022 The rotational molding specialist Köver GmbH & Co KG Metal and plastic processing (D-21614 Buxtehude) has filed for insolvency. On January 26, 2022, the district court in Tostedt appointed a lawyer as provisional administrator Friedrich von Kaltenborn-Stachau from the office BRL Boege Rohde Luebbehuesen (BRL; D-20354 Hamburg). The company is to be reorganized as … Read more