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What Mexico can learn from Europe in waste management
About 3.5 million tons of garbage are generated daily worldwide and this figure is estimated to grow at the rate of 1.3 billion tons per year International organizations such as the World Bank foresee that by 2025 approximately 2.2 billion tons of garbage will be...
Pilot project turns plastic marine debris into Coca-Cola bottles
A small-scale PET recycling project, but one with a few large-scale names behind it, is creating sample bottles partially made from marine debris. The effort created some 300 bottles for Coca-Cola Co. through a process developed by Ioniqa Technologies BV of Eindhoven,...
K Fair: Plastic is valuable even as waste
The event will feature, from October 16 to 23, in Düsseldorf, Germany, with lectures, debates and practical examples on circular economy The concept of circular economy is discussed in the Plastics Industry as a good way into the future. But what does it mean to bring...
Plastic waste processor plans $ 60 million plant
An Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company focused on turning pollution into profitable by-products is planning a $ 60 million plant in Livonia, Michigan. This would create 150 full-time jobs. Quad City Innovations LLC received approval on September 24 from the Michigan...
Hot wash
Increase in quality and productivity Plastics are irreplaceable in many areas of everyday life, and the challenge is that after use, the material continues up the value chain. In accordance with this challenge, the Mexican market is gradually incorporated into the...
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Plast Imagen Mexico City
07. - 10. November International Exhibition and Conference of the Plastics Industry Plast Imagen is the main event of the plastics industry in Latin America and is internationally recognized as the most complete plastic machinery, apparatus and materials tradeshow in...
In Iran, the fifth PET Technologies blow molding machine for Khoramshahr
The experience of PET Technologies says that trust always leads to lasting cooperation. And in this case it is the leading manufacturer of vegetable oil in Iran, the Khoramshahr company, who have installed the fifth automatic stretch blow molding machine. The APF-10...
Biomass chemical compounds for PEF, additives and pharmaceutical ingredients
AIMPLAS, the Technological Institute of Plastics, participates in the European EnzOx2 project, the objective of which is to develop new technologies that allow obtaining chemical components from biomass. During the three years that the project will last, the...
More successful recycling with biodegradable plastics
Biodegradable plastics offer innovative solutions to improve the quality of recycling, facilitating the most efficient means of sorting waste. This has been confirmed by a new study on the effects of biodegradable plastics in plastic recycling streams in Italy, where...
New engineering plastics from RadiciGroup at Fakuma 2017
RadiciGroup Performance Plastics is present at Fakuma 2017 to officially announce its new products based on PPS: high performance polymers, suitable for engineering applications. The distinctive characteristics of the new materials are: Chemical resistance to oil,...
Positive outlook for the country: Potential on four wheels
The national Automotive Industry is experiencing an unparalleled boom and one of the most benefited from this rebound is the Plastics Sector, thanks to the changes in the use of polymers instead of metal, wood or steel, which strengthens the union of this dumbbell...
IPF Japan Chiba
October 24 - 28 International plastic fair The IPF - International Plastic Fair - is Asia's leading plastic fair for international exhibitors, including the world leader in the industry and to showcase innovative products and machinery. Visitors can obtain complete...
Cheaper production of plastics is given the world in North America
Juan Antonio Hernandez, president of the National Association of the Plastics Industry (Anipac) said that America is the region of the world with cheaper production in the plastic industry. During his participation in the 2017 Tour Plastimagen Mexico, he said that the...