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High-tech thermal analysers part of the solution for new composites
Iranpolymer/Baspar Hitachi High-Tech Analytical Science Corporation has launched a new product in the NEXTA series, the NEXTA DMA200, a dynamic mechanical analyser (DMA) for advanced materials development and product quality control. As industries pursue high-performance composite materials with new functions,…
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Safety Knives Will Use Pre-Consumer Recycled Nylon
Iranpolymer/Baspar Domo Chemicals announced that Martor will be using its recycled polyamide (PA)-based materials for its line of Eco safety knives. Domo’s Technyl 4Earth materials are based on recycled PA6 and available with different glass fiber percentages. Domo collects and recycles spinning plastic scrap…
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Alpla, Tönissteiner launch reusable bottle made from 100% rPET
Iranpolymer/Baspar Packaging specialist Alpla has collaborated with Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner, a mineral water company based in Germany, on the development of a reusable PET bottle made entirely of recycled material. The new bottle, of which the development was worked on by the…
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Solvay expands chemical bonding technology
Iranpolymer/Baspar Solvay, a specialty materials producer, has expanded its range of FusePly chemical bonding technology with a second product, FusePly 250,Designed to bond composite structures at 250°F and higher. The new product complements the previous FusePly 100 grade, introduced in 2018 which has now been…
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Is graphene the silver bullet for plastic recycling woes?
Iranpolymer/Baspar If it feels like you’ve been hearing about recycling plastic all of your life, you might be right. The first plastic recycling mill was built in 1972[1], about the same time as the Environmental Protection Agency was formed. But…
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Transfer Film Take Back Program Yields Recycled Resin for Injection Molding
Iranpolymer/Baspar Leonhard Kurz will be exhibiting its Recopound resin in October at the Fakuma trade fair in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Recopound is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin, recycled from postindustrial material. Kurz offers a return and recycling program that reprocesses used PET carrier film…
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LightCycle
Iranpolymer/Baspar The LightCycle project aims to advance the recycling of glass-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite waste, particularly polypropylene (PP) from post-consumer sources and shredded PP UD tapes. This innovation involves injection molding compounding with inline quality control to efficiently recycle these materials.…
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28th Fakuma in October 2023
Iranpolymer/Baspar The next Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will take place in Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance from the 17th through the 21st of October, 2023. Key issues include injection moulding, extrusion technology, thermoforming and 3D printing, as well…
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Plast Eurasia returns to Istanbul
Iranpolymer/Baspar The 32nd edition of Plast Eurasia Istanbul will return to Istanbul from November 22 to 25. Taking place at the Tüyap Fair and Congress Centre, the exhibition brings together plastic industry experts showcasing a wide variety of products, including…
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Bioplastics Week is back
Iranpolymer/Baspar The exciting part of plastic sustainability is that there are so many environmental and social impacts to spotlight. Bioplastics, for instance, offer unique solutions to the portfolio of sustainable solutions within the plastics industry. Biobased and/or biodegradable bioplastics, while…
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Wittmann Battenfeld to present its new EcoPower B8X at Fakuma 2023
Iranpolymer/Baspar WITTMANN BATTENFELD will present its new EcoPower B8X to trade visitors at Fakuma 2023 from October 17 to October 21 at its booth 1204 in hall B1. In comparison to its predecessor, the company claims that this new machine stands…
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Envalior works with EPOCA to develop gardening tools made from recycled fishing nets
Iranpolymer/Baspar Envalior has announced it has supported the Italian based manufacturer EPOCA S.p.A. to deliver SEALOVE, a gardening tool collection manufactured from Akulon RePurposed, a versatile polyamide, made from recycled fishing nets. Sustainability is imperative for EPOCA — the company, located…
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Chase Plastics works on project to recycle ocean LDPE plastic
Iranpolymer/Baspar Chase Plastics is partnering with ancillary equipment manufacturer Summit Systems and Ocean Integrity to recycle ocean-recovered Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE). Ocean Integrity is a global enterprise working on recovering ocean plastics. Once recycled, the resultant rPE will be available…
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Lego ditches plans to make bricks from recycled PET
Iranpolymer/Baspar In a PR blow to the plastic recycling industry, Lego has abandoned its plans to switch to recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) for its bricks, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. In 2021, the world’s largest toymaker announced it was testing…
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Microban launches Ascera: a new antimicrobial technology
Iranpolymer/Baspar Microban International has announced its latest technology – Ascera. This patent-pending, next generation antimicrobial technology “uses an active ingredient inspired by nature*, and is designed for use in olefinic polymers and solvent-based coatings. Ascera is sustainable, metal free and it is claimed…
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Needs, capacities of downstream petchem industries to be identified in IranPlast expo
Iranpolymer/Baspar The managing director of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said on Saturday that the needs and export capacities of downstream petrochemical industries are going to be identified in the 17th International Exhibition of Plastic, Rubber, Machinery, and Equipment (Iran…
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Stopping microplastics at the source
Iranpolymer/Baspar New technology aimed at addressing the problem of microfibres from launrdy being released into the environment in washing machine wastewater was unveiled 31 Aug. at appliance industry conference IFA in Berlin. Developed by Cleanr, a new greentech venture based…
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Mocom launches recycled compounds for automotive translucent applications
Iranpolymer/Baspar Germany-based compounder of thermoplastics Mocom has added light diffusing and light guiding mechanically recycled compounds to its Alcom product portfolio, in what it claims is a world first. The Alcom LD (light diffusing) and LG (light guiding) Eco lines are…
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Pacur selects Eastman’s Eastar Renew for medical device packaging
Iranpolymer/Baspar Wisconsin-based custom sheet extruder Pacur will use Eastman’s Eastar Renew 6763 to produce rigid, thermoformed, sterile barrier medical device packaging, the company has announced. The materials in the Eastman Renew polymer portfolio are manufactured with ISCC certified circular content…
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Montachem International partners with seaweed- based resin maker Loliware
Iranpolymer/Baspar At the Plast international plastics show in Milan, plastic resin distributor Montachem International and materials science company Loliware debuted their seaweed-based resins today, an event marking Loliware’s entrance into Europe’s $3.5 billion bio-resin market. Loliware’s materials are the first…
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