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Arburg marks 50 years of collaboration with H&K Müller
Iranpolymer/ Baspar This year, more than 50 years of collaboration between H&K Müller GmbH & Co. KG and Arburg was crowned by the delivery of the company’s 100th machine. The hydraulic Allrounder 420 C Golden Edition is equipped with a Multilift Select…
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Reflection: Green buildings are a work in progress
Iranpolymer/ Baspar If there’s one sector that has needed to pull up its socks when it came to sustainability, it was the building construction industry. The World Green Building Council has estimated that the energy required to construct and operate…
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How Recycled Plastic is Revolutionizing the Internet Hardware Industry
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The global tech industry is witnessing a revolutionary shift in its manufacturing processes as it embraces sustainability. One of the most significant changes is the incorporation of recycled plastic into the production of internet hardware. This trend is…
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International Composites Summit (ICS) Unveils Centre Stage and Innovation Stage Speaker Programme
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The International Composites Summit (ICS), a platform for cost-effective andsustainable composites business has announced its highly anticipated Centre Stage and Innovation Stage speaker programme featuring renowned experts and industry leaders from various sectors. Taking place on September 6th…
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Balena develops 3D printed footwear using biodegradable elastomers
Iranpolymer/ Baspar To create her unique, 3D-printed slides, Kitty Shukman utilized Balena’s BioCir, a fully compostable and biodegradable elastomer for the fashion industry. The company claims that collaboration is a milestone in the intersection of fashion, technology, and environmental consciousness.…
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What Is the Molders’ and Moldmakers’ View?
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Injection molders and moldmakers who want to hear from their peers on how the biggest issues of the day are being addressed, whether its automation, workforce development, additive manufacturing, sustainability or more need to look no further than…
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Applied Testing of Recycled Plastic in Road Pavement Materials
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Researchers at the University of Missouri are using recycled materials including plastic waste in experimental replacements for traditional asphalt pavement. In partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation, the research team has recently created a real-world test road…
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Graphene-Enhanced Stretch Film Billed as ‘World First’
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Packseven, one of Brazil’s largest flexible film processors, has commercialized what’s been billed as the world’s first graphene-enhanced stretch film. The new ultra-thin film, developed using Gerdau Graphene’s specialized graphene additive technology, is reportedly significantly thinner and more durable: initial…
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Braskem invests $87M to expand biopolymer production
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Braskem has spent almost $90 million to add more than 130 million pounds of bio-based plastic feedstock in Triunfo, Brazil. The $87 million project was completed in June, officials with Braskem in São Paulo said in a news…
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Berry creates recyclable, PCR bottles for green cleaning products
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Berry Global has created a range of reusable bottles made entirely out of post-consumer recycled plastic for the UK ethical cleaning company The Bio-D Company. Bio-D, B Corp certified business, specialises in the production of cleaning products which…
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Alpla launches new Alplarecycling brand
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Plastic packaging specialist Alpla is no newcomer to the recycling world. Its first investment in recycling date from 2005 when it became a joint-venture partner in a PET recycling plant in Toluca Mexico. Today, the company operates 13…
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Bespoke packaging can add value, boost sustainability
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Bespoke packaging is often considered to be a more costly alternative to standard packaging. While it’s true that customers can buy high volumes of basic plastic packaging at a lower cost than customised glass packaging, when you work with…
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PBT-based Compounds with Radar Absorption Properties
Iranpolymer/ Baspar SABIC announced two new composite materials with applications in the automotive sector. LNP STAT-KON WDF40RID and WDF40RI are polybutylene teraphalate based with 20% glass fiber and proprietary filler. The compounds address a key challenge of millimeter wave radar technology…
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Thermoplastic Elastomers With Recycled Content for Automotive Applications
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Avient announced the launch of the Resound REC, thermoplastic elastomers with post-consumer recycled content. The new grades for automotive interior applications are formulated for comparable performance to traditional TPEs. The Resound REC 7310 product series meets common automotive original…
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The Exolon Group produces polycarbonate sheets for solar race car
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The Exolon Group is supporting Team Sonnenwagen Aachen, a team of students from RWTH and FH Aachen. As part of construction of the fourth generation of the “Covestro Adelie” solar race car, the Exolon Group has provided 10-millimetre-thick Exolon polycarbonate sheets used in the production of the…
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Chemical recycling needs ‘a leap of faith’
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In its ‘Let’s talk about Chemical Recycling” series, the Plastics and Rubber Machinery division of the German VDMA association talks to experts and stakeholders active in the chemical recycling space. According to Matthias Scheibitz, head of Sustainability Strategy…
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TotalEnergies, Aramco, Sabic demonstrate successful production of certified circular polymers
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Pyrolysis oil derived from the chemical recycling of non-sorted plastic waste has now, for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa been utilised as feedstock for the production of ISCC+ certified circular polymers. The pyrolysis…
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UPM Biochemicals and Selenis Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Sustainable PETG
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Finland’s UPM Biochemicals and Portugal-based Selenis, a subsidiary of the IMG Group, have formed a strategic partnership to produce sustainable PETG (polyethylene terephthalate glycol) resin that will accelerate the introduction of renewable, sustainable forest-sourced materials into plastic applications. Highly-transparent and FDA-approved…
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Tailor-made compounds aims to offer solutions for the automotive industry
Iranpolymer/ Baspar E-mobility plus the continuing trend towards lightweight construction mean that the demands made on the performance properties of thermoplastics for automotive applications are constantly increasing. A broad portfolio of tailor-made material developments from TechnoCompound has been tuned into…
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Corporate giants can now offset plastic footprint with plastic credits
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Africa Carbon & Commodities (ACC), an organisation driving sustainable solutions for environmental challenges in Africa, today announced the Deekali Plastic Project in Senegal has become the first plastic credit project in Africa to meet the requirements for registration…
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