September issue
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With plastics technology a driver in modern healthcare, enhancing cost-effectiveness, safety, and hygiene while pushing ahead innovation, is the mainstay of medical plastics
Feature Latest Headlines
- » Launch of “Spotlight on Malaysia: Buyer Program” at Chinaplas 2025; advancing global collaboration New
- » TekniPlex Healthcare launches first biobased medical-grade PVC compounds New
- » Dow announces award-winning innovators in packaging
- » Grace, Nayara Energy launch 450 kta PP Plant in India
- » FEMSA announces agreement with AMMI to divest its plastics solutions operations
- » BASF boosts Neopor production capacity at Ludwigshafen
- » Infinity Recycling, LyondellBasell, and CPChem back Alterra’s advanced recycling push
- » Cannon expands elastomer solutions with Polytec EMC Engineering acquisition
- » Greenpeace urges accountability for single-use plastics in HK rivers
- » Green materials: Fortnum produces biodegradable plastic from CO2 emissions in Finland
- » Packaging: Avantium to supply PEF to Plastipak for food packaging in US; Food vacuum containers with Sabic’s ocean-bound PP content rolled out in Europe/UK, Asia next
- » M&As: Sudarshan Chemical to acquire Heubach Group; Evonik scales down adhesives, healthcare units in restructuring
- » Ioniqa files for bankruptcy protection; deems low-priced virgin PET as a factor
- » Grappling with Singapore’s plastic waste with global innovations, local strategies for change
- » DuPont files ITC suit against Dangsheng, Qingyun for Tyvek IP infringement
Company News
TaipeiPlas 2024 opens, highlighting unprecedented growth in Taiwan
The Taipei International Plastics and Rubber Industry Show (TaipeiPlas) officially opened today, 24 September, at Hall 1 of the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Centre... Read More»
Composite Materials Zone to debut at TaipeiPlas 2024
The Taipei International Plastics and Rubber Industry Show (TaipeiPlas 2024) will introduce a brand-new Composite Materials Zone as part of its expansion, with nearly 500 exhibitors across more than 1,800 booths,... Read More»
Material News
Asia turns environmental challenges into sustainable opportunities
The global plastics waste problem has reached critical levels, with millions of tonnes generated each year, posing severe environmental and economic challenges. In Asia, the situation is particularly pressing. The World Bank's report... Read More»
Recycling: Living in a plastic world; tackling the plastic pollution problem
With the growing onslaught of plastics pollution, the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is researching ways of recycling and reusing plastics, as well as addressing major bottlenecks faced when recycling plastics. ... Read More»
Machinery News
India’s Ganesha Ecopet triples PET bottle recycling output with new machinery
With the increasing demand for food-safe rPET in the country, Indian PET recycling specialist Ganesha Ecopet has ramped up its PET bottle-to-bottle recycling... Read More»
SML introduces latest update to 2-m stretch wrap film line
At the German K2010 trade fair, Austrian extrusion machinery maker SML introduced the EcoCompact, a standardised 4 up (2,000 mm) wide stretch film line with premium components, with a compact... Read More»
Unigloves and KluraLabs introduce new antimicrobial nitrile glove with 99.99% germ elimination in 60 secs
UK-headquartered Unigloves and KluraLabs have launched CrossGuard, an antimicrobial nitrile glove that eliminates 99.99% of bacteria in just 60 seconds, ideal for healthcare,... Read More»
StackTeck adds Netstal machine and Piovan dryer at PET processing lab
Canadian injection moulding solutions provider StackTeck Systems Ltd says it has made a “significant” investment in its North American PET preform testing capabilities.... Read More»
Mitsubishi Power completes power plant in Thailand
TotalEnergies recently broke ground on the Oakmulgee Dairy Farm renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Amelia Court House, Virginia, with its joint venture partner Vanguard Renewables... Read More»