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Life cycle assessment of Mondi’s paper for pallet wrapping shows lower climate impact Mondi commissioned an independent life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing its Advantage StretchWrap paper to conventional plastic stretch film. The ISO-based approach shows that the new paper pallet packaging performs better in...

Gamut Capital Management to Acquire Davis-Standard Gamut Capital Management, L.P. (“Gamut”), a leading New York-based middle market private equity firm, has announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Davis-Standard, LLC and its affiliates (“Davis-Standard”) from ONCAP, the middle-market private equity platform...

arburgXvision 9: “Mould Strategy 2.0 – new ideas for reducing costs!” Ninth live programme: Around 450 viewers followed the interactive TV format Expert presentations: Correctly configuring, maintaining, and protecting injection moulds against wear Live presentation: Conserving moulds and machines and keeping processes constant Lossburg, 02/11/2021 Once...

COLINES launches cast MOPE film The production of Mono Oriented PE film (MOPE) with cast technology is no longer a “utopia”: the three companies have set a new benchmark for the market, by producing a very high-level 30 micron MOPE with unique and specific mechanical...

Collaboration to “Close the Loop on Plastics” According to calculations by the World Bank, approximately two-thirds of household waste is still incinerated or landfilled. In its 4th global conference, industry leaders joined TOMRA, the Norwegian specialist for waste collection, sorting and recycling, to continue to...

A new bio-based polyamide 11 powders plant in China In parallel with its major project to increase global capacity of bio-based polyamide 11 by 50% in Singapore, Arkema announces the construction of a polyamide 11 powders plant on its Changshu platform in China, scheduled to...