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Covestro supports development of Chinese standards for recycled plastics

Covestro a member of the drafting committee of China’s Guobiao (GB) standards on recycled polycarbonates Unified quality specifications for recycled polycarbonates from post-consumer and post-industrial waste Covestro supported a consortium of recycling value chain partners in China in the recent development of national standards for recycled...

The market for medical tubes

Bremen, July 2021 - Not only against the backdrop of demographic change but also following the launch of new medical applications, the market for medical tubes has evolved to become a significant growth market. Accordingly, minimally invasive interventions are gaining in popularity which, in...

Phosgene-free polycarbonate production

The plastic polycarbonate has become an indispensable part of our everyday lives – but until now, it has been manufactured using up a high level of resources and involving the highly toxic gas phosgene. A German industrial plant manufacturer has now commissioned its second...

Bacteria serves tasty solution to plastic crisis

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution by using bacteria to transform plastic waste into vanilla flavouring. Researchers have discovered that the common bacteria E. coli can be deployed as a sustainable way to convert post-consumer plastic into vanillin,...

New ECO high performance melt filters for higher throughputs in PET processing

Ettlinger's new ECO 500 high performance melt filter achieves throughputs of up to 4,000 kg/h © Ettlinger Königsbrunn/Germany, June 2021 – ETTLINGER, a member of the MAAG Group and a leading manufacturer of continuously operating high performance melt filters, has unveiled a new generation of tried-and-tested ECO products...

Plastics Machinery Shipments: Typical Slower First Quarter but Poised for Growth

WASHINGTON - The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced today shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America came in lower in First Quarter 2021 than Fourth Quarter 2020. Shipments decreased following three consecutive quarters of growth, according to statistics compiled and reported...