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CO₂-Negative Compounds Become Key to Sustainable Plastics Sustainability and innovative materials are two key topics in modern plastics processing. The collaboration between the mechanical engineering company Arburg and the industrial raw materials start-up carbonauten promises exactly that: CO₂-neutral and even CO₂-negative masterbatches and compounds for...

DePoly to Build Cutting-Edge Plastic Recycling Facility With $23M in Funding Millions of tons of PET and polyester waste are burned or dumped in landfills each year, yet there are still few sustainable recycling options. A major milestone in the company's transition from laboratory innovation...

Mondi Now Producing Recycled Packaging Paper at Newly Operational Duino Site Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has officially begun operations at its Duino mill in Italy—a significant milestone that reinforces its position at the forefront of high-quality, environmentally responsible packaging production....

Joint Venture Between IPL and Schoeller Allibert to Tackle Global Packaging Sustainability The rigid-plastic product producer IPL and the reusable transport packaging firm Schoeller Allibert announced their merger. With 27 manufacturing facilities spread across Europe, the UK, and North America, the planned merger would establish...

OE-A and LOPEC Award Printed Electronics Innovations at LOPEC 2025 in Munich The winners of the annual “OE-A Competition” and the “LOPEC Start-Up Competition” were officially revealed at LOPEC 2025. This year, the OE-A Competition emphasized sustainable innovations aimed at the smart living sector. This year's...

XLPE Waste Meets Its Match with STEER’s New Tech In a breakthrough for plastic recycling and sustainable manufacturing, STEER World, a global leader in materials transformation technologies, has unveiled a first-of-its-kind method to recycle crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE) — a material long considered non-recyclable — using...