September 2020

Plastics Today

PMC Smart Solutions contributed its medical device manufacturing and regulatory expertise to the development and production of the Venti-Now ventilator.

Plastics Today

Be nice to old extrusion machinery. Don’t be too quick to say “get a new one” rather than fixing what you think is wrong. Screw replacement is a good example. Even if we can prove a screw is worn, we need to justify the cost of a new one, which is not as simple as it sounds.

Now there’s a one-step method of forming lightweight structural thermoplastic hollow sections or hollow articles locally reinforced with continuous fibers. At its German technical center, the High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit of Lanxess is developing methods of placing preheated blanks of composite organosheets in an extrusion blow mold while a parison of the same thermoplastic material is being extruded.

There are several vital factors that brand owners should consider when packaging products for ecommerce instead of retail.

With the increased worldwide demand for face masks, processors making nonwovens by the so-called meltblown processing method are finding that melt pumps are a critical factors in meeting the technical process requirements and ensuring consistently high quality fabric. Non-wovens are currently much in demand for making face masks in response to the novel Coronavirus.

This partnership will specifically recycle water sachets through a pilot program. Dow’s Project ReflexNG is an initiative that aims to collect and recycle plastic waste in Lagos, Nigeria. This pilot project is aligned to Dow’s global STOP THE WASTE sustainability target, which will enable the collection, reuse or recycling of one million metric tons of plastic globally by 2030.

Specialty chemical company Evonik has developed a novel anion exchange membrane (AEM), which should contribute to the breakthrough of electrolytic production of hydrogen.

Ineos Olefins & Polymers announced it has partnered with waste management company Saica Natur in a supply agreement for recycled LDPE and LLDPE. The long-term agreement will help Ineos to serve the growing demand for increased levels of recycled product in sustainable, virgin quality flexible packaging.

In a new step to reduce its plastic footprint in the environment, food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé Philippines has entered into an agreement with Plastic Credit Exchange (PCEx) to collect soft plastic waste from Baseco in Tondo, Manila, Payatas in Quezon City, and Rodriguez in Rizal province.