Packaging
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مهر- 1402 -17 مهرNews
Is graphene the silver bullet for plastic recycling woes?
Iranpolymer/Baspar If it feels like you’ve been hearing about recycling plastic all of your life, you might be right. The first plastic recycling mill was built in 1972[1], about the same time as the Environmental Protection Agency was formed. But…
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شهریور- 1402 -19 شهریورFeatured
Pacur selects Eastman’s Eastar Renew for medical device packaging
Iranpolymer/Baspar Wisconsin-based custom sheet extruder Pacur will use Eastman’s Eastar Renew 6763 to produce rigid, thermoformed, sterile barrier medical device packaging, the company has announced. The materials in the Eastman Renew polymer portfolio are manufactured with ISCC certified circular content…
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7 شهریورFeatured
Italian Packaging Company Will Use Recycled PET From Food Trays to Produce New Film
Iranpolymer/Baspar AMB Spa, a packaging producer based in Italy, will use PET flakes from Indoraa’s PET tray recycling operations in its food-grade packaging film. The partnership between AMB and Indorama is aimed at diverting 150 million post-consumer trays from landfill or…
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5 شهریورNews
Heinz revamps Tomato Ketchup bottles with fully recyclable caps
Iranpolymer/Baspar This should ensure the whole bottle and the cap can now be recycled in regular kerbside collection. The move means a potential 300 million plastic caps annually can be recycled, instead of ending up into landfill. Heinz said it…
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مرداد- 1402 -29 مردادFeatured
New HDPE grade designed for recyclability
Iranpolymer/Baspar ExxonMobil has developed a new HDPE grade specifically designed with machine direction oriented (MDO) PE film applications in mind. ExxonMobil HD7165L has been ‘designed for recyclability’ said the company, to help converters create recyclable mono-material laminates suitable for packaging…
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29 مردادNews
Braskem, SCG Chemicals form JV to advance Thai bio-based ethylene project
Iranpolymer/Baspar Thailand-based petrochemical company SCG Chemicals and Brazil chemicals group Braskem have announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to create Braskem Siam Company Limited. The aim of the new company will be to produce sugar-cane based bio-ethylene from…
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24 مردادNews
Scientists develop pineapple stem starch film for packaging fruits and vegetable
Iranpolymer/Baspar A team of scientists from Thailand and Malaysia, led by principal investigator, Associate Professor Taweechai Amornsakchai from Mahidol University, has successfully developed a low-cost and green method to make films prepared from pineapple stem starch (PSS) for food packaging,…
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22 مردادFeatured
The role of biodegradable materials in reducing medical plastics waste
Iranpolymer/Baspar In recent years, the growing concerns over environmental sustainability have prompted a critical examination of the impact of plastic waste on our planet. Nicolle Portilla, marketing manager, ZeroWaste Partnerships and RTS, explores the importance of materials’ roles in reducing medical…
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22 مردادFeatured
German Retailer’s Packaging Incorporates Digital Watermarking
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Netto Marken-Discount, a German retailer with 4,300 stores, announced its Netto brand products are now Digimarc recycle-ready. Netto food and beverage products have Digimarc watermarks, imperceptible to humans but machine-readable, incorporated into the packaging. The product digitization facilities product scanning…
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17 مردادFeatured
ADBioplastics develops industrially compostable single-use packaging for olive oil
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The Spain-based additives and bioplastics manufacturer has created a bioplastic called PLA-Premium which it claims offers improved processability, yet, like regular PLA, is 100% compostable under industrial conditions. TÜV Austria has certified the single-use product to disintegrate within…
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15 مردادNews
Ravago, Republic form post-consumer plastics JV
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In a major recycling deal, Republic Services Inc. and Ravago Group have formed Blue Polymers LLC, a joint venture that will build and operate plants to generate 100 percent post-consumer resins. The joint venture will make high density…
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15 مردادFeatured
The niche called bioplastics is growing
Iranpolymer/ Baspar Plastic contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2022, plastics produced 1.9 billion tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (3.5% of total global emissions), with 90% of this emission coming from plastic production, conversion from fossil fuels,…
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15 مردادNews
Coca-Cola debuts first 100% rPET bottle in India
Iranpolymer/ Baspar In a first for the country, Coca-Cola India recently launched a new 1-litre bottle made from 100% recycled PET for its packaged drinking water brand Kinley. The use of recycled material in food contact applications had previously been…
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تیر- 1402 -13 تیرNews
DePoly gains funding to expand plastics recycling operations
Iranpolymer/ Baspar According to deep tech company DePoly, over 400 million tonnes of plastic are produced every year, but less than 10% are recycled, with the majority entering incineration centers or landfills around the world. To combat this, the company…
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خرداد- 1402 -8 خردادFeatured
Hybrid GRIPS 2023 event recognises sustainable innovation
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The Global Research Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) conference this year welcomed 1,000 delegates to the Coventry Building Society Arena, with a live stream available for online viewers. The free-to-attend event, organised by Innovate UK KTN and hosted…
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آذر- 1401 -23 آذرFeatured
Recycling: New EU regulations for plastics that come into contact with food
Baspar / Iranpolymer New rules for the use of recycled plastics in food packaging have been in force across the EU since October 10, 2022. There is still a transition period until mid-2023, but a number of plastics recyclers and…
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آذر- 1400 -30 آذرFeatured
Borealis buys minority stake in Bockatech
Baspar / Iranpolymer For an unspecified amount, the polyolefin group Borealis (Vienna / Austria) bought a minority stake in Bockatech (Wyton / Great Britain), a technology provider for the production of sustainable packaging solutions. The investment is intended to deepen…
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فروردین- 1399 -27 فروردینFeatured
Setback or shock: when will plastics demand bounce back from coronavirus?
IRANPOLYMER/BASPAR The plastics industry entered the new decade on an optimistic note. The US-China trade war was pointed towards resolution, concerns over the fallout of Brexit had abated and demand expectations had improved following a lacklustre 2019. Then the coronavirus…
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اسفند- 1397 -5 اسفندNews
The Second IranPolyPack Conference: New Opportunities for Polymeric Material Application
Iranpolymer/ Baspar The second conference on new technologies in functional polymeric packaging was held February 13, in Olympic Hotel, Tehran.
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4 اسفندNews
CHINAPLAS 2019 Shaping a Brilliant Future for Packaging Industry
IranPolymer/Baspar Driven by the dynamic economic development, accelerating urbanization and improvement in people’s quality of life, the consumer market has a surging demand for safe, convenient, unique and environmentally friendly packaging. Meanwhile, the packaging industry is in a difficult position due…
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