Marius Schaub

Valmet introduced its climate program "Forward to a carbon neutral future" in the company's Capital Markets Day on March 10, 2021. The program continues the company's work for sustainability.

The European market for polymers has been under pressure for several months and the negative consequences of raw material shortages and price increases are seriously impacting the production of plastic products in the EU.

B.I.G. Yarns promises a 75% recycled content yarn with no performance compromise with a circular, endlessly recyclable solution for contract, automotive and residential carpets. The product is said to have a high resource efficiency compared to virgin-based PA6 yarn.

Innovate UK backs a 1.2 million GBP project with Recycling Technologies, the University of Birmingham, the University of Surrey, and the Cranfield University to further develop chemical recycling technology in the UK.

On 2 February 2021, a truck filled with crude oil, which was recovered by chemically recycling reusable materials from Südpack, left the Recenso pilot plant in Germany.

AMI has announced that its four focused plastics industry exhibitions, which were scheduled to take place at Messe Essen in Germany on 1-2 June 2021, have now been postponed to 29-30 September 2021.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology and Cronimet Ferroleg have developed a laser-based sorting process for metal scrap. A new sensor makes the recycling more efficient than previously possible.

The PrintCYC initiative wants to offer cost-effective solutions for a circular economy based on postindustrial waste from printed plastic films. The process promises significant improvement of recycling by a PU based ink system.

To prevent food waste, Russian supermarket chain Perekrestok is implementing a new freshness control system based on Visual Freshness Sensors. This is a joint project with the Israeli foodtech startup Evigence Sensors.

Liebherr launches a new machine on the global market: As a successor to the R 944 C, the R 940 Demolition complements the product range, which already includes the R 950 Demolition and the R 960 Demolition.