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Taipei Plas & Shoetech Taipei 2022 Opens Today

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Taipei Plas & Shoetech Taipei 2022 Opens Today

Taipei Plas & Shoetech Taipei 2022 Opens Today

Taipei Plas returns with an in-person format this year. 2022 Taipei Plas kicks off today in conjunction with ShoeTech Taipei at Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. After a 4-year absence, the physical Taipei Plas is back with a full line-up of leading players from 12 countries/regions, including material suppliers in the upstream to processors at the downstream. A total of 300 exhibitors in 1,300 booths pack the venue showcasing a wide spectrum of smart machines and new technologies that will attract 15,000+ visitors.

Distinguished speakers at the opening ceremony today include Deputy Minister Chern-Chyi Chen of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Deputy Director General G. J. Lee of Bureau of Foreign Trade, Chairman James C. F. Huang of Taitra, and TAMI Chairman Larry Wei, giving remarks and congratulations on Taipei Plas & ShoeTech Taipei 2022.

The dynamics of the industry and full support from exhibitors make the comeback of Taipei Plas possible, said Chairman James Huang. In the past four years, Taiwan plastics, rubber and shoe-making machinery manufacturers have demonstrated extraordinary resilience in a volatile global market. In line with that, this year Taipei plas features three trends: “Smart Machinery,” “Next-gen Materials,” and “Circular Economy.” Up until recently, the plastics and rubber industry is particularly making positive and quick response by accelerating green and digital transformation.

Chairman Wei pointed out that Taiwan’s plastics, rubber and shoe-making machinery industries are renowned for outstanding flexibility, reliability and customization. Beyond that, the smart technologies developed by Taiwan manufacturers can help customers all over the world reduce production costs and carbon footprint at the same time. “Smart Machinery is the best approach to achieve carbon neutrality,” said Wei.

In addition, Taipei Plas launches a “ESG Pavilion,” which gathers ten leading chemical material companies to present eco-friendly materials and circular economy solutions. Overall, the spotlight will be shed on “Sustainability Forum” on September 28, the second show day. Speeches and panels led by Siemens, BASF, FKI, FCS, LCY Chemical, FENC Polyester Business, ZwickRoell, Plastics Industry Development Center, etc., will inspire us more on building sustainability for the next generations.

Big names at TaipeiPLAS and ShoeTech Taipei 2022 include ARBURG, BASF, CHEN HSONG, Chuan Chyi, CYKF, DIING KUEN, ENGEL, FCS, FKI, Formosa Plastics, HI-MORE, HIWIN, HUARONG, JSW, LIENFA, MULTIPLAS, PMI, POLYSTAR, Shibaura, Siemens, Tenso, Victor Taichung, WITTMANN BATTENFELD, and YE I. All of them are ready to make a splash at the show by presenting their latest models, technologies, unique innovations for applications in automotive, healthcare, aerospace, consumer electronics and packaging sectors.

Total exports of Taiwan plastics & rubber machines from January to August this year reached US$704 million, an increase by 7.71% over the same period last year. And total exports of shoe-making machinery were US$70.9 million, up 18.9% compared with the same period. Not surprisingly, Taiwan ranked as the world’s 6th exporter of plastics & rubber machinery and world’s 2nd exporter of shoe-making machinery respectively. The organizer Taitra anticipates that more business opportunities will be generated both on-site and online. Until now, overseas visitors from the United States, Japan, Turkey, the UAE, Indonesia, South Africa have registered to join business matchmaking meetings.

Meanwhile, Taipei Plas & ShoeTech Taipei 2022 comes with a lot more exciting online and offline events, including On-site Guide for Online Visitors, plas potlight Live, themed guided tours, procurement meetings and a month-long online exhibition till October 27. For more updates, visit the official website www.taipeiplas.com.tw, or follow the show on social media.

 

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“Mechanical and chemical recycling are complementary”

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“Mechanical and chemical recycling are complementary”

“Mechanical and chemical recycling are complementary”

Interview with Dr. Ralf Düssel, Chairman of plastics producers’ association PlasticsEurope Deutschland

Dr. Düssel, the plastics manufacturing industry has done reasonably well to date with a linear economic model, so why the switch to a circular economy?
This is the only way to achieve the greenhouse gas reduction and climate neutrality targets that Europe and Germany have set themselves. Our study, Reshaping Plastics – Pathways to a Circular, Climate Neutral Plastics System in Europe, shows that we have already taken some steps in the right direction, but it also shows that our pace is still too slow. The transformation towards climate neutrality needs to happen faster, and circular economy is an important contribution towards this. It helps to reduce waste and lower the use of fossil raw materials. Many of our member companies are already using various sustainable raw materials. There are also already initial examples available of closed material flows. However, this is where we still need to move faster, which is why, as an association, we strongly support the switch from a linear to circular economy.

Chemical recycling can make a contribution. How far have you advanced technologically within this field?
There are first plants producing pyrolysis oils on a smaller industrial scale. In addition, there are various research projects in Germany and Europe. However, we need to push innovations in this area even further: for example, we need to understand how to deal with different waste streams. In order to do so though, we need an innovation-friendly environment. As an industry, we have made clear investment commitments, investing around 2.6 billion euros in 2025, which will increase to up to 7.2 billion euros by 2030. But in doing so, we need to be certain that the products obtained from chemical recycling will also be recognised as recyclates in regulatory terms

Currently, the EU is considering classifying products from chemical recycling in a different manner to those from mechanical recycling. What would this mean for your industry?
That would not be a good development. We support developments that do not favour any particular technology, because we are convinced that neither we in industry, nor the regulators in the EU and Germany know what the world will look like in ten years. That’s why we need classification of recycling that is open to any type of technology. Only then can all investments and innovations also be driven forward, so that in the end, the best recycling method for the respective application is used, for example in terms of its climate protection potential. For this reason, we expressly do not support a different treatment of the various recycling techniques.

How likely is it that your association’s viewpoint will gain acceptance?
I believe we are on the right track. I am very pleased that the topic was taken up in the German coalition agreement, and that chemical recycling is to be included in the legislative act on packaging. We will do everything we can to make this happen.

Can you describe which method will have its place and where in the future?
It is often argued that chemical recycling is taking market shares away from mechanical recycling; this approach is wrong. We clearly need even more mechanical recycling, and capacities must be significantly expanded here. Chemical recycling comes into play when mechanical recycling reaches its limits: for example, when recycling has been done too often, and the plastic chains have therefore become shorter and shorter, or when we have very mixed waste. A good example is the rotor blades of wind turbines, which are mostly made of fiberglass-reinforced plastic. We need chemical recycling for this purpose, because the mechanical one doesn’t render a usable product. With chemical recycling, we can achieve a quality in this field that is comparable to virgin material. This material can be reused in medical products or food applications, for example, and that’s exactly why both recycling processes are complementary, and we absolutely need both.

Chemical recycling, however, requires a high energy input.
New studies show that you have to use five to ten percent of the energy content of the waste for the process of chemical recycling. That means you recover about 70 percent of the carbon atom; that’s not bad. Other studies compare the energy requirements of mechanical recycling with chemical recycling. Chemical recycling isn’t too bad in that regard either. We are working on further improvements. I am confident that we will also bring chemical recycling up to a decent level in terms of energy consumption – all the more so when the supply of power and heat is sourced from green electricity.

What is the role of design-for-recycling in the effort to achieve climate neutrality?
That is also an important building block for closing the loop and consequently for achieving greenhouse gas neutrality. There are already many good examples of this: for instance, a recyclable toothbrush or a car seat made from just one material – both of which increase the chances of recovering recyclates from discarded plastic products. We will certainly see many similar examples at K. It just needs to be implemented consistently, and customers and end users need to accept the products. Avoiding waste, reducing waste and reusing products first and foremost, and only then recycling, promoted for example by design-for-recycling, that is the right way to go.

Will we eventually be able to do without fossil raw materials altogether?
If we close the loops, we will no longer need fossil raw materials. If we then combine that with green energy, it’s an enormous step toward achieving greenhouse gas neutrality. However, it won’t work without a circular economy.

 

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Solvay and 3Trees Collaborate to Extend the Lifetime of BIPV Roofing Materials

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Solvay and 3Trees Collaborate to Extend the Lifetime of BIPV Roofing Materials

Solvay and 3Trees Collaborate to Extend the Lifetime of BIPV Roofing Materials

Solvay’s Cyasorbc Cynergy Solutions stabilization technology enables 3Trees to meet 25-year material anti-aging requirements, a critical element in advancing BIPV technology and market growth

Solvay announced today a collaboration with 3Trees, a leading Chinese building materials manufacturer, to develop building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) thermoplastic polyolefin roofing membranes that comply with new 25-year weathering requirements. The project will support China’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 by accelerating the adoption of distributed rooftop BIPV installations. The demand for BIPV products continues to rise globally, driven by construction projects, new material options and growing consumer preference for sustainable solutions.

In China, using BIPVs to replace conventional thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) building materials for applications such as roofs, skylights and facades is an emerging trend. Aging requirements for BIPV TPO roofing far exceed the 10-year requirement for standard TPO roofing, a critical factor in offsetting the cost of such installations. However, current TPO solutions in China are unable to meet this specification.

Solvay’s Cyasorbc Cynergy Solutions B Series UV/thermal stabilizer will enable compliance with the 25-year weathering requirement for BIPV TPO roofing in China, providing excellent protection to TPO and PP parts, even in extreme exposure environments. Cyasorbc Cynergy Solutions B Series stabilizers prevent micro-crack formation, loss of gloss and color shift, and do not interfere with sealing, painting and other surface treatments. While Solvay’s additives can be incorporated in the TPO membrane, they can also be used in photovoltaic panels and support systems, where they provide excellent UV protection for backsheet films and heat stability combined with good chemical resistance.

“Solvay is excited to work with 3Trees to introduce a new BIPV TPO roofing product to the Chinese market,” commented Ning Chen, Vice President for Solvay’s Polymer Additives business. “Enabled by Solvay’s solutions, 3Trees’ new BIPV TPO roofing membrane will address the limitations of existing products. We look forward to supporting 3Trees in driving the building and construction industry’s shift to BIPV solutions and working toward China’s carbon neutrality goals.”

Initial testing by 3Trees demonstrated that Solvay’s product provides superior stabilization performance. The goal of the collaboration is to work toward the commercialization and scale-up of this solution. The collaboration agreement will cover product testing, qualification, market promotion, new project development and production. Solvay’s Cyasorbc Cynergy Solutions B Series stabilizer will be incorporated into 3Trees’ TPO roofing sheets, allowing the company to far exceed ASTM D6878 and ASTM D573 standards. The stabilizer is also designed to address China-specific standards under evaluation, such as “Technical Regulations for Roofing Engineering of Photovoltaic Modules” and “Technical Specifications for Roofing Engineering.” Solvay has more than a decade of experience in the stabilization of building polymers, supporting leading builders and OEMs in the United States.

“We’ve been impressed by Solvay’s quick action, technical support and stabilization solution,” said Huang Lulu, Research & Innovation Director at 3Trees. “Their Cyasorbc Cynergy Solutions B Series stabilizers provide excellent thermal aging performance, show no obvious discoloration, and enable TPO BIPV parts to maintain their physical properties. We’re excited to accelerate the development of the BIPV market in China.”

 

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Borealis and ITC Packaging Develop Series of Sustainable Rigid Packaging Formats Suitable for Food Contact

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Borealis and ITC Packaging Develop Series of Sustainable Rigid Packaging Formats Suitable for Food Contact

Borealis and ITC Packaging Develop Series of Sustainable Rigid Packaging Formats Suitable for Food Contact

  • Transformational Borealis Borcycle C solutions based on chemical recycling produce virgin-grade materials that guarantee high purity and safety for demanding food-contact applications
  • Circular polyolefins in the Borealis Bornewables portfolio enable substantial carbon footprint reductions while offering the same safety and performance as virgin polyolefins
  • EverMinds platform inspires unique value chain co-operation which is fast-tracking circularity in rigid food packaging

Borealis and ITC Packaging, a leading European manufacturer of thin wall packaging for food-contact applications, have jointly developed a series of new and more sustainable rigid packaging formats that are suitable for food contact. The partners used resins from the Borcycle C and Bornewables portfolios to upgrade a number of iconic food packaging formats found on European supermarket shelves, primarily in the ice cream and ready-to-eat segments. These more sustainable formats containing chemically recycled polypropylene (rPP) and renewable-based PP were launched in record time in the course of 2022. The successful launches underscore the efficiency of value chain collaboration in the spirit of EverMinds, the Borealis platform created to accelerate action on plastics circularity.

Brand owners and converters are keen to find ways to reduce their carbon footprint by enhancing the sustainability of their packaging. At the same time, ensuring the safety of food-contact packaging is crucial. Grades in the Borcycle C portfolio guarantee the high purity and safety required for food-contact applications because they are gained through the chemical recycling process, which turns plastic waste which is difficult to recycle back into virgin-grade materials. Grades in the Bornewables portfolio are composed of renewably-sourced feedstocks derived from residue and vegetable waste streams.

Because both Borcycle C and Bornewables grades are composed of ISCC Plus-Certified (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) sustainable feedstock produced in accordance with the mass balance method, using them enables manufacturers and brand owners to reduce the CO2 footprint of their packaging formats. As these grades are virgin-grade resins offering the same high purity and performance as polyolefins made using fossil fuel-based feedstocks, they offer the added bonus of not requiring grade revalidation, because they can be used as drop-in solutions.

“As packaging pioneers, ITC has always been at the forefront of innovation. Our long-term strategic partnership with Borealis has enabled us to consolidate our position as sustainability trailblazers in the European rigid packaging industry,” says Jose Luis Olmedo, ITC Packaging Managing Director. “Our ultimate aim is to maintain high food safety standards while implementing an added-value circular economy model that meets market demands. This is what strengthens our relationships to both our customers and value chain partners.”

“Working together with ITC in the spirit of EverMinds has allowed us to identify and implement the ideal technologies and material solutions for making rigid PP packaging food-contact compliant yet more circular,” says Peter Voortmans, Borealis Global Commercial Director Consumer Products. “Building on the success story with Bornewables and Borcycle C, Borealis and ITC are now exploring the use of mechanically recycled compounds from the Borcycle M portfolio to further reduce the carbon footprint of ITC’s non-food packaging. This is how we advance value chain collaboration to close the loop on plastics circularity and at the same time underline how we manage to re-invent essentials for sustainable living.”

K 2022 will take place from 19 to 26 October 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

We invite you to “Innovate Collaborate Accelerate” together with us by visiting Borealis and Borouge in Hall 6 at Stand A43.

 

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For Start-Ups, Medica is the Gateway to the World – Programme Highlights: Two Competitions Boast an Exciting Finale

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For Start-Ups, Medica is the Gateway to the World – Programme Highlights: Two Competitions Boast an Exciting Finale

For Start-Ups, Medica is the Gateway to the World – Programme Highlights: Two Competitions Boast an Exciting Finale

Medica Connected Healthcare Forum Takes a Look at the New Digital Reality and Revolutionary Technologies

As one of the world’s leading medical trade fairs, Medica in Düsseldorf presents innovations every year for the entire healthcare workflow, for clinical and outpatients. Among the over 4,200 companies at Medica 2022 (duration: 14 – 17 November) there will again be several hundred start-ups. This event, which is one of the most international trade fairs (more than 70 percent of all visitors hail from abroad, and about 150 nations overall are represented), is a gateway to the world for them, through which they can make contacts across all continents.

Take as an example the Medica Connected Healthcare Forum (in Hall 12), a special platform for young entrepreneurs. The most important issues of the four-day-programme for the year 2022 are: Connected medical things, AI & big data, robotics, the health metaverse, the future of hospitals and care centres, health monitoring and diagnostics, mobile health, digital therapeutics, mental health, and more. About a hundred chosen start-ups and scale-ups present themselves on the forum stage during the Medica Disrupt Sessions. The finale of the 11th Medica Start-Up Comprtition and the “14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup” are highlights of the programme.

The 11th Medica Start-Up Competition is on the lookout for innovative healthcare industry solutions, from health apps and new tools for gathering and AI-supported analysis of health data, to robotic assistance systems and new approaches in diagnostics. Until mid-September, hundreds of innovators had already registered their participation in the finale of the competition during Medica 2022. The 12 best finalists, chosen by a professional jury, will now pitch on 15 November at 1 p.m. to win the grand prize.

A day before, on 14 November at 1 p.m., the finale for the “14th Healthcare Innovation World Cup” will start. There, another 12 chosen finalists will pitch to win with their solutions for the “Internet of Medical Things” (IoMT). The span of developments reaches from interconnected medical technological devices, wearable technologies, digital biomarkers and intelligent plasters up to smart implants.

What the metaverse will bring

In addition, the metaverse is going to be one of the important topics at the Medica Connected Healthcare Forum. The new buzzword hints at a novel digital reality that focusses on technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), the possibilities of processing big data in real time by artificial intelligence, and digital twins. This could lead to revolutionary changes in health care, both for monitoring health and treatments. This trend provides the focus for the content of a symposium, starting on Wednesday, 16 November, at 12 p.m. There, Eva Garcia Ramos, CEO and co-founder of WIVI Vision, will speak. The start-up concentrates mostly on children and adolescents. The products (for example with the capacity for 3D visualisation) aim to improve health care with a view to evaluating and treating problems with visual function.

About 30 percent of all children in Europe are affected by some form of disturbance of their visual function, but only a minority receives adequate evaluation and treatment, says the young company. 95 to 100 percent of these cases could therefore be evaluated and undergo an improvement through the use of special products and services.

VR & AR on a helpful mission in treating severe illness

Khora, too, will be present on stage at the Medica Connected Healthcare Forum. The Danish start-up has worked with the Rigshospitalet to create, for example, an augmented reality universe aimed at children and adolescents from ages ten to fourteen, who have to spend considerable time in hospital with cancer or leukaemia. It is supposed to make daily life easier for them. Khora created “Snail Battle”, which allows persons affected to use plants to fight against evil monster snails. During the Medica Connected Healthcare Forum, CEO Simon Lajboschitz will also explain, how virtual reality can help patients with schizophrenia affected by auditory hallucinations. The metaverse can offer opportunities in many other areas, ranging from applications for attention deficit disorder over the development and testing of medical devices on virtual patients to simulation scenarios. These will be the focus of talks on Wednesday, 16 November.

Political framework

The state of digitalisation in the near future in Germany also depends on government policies. Dr. Susanne Ozegowski, head of the department of “Digitalisation and Innovation” at the Federal Ministry for Health, will speak about her ministry’s strategy for digitalisation. The possibilities of digital applications for health (DiGA) and for care (DiPA) offer enough inspiration for talks on Wednesday, 16 November, starting at 3 p.m.

A variety of topics at the Medica Start-Up Park

Thericon and Kuartismed are among the companies participating in the Medica Start-Up Park. The shared booth (also located in Hall 12) has established itself over the years as a central meeting point for business and networking with the young founders’ scene, and this year counts around 40 participants. German start-up Thereon see themselves as the first company to bring imaging compiled from several different sources into the operating theatre as a visual aid. Visual representations of hitherto invisible tissue properties are presented together with standard coloured images on a single monitor. This diagnostic information and their intuitive display aims to make faster and more precise surgical results possible. The company’s Medica Start-Up Park presentation explains how it works in detail. Meanwhile, Turkish company Kuartismed concentrates on innovative solutions for the wellbeing of newborns. As children born before the 34th week of gestation lack sufficient coordination of the sucking and swallowing reflexes, they depend on feeding tubes for nutrition. The non-invasive medical device by Kuartismed aims to help with evaluating the maturity of these reflexes in the future.

The aforementioned examples show that, if you are interested in innovations in the health sector, a visit to Medica 2022, and especially the novelties presented by the various start-ups, is a must.

 

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Labelexpo Americas 2022: Joy in Togetherness After a Hiatus

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Labelexpo Americas 2022: Joy in Togetherness After a Hiatus

Labelexpo Americas 2022: Joy in Togetherness After a Hiatus

It is a famous saying, “absence makes the heart grow fonder”! The last labelexpo held as a globally attended event was “Labelexpo Europe 2019” in Brussels, and while writing about the event on this blog, I titled it as Labelexpo Europe 2019, the best ever! I had started that article with the words; “From the word go, Labelexpo Europe 2019 was a vibrant and happening show!” and so it was. Each year a multitude of visitors from various segments of label industry which include printers, suppliers, consultants, media and label users make a beeline for this august show, wishing it to be bigger and better than before . Little did anyone know or visualized that the humanity will go through a traumatic time of life termed as a “pandemic.” If all goes well, it will be four long years before the next Labelexpo Europe may be held in Brussels in 2023, a show that is referred to as the Mecca for the international labels community. The past three years have witnessed immense human suffering, many lost their lives and there were a vast number of businesses that suffered. Post a gigantic global drive to vaccinate the world population against the terrible virus Covid-19, normalcy started surfacing and businesses started limping back to life. The announcement of Labelexpo Americas was welcome news but there was still an air of caution about getting infected because the virus had not been completely eradicated. Labelexpo Americas is a much smaller event as compared to the European event. The yearning by the labels industry to venture out again to witness the new developments and network with global peers in the widespread labels industry surfaced and finally the American event turned out to be a remarkable success. At the Labelexpo Americas 2022, the joy in togetherness after a hiatus of three years was evident!

Label Industry Global Awards 2022

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In the evening of the first day of Labelexpo Americas 2022 The Global Label Reunion Party 2022 was organized and the Label industry Global Awards were announced. The winners were chosen by a judging panel consisting of Lori Campbell, chairman of TLMI, Linnea Keen, president of TLMI, Philippe Voet, president of FINAT, Greg Hrinya, editor of Label & Narrow Web, James Quirk, then group editor of Labels & Labeling, and Jean Poncet, editor-in-chief at Etiq+Pack. The chair of the judging panel was Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director Tarsus Labels & Packaging Group.

As previously announced, the winner of the 2022 R. Stanton Avery Global Achievement Award is Harveer Sahni, the author of this blog. The judging panel felt Harveer meets all the criteria for excellence demanded by the industry’s most prestigious award for an individual’s contribution to the growth and development of the global labels industry. His history in building a company to manufacture self-adhesive labels in India, through to his central role in building the Indian label association and then acting as an influential ambassador on the world stage, all helped the judging panel to come to their decision. He was introduced by the TLMI President Linnea Keen who conferred the award to him. Speaking on the occasion Harveer Sahni spoke of his journey in labels and the lessons he learnt. His speech can be head on the following

link;https://youtu.be/ySJ_9JhSHFg

Other winners announced are as follows:

The Rising Star Award went to Stijn Billiet, Global Sustainability Director, MCC Label. Stijn joined MCC in 2020 and made an immediate impact bringing sustainability onto the agenda of the business. Early 2021 he presented a roadmap for all global production sites to reduce their carbon footprint, guiding the Belgian facility to carbon neutral production. Stijn represents MCC in its collaboration with organizations such as Holy Grail, RecyClass, APR, and CELAB. The judging panel felt Stijn has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader and is already a strong voice within the labels industry.

 

The Environmental Sustainability Award was won by Flint Group Narrow Web, for a new line of products designed to enable more sustainable packaging. The first product in the series, Evolution Deinking Primer, when used with Flint Group EkoCure XS inks, enables deinking of crystallisable shrink sleeves, allowing the clean sleeve label material to be recovered and recycled into PET packaging. The judging panel felt that the Evolution Deinking Primer makes a major contribution to developing a circular lifecycle for label materials.

 

 

The Innovation Award for companies with over 300 employees went to Actega for its Signite decoration technology. Utilizing the latest in UV-curable chemistry, Signite decorations are created entirely on press, eliminating the need for the laminated constructions used in traditional pressure-sensitive label production. Signite decorations are built in register with the graphics and label content, so there is no die cutting and no matrix to dispose of. Signite decorations are applied with a specialist inline applicator developed by Actega, initially for glass straight-walled containers. The judging panel felt this to be a step change in the way label decorations are produced and a major contribution to industry sustainability.

 

The Innovation Award for companies with under 300 employees was awarded to S-OneLP for its ReEarth compostable flexible packaging films. ReEarth films have achieved ASTM D6400 commercial compostability standards and are both BPI and USDA Biopreferred certified. A compostable print film, adhesive, and sealant layer make up this laminated structure that can be surface printed with digital or flexographic technologies. The judging panel felt that with more label converters diversifying into flexible packaging products, a fully compostable solution is a great aid to future packaging industry sustainability.

The Rising Star award is sponsored by Avery Dennison; the Environmental Sustainability award is sponsored by Labels & Labeling; the Innovation Award for companies up to 300 employees is sponsored by Flint Group Narrow Web; and the Innovation Award for companies over 300 is sponsored by Xeikon.

Labelexpo Americas 2022

Defying the caution and scare of Covid-19 visitors travelled across continents to witness the ample display of technologies and solutions at the event. There were a lot of live equipment running and there was a sense of fulfillment amongst the visitors. The show was vibrant and a wonderful precursor to the biggest of them all, “Labelexpo Europe 2023 at Brussels”. I reproduce pictures of my walk through the show.

 

Written and compiled by Harveer Sahni Chairman, Weldon Celloplast Limited New Delhi and recipient of R. Stanton Avery Global Achievement Award 2022 September 2022

 

 

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ExxonMobil Expands Product Portfolio to Advance Healthcare Solution

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ExxonMobil Expands Product Portfolio to Advance Healthcare Solution

ExxonMobil Expands Product Portfolio to Advance Healthcare Solution

ExxonMobil has expanded its portfolio of healthcare solutions to meet changing medical market needs for healthy, safe material options. Adhering to industry requirements for testing, quality assurance and traceability, the portfolio unites a wide range of high-performance products that are produced using Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for batch-to-batch product consistency that customers can rely on.

The portfolio provides the building blocks to engineer a range of applications including medical supplies, infection protection products, and pharmaceutical and laboratory supplies. The portfolio includes Achieve Advanced PP, ExxonMobil PP, Vistamaxx performance polymers, Exact polyolefin elastomers, ExxonMobil butyl polymers, Exxpro specialty elastomers and ExxonMobil Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA).

“The decision to create a portfolio of healthcare solutions, supported by a dedicated team of trusted industry application experts, was cemented by a combination of market factors, including the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Market Development Manager Gertrud Masure. “With a legacy of innovation that spans over 100 years, ExxonMobil is well placed to meet demand from customers for a broader selection of alternative solutions that promote healthy and safe patient care.”

The Covid-19 pandemic, which required rapid production of face masks and other products to help combat virus transmission, was a major factor in ExxonMobil’s decision to create a portfolio of healthcare solutions.

The healthcare industry’s desire for a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) replacement was another market driver which led ExxonMobil to develop suitable alternatives. While another motivating factor was customers’ preference to do business with a single-source materials supplier.

ExxonMobil’s high-quality, compliant-safe material solutions enable tailored innovation for:

  • Optimized performance and longevity of medical supplies, including drug/medical fluid delivery. Applications include syringes, infusion bags, IV/saline containers, ostomy bags, inhaling systems, drug and vitamin tubes, bottles, vials, containers, caps, seals, closures, briefs, and absorbent pads.
  • Purity required to meet the toughest standards for laboratory components and pharmaceutical packaging solutions, including labware, sanitizers, bio reactor bags, and pharmaceutical stoppers/seals.
  • Cleanliness and safety for protective products, such as face masks, gowns, gloves and alcohol wipes that help prevent infection.
  • Softness, loft, strength, improved barrier performance and ease of processing for spunbond or meltblown nonwoven products. Typical applications include absorbent articles, medical PPE, bandages, masks, gowns and wipes, surgical drapes and gowns, medical protective gowns, shoe covers, disposable bedding and hospital apparel, pads, wraps, and filtration media.

“It really is the sum of the parts that makes our healthcare portfolio so attractive to customers,” said Americas Market Development Manager Abigail Agentis. “We seek to meet industry needs with a trusted portfolio of performance products that adhere to strict industry requirements for testing, quality assurance and traceability. Our collective motivation is to deliver innovative healthcare and pharmaceutical products that help enable patients to receive best-in-class, safe treatment.”

 

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Collation Shrink Film Market Boosted by Emerging Use of Post-consumer Recycled Resins

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Collation Shrink Film Market Boosted by Emerging Use of Post-consumer Recycled Resins

Collation Shrink Film Market Boosted by Emerging Use of Post-consumer Recycled Resins

A new report from AMI Consulting provides critical insight and analysis of the current state of play and future outlook for the collation shrink film market in Europe. The report reviews the supply and demand picture by country and gives an in-depth update on end use application trends, resin developments and their influence on growth dynamics.

Traditionally utilised to fulfil a secondary transit packaging role, recent years have seen collation shrink develop a strong point of sale presence to provide customer convenience when buying multiple items as well enhancing on-shelf appeal with full face printing opportunities.

Packaging for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages is by far the largest end use application for collation shrink film, followed by food. However, film suppliers to these categories are facing growing competition from cartonboard alternatives for point of sale packs which several major brand owners have switched to in the face of continuing consumer anti-plastic sentiment. For the same reason, for some products collation shrink films are being removed entirely, with a multi-buy discount applied at the till point. The report explores how these factors and others are influencing market demand by application.

The European market is facing a tumultuous period. Challenges include the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, new sustainability-driven regulations, polymer shortages, logistics challenges and changes to retail channels. The war in Ukraine is adding further complications and inflationary pressure. These soaring costs are likely to reduce discretionary consumer spending across many categories, although it may benefit cheaper, staple products such as canned foods which in turn could drive collation shrink usage.

In the past decade, demand for collation film has been heavily influenced by the continuing shift from monoextrusion to 3-layer coextrusion and further product enhancement by moving from 3-layer to 5-layer coextrusion. This has permitted tailor-made use of enhanced metallocene resins in combination with other more established raw materials in order to maximise gauge reduction. Downgauging of virgin resin film has reached its limits in many applications, with future innovation expected to be focused on achieving thinner films whilst maintaining 30-50% post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin content.

Collation shrink films are an ideal candidate for the incorporation of PCR as they are non-food contact. Recyclate should continue to take share from virgin LDPE, although at a lower pace than the industry may anticipate. Whilst brand owners will increasingly seek to use recyclate to satisfy internal mandates and country legislation, limited availability of high-grade PCR resin will constrain usage and subsequent volume growth over the forecast period.

AMI’s Collation Shrink Film in Europe 2022 report is the result of an extensive research programme, providing a comprehensive independent assessment of this industry in times of uncertainty. The authoritative report quantifies capacity, production and demand for collation films by country and end use applications, with a historical context and a five-year forecast.

 

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How to Tell if That Plastic Bottle or Bag Has Recycled Material In It

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How to Tell if That Plastic Bottle or Bag Has Recycled Material In It

How to Tell if That Plastic Bottle or Bag Has Recycled Material In It

To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer’s word, there isn’t an easy way to verify this composition. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering have developed a simple, fraud-resistant technique to evaluate the recycled content of new plastic products. They added a fluorescent tag to plastic resins, successfully tracking their amount in products made with various polymers and colors.

After reducing and reusing, recycling is the last line of defense for keeping plastic out of landfills or the environment. And now, some countries are putting financial pressure on manufacturers so they get with the program. Whereas the U.K. is taxing plastic products with little recycled content, other countries, such as Italy and Spain, plan to impose taxes soon on products that contain no recycled content.

Approaches to verify these amounts aren’t always accurate, potentially leading to fraud and public mistrust. One solution could be to tag recycled polymers with the fluorescent molecule 4,4,-bis(2-benzoxazolyl) stilbene (BBS), and then track the tagged plastic feedstocks into resulting products. BBS’s fluorescence intensity and color vary when different levels are present. It’s also inexpensive and approved for food contact applications. So, Michael Shaver and colleagues wanted to see how BBS could be used to measure the recycled content of single-use products.

The researchers mixed small amounts of BBS into melted high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and then mixed that with virgin HDPE resin, simulating 0 to 100% recycled-content materials. As the amount of BBS-tagged HDPE rose in the samples, the fluorescence intensity shifted toward a greener hue of blue under a fluorescent light. The marked polymer had unique fluorescence properties, which the researchers suggest would be hard for someone with fraudulent intentions to replicate. Next, the team developed a simple digital image analysis technique that converted the material’s fluorescence into the percentage of recycled content. In tests, the method could identify the recycled content in other real-world polymers, including recycled milk bottles with additives, colored HDPE, polypropylene and poly(ethylene terephthalate). The BBS strategy could be applied to a variety of single-use plastic products without impacting their appearance or quality, the researchers say.

 

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70 Years of K in Düsseldorf – a World Career Made in Germany!

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70 Years of K in Düsseldorf – a World Career Made in Germany!

70 Years of K in Düsseldorf – a World Career Made in Germany!

The same year that saw Queen Elizabeth II ascend to the throne, the first artificial heart valve implanted in the USA and the musical “Singin’ in the Rain” inspire millions at the cinema, history was also made in Germany with the inaugural edition of K, hosted in Düsseldorf from 11 to 19 October 1952. At that time nobody suspected this event only just taking off would develop into the world’s leading trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry.

However, K in Düsseldorf also started small once: the debut event “Wunder der Kunststoffe” (Miracles of Plastics) in 1952 registered 270 exhibiting companies – exclusively from Germany. They occupied approximately 14,000 square metres of net exhibition space.

The more the plastics industry specialized and high-tech plastics for special solutions in electronics, medicine, automotive or aerospace attracted attention beyond standard polymers, the more specialists visited the trade fair. In 1963 the break was made: K in Düsseldorf became a special-interest only trade fair of international standing. Since then it has maintained its position as a leading global trade fair for the entire industry.

2019 saw over 220,000 trade visitors from almost 170 nations travel to K on the Rhine River. The last K in 2019 recorded 3,330 exhibitors from 63 countries on 177,000 m² net exhibition space, and 224,116 trade visitors, 73% of whom came from abroad.

The centrepiece of “Plastics shape the future” is provided by the theme days with speeches, keynotes, and panel discussions on the three K hot topics climate protection, circular economy, and digitalisation.

Because high tech is also required to optimise manufacturing processes and make them ever more efficient – as another measure besides the recycling of plastic products to save CO2. Both approaches are not conceivable without digitalisation. It is, for instance, the enabler for digital product passports and globally applicable traceability standards.

Newcomers showcase innovative developments and ideas for the plastics and rubber industries. Start-ups are young, creative, flexible and particularly stand out with their innovative solutions.

I am sure this will be the only place for Plastics people world wide.

 

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