Extrusion International 2-2023-USA

4 Extrusion International 2/2023 CONTENTS Firms in this issue 6 Imprint 7 Industry News 8 Calendar 8 PLASTPOL – The Gateway to New Sales Markets 8 Fakuma 2023 – It’s filling up at the Friedrichshafen Exhibition Centre 9 CHINAPLAS 2023 – Plastics Industry Intensifies Innovations Towards a Circular Economy 10 Exhibitors at wire and Tube are looking forward to their Düsseldorf trade fairs 2024 13 Successful Webinar Series goes into the Third Round 14 Symposium „Innovations using Fluoropolymers“ 14 NPE2024 15 ArabPlast 2023 16 New Packaging Regulation – Views from the Packaging Supply Chain 16 Interplas 2023 – Celebrating 75 Years of Connecting the UK Plastics Industry 17 Acquisition 18 Digital Platform for the Closed-Loop Recycling of Plastic Food Packaging 18 Personalia 19 Market Study: Plastic Films 20 Top Management Strengthened 20 Reorganization 21 Continued Investments in Production Capabilities Announced 21 Start of Production at PET Recycling Team Targu Mures 22 Licence Secured with Proprietary High-Pressure Technology 22 Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 23 Sustainability Report Presented 24 Reciprocating Head Introduced 24 Simply Unique Packaging 26 Chemical Recycling of Hard-to-Recycle Plastic Waste into New Plastic Pipes 27 Practical Digitalization Solutions for Needs-baded, Secure Processes 28 Industry News USA 30 First of ist Kind Floating Solar System at the Manufacturing Site in the United States Installed 30 New President for North America 30 Partnership Strengthened and Expanded 31 Personalia – New CEO 31 Gold Rating, Higher Sustainability Score Achieved 32 Elimination of Bottlenecks in the Post-Treatment Unit for High-Jetness Carbon Blacks 32 PLASTICS President & CEO Matt Seaholm’s Op-ed in The Washington Times 32 January Retail Sales Analysis Issued 33 Committee on Equipment Statistics Report Issued 33 Newly Developed DURACON ® POM Products at MD&MWest and Pharmapack Europe 33 Extruder Technology New Pelletizing Extruder Covers a Wide Range of Applications – Suitable also for Used PVC Window Recycling 34 Extruder Technology Processing of Increasingly Green Plastics – Innovation Opens Up to Circular Economy 35 Equiplast 2023 – Interview „A world without plastic is not possible, so let’s make it sustainable and circular“ 36 Corona Treatment The Importance of Surface Treatment at the Extrusion Stage of Film Production 38 Recycling – Case Study First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Kenya 39 Measuring Technology – Case Study „You get a measurement you trust“ 41 Measurement and Inspection Technology WPC Deck Boards Perfectly in Shape 42 Blown Film Extrusion – From the Research Data-driven Prediction the Tensile Strength of Blown Film Due To Digital Shadows 44 Composite Film – Case Study Trend-setting Product Development – Production of Innovative Technical Composite Construction Films Started 52 Circular Economy Project STOP – Pioneering Concept to Expand Affordable Waste Management and Recycling Solutions 53 Recycling Open House – Presentation of New OMNIboost Recycling System 56