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Opackgroup: Adhesive-Free Stretch-Sleeve Labels Aim to Facilitate PET Bottle Recycling – Cooperation with Morssinkhof-Rymoplast

10:05 - Dutch packaging and film manufacturer Opackgroup presented a packaging solution for water bottles developed in cooperation with recycling company Morssinkhof-Rymoplast on 29 October 2026. The solution combines a bottle made from 100 percent recycled PET (rPET) with the "Circu-sleeve" stretch-sleeve...

OPmobility opens sixth plant in India for fuel tanks

08:34 - French automotive supplier OPmobility has opened a plant in Kharkhoda, in the Indian state of Haryana, together with Maruti Suzuki India Limited and its parent company Suzuki Motor Corporation. It is the group's sixth production facility in India and the joint venture's second plant in northern India....

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Volkswagen: Vehicle Dismantling Launched in Zwickau – Plastics Recycling to Be Strengthened

07:40 - Volkswagen has commissioned its first industrial vehicle dismantling line at its Zwickau plant. The automotive group aims to promote the reuse of vehicle components and the recovery of valuable raw materials from end-of-life vehicles. Plastics recycling plays a key role in this initiative, with an increasing...

Renolit: New Geomembrane Plant Opened in Pune, India

06:06 - Plastics processor Renolit opened a new plant for the production of geomembranes in Pune, India, on 14 October 2026. The facility is designed for an annual production capacity of 6,000 tonnes and employs around 30 people. According to the company, construction took 15 months, with the groundbreaking...

RiBotl Solutions: Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Plant in Silvassa with Annual Capacity of up to 16,000 Tonnes of rPET

06:04 - India-based RiBotl Solutions Private Limited operates a PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant supplied by Austrian machinery manufacturer Starlinger at its production site in Silvassa. The "recoSTAR PET 165 art" system was commissioned in the first half of 2025 and is designed to produce up to 16,000...

Untha: New Single-Shaft Shredder for Processing Difficult-to-Shred Plastic Waste

06:00 - Austrian machinery manufacturer Untha is expanding its product range with the new "MR" series of single-shaft shredders. The newly introduced "MR1800C Pro" model is designed for difficult-to-shred production and recycling waste as well as continuous multi-shift operation. The machine is aimed primarily...

OPmobility: Fourth Plant Opened in Morocco for Exterior Body Parts

29.10.2026 - French automotive supplier OPmobility opened a plant for the production of exterior body parts in Kenitra on 19 October 2026. It is the group's fourth production site in Morocco and its second in Kenitra. The facility will supply a major international automotive manufacturer. According to the company,...

Vynova: High Energy Costs Force Production Shutdown in Tessenderlo

29.10.2026 - Vynova Belgium nv, based in Tessenderlo-Ham, Belgium, is gradually shutting down production at its Tessenderlo site. According to a statement issued by the trade union ABVV Scheikunde on 28 October 2026, the plants are scheduled to be shut down by 5 November. Operations in Beek, the Netherlands, will...

Husky: Capacity Expansion in Shanghai – New Injection Molding System for High-Volume Production of Beverage Closures

29.10.2026 - Canadian injection molding technology manufacturer Husky Technologies announced plans to expand its production capacity in China during its "Husky Connect Shanghai Open House", held from October 13 to 16, 2026. At the same time, the company unveiled its new "Hycap Pro" injection molding system for the...

Playmobil: Former Production Plant to Be Converted into Data Center Campus

29.10.2026 - The Horst Brandstätter Group plans to convert the former Playmobil production site in Dietenhofen, Middle Franconia, Germany, into a data center campus. The approximately 18-hectare site is to be equipped with a power supply capacity of initially 100 megawatts. The group plans to invest hundreds of...

battenfeld-cincinnati: Multi-Million-Euro Investment in Modernizing Extruder Production in Vienna

29.10.2026 - On October 21, 2026, extrusion equipment manufacturer battenfeld-cincinnati initiated the next phase of modernization at its Vienna site. According to the company, it is investing several million euros in reorganizing and upgrading production facilities and modernizing the existing administration building....

Loop Industries: Significant Reduction in Capacity of PET Recycling Project in India

28.10.2026 - Canadian recycling technology provider Loop Industries has revised its plans to build a PET recycling plant in India. Instead of the originally planned 70,000 tonnes, the first plant is now expected to produce only 45,000 tonnes of recycled PET (rPET) and polyester fibres per year. This represents a...

BIR: Max Craipeau Appointed President of Plastics Division

28.10.2026 - The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) has appointed Max Craipeau of Greencore Resources Limited as the new President of its Plastics Division. He succeeds Henk Alssema of Dutch recycling company Inviplast. The decision was made by the division’s board on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee....

BASF: Sales and Earnings Increase in Third Quarter of 2026 – Full-Year Outlook Raised

28.10.2026 - Chemical company BASF increased its sales by 14 percent year-on-year to €16.4 billion in the third quarter of 2026 (Q3 2025: €14.3 billion). The increase was primarily driven by selling price increases of 12 percent and 2 percent growth in sales volumes. Positive currency effects, particularly from...

Trioworld turns flexographic printing exhaust air into biogas using industrial-scale ‘Boncus’ technology

28.10.2026 - Packaging film manufacturer Trioworld has commissioned a plant for energy recovery from solvent-laden exhaust air generated by flexographic printing at its production site in Harlingen, the Netherlands, in cooperation with Pure Infinity. The installation uses the "Boncus" process developed by Pure Infinity...

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