Catherine Kavanaugh

Azek will recycle polyethylene "clean out bags" from online consignment and thrift store thredUP into new decking for its TimberTech line.

To reduce its own electrical costs and be more sustainable, German machinery maker Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG has installed solar panels at the production part of its headquarters site. "It was a big investment, but you've got to move in this direction," Boy Machines Inc. President Marko Koorneef said.

Woojin Plaimm Inc., one of the largest injection molding machine builders in South Korea, is looking west to boost sales.

Arburg is helping a fund microplastics collection effort with the 'Swimming Professor' Andreas Fath to bring attention to water pollution in Europe's longest river the Danube.

The merging of two major injection molding machine builders — Nissei Plastic Industrial Co. Ltd. in Japan and Negri Bossi SpA in Italy — at the onset of the pandemic in 2020 meant embracing a lot of change to collaborate on a model launch for K 2022.

A rotational molder in Brazil is using volcanic rock and wood pellets for industrial heat instead of natural gas in its plastics production.

Gottfried Mehnert started Bekum Maschinenfabriken GmbH in Berlin in 1959 and built a global group of companies that has delivered more than 18,000 machines to more than 100 countries in addition to innovations that resulted in more than 40 patents.

If the research project is successful, the company plans to sell pellets recovered from fishing nets to processors looking for a source of recycled material.

Orders for German plastics and rubber machinery plummeted 27 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the same period in the previous year while overall sales increased by just 3 percent.

GAF Energy is using plastic to integrate photovoltaic technology into traditional roofing.

The additive manufacturing sector grew 19.5 percent in 2021, more than twice that of the pandemic-driven roller coaster year of 2020.

The latest innovations for solar power bring nailable solar shingles to the market along with advances in transparent coatings and improved energy output.

Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd. and Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd. are joining forces to build and sell injection molding machines in emerging markets, starting with India.

The new owners — packaging industry veterans Brooke Maltun and Mark Strachan — have renamed the company OMV Technologies LLC and moved its headquarters to Florida while continuing OMV's manufacturing operations in Italy.

Officials of the injection molding machine builder say medical and packaging markets comprise about two-thirds of sales and the electronics market has picked up.