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Karen Laird

Editor, Sustainable Plastics

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Karen was named editor of Plastics News Europe in May 2017. Based in the Netherlands, she has worked as a translator, journalist and editor in the plastics industry for the past thirty years, writing for both Dutch and English language online and print publications. Between 2001 and 2007, she served as chief editor of Kunststof en Rubber, the Dutch-language trade magazine for the plastics industry, after which, preferring to write in English, she moved to PlasticsToday, where she was the European and sustainability editor until 2016.

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Engel launches Packaging Centre at Packaging Day 2022

As plastic packaging requirements continue to evolve in response to new legislation, environmental considerations and changing consumer demand and lifestyle, keeping up can pose a challenge for plastic packaging manufacturers.

 

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TotalEnergies, Vanheede Environment Group to scale up PCR-based circular polymers production

TotalEnergies has partnered with Vanheede Environment Group on the supply of post consumer recycled - PCR - raw material, securing stable and constant feedstock availability for its production of circular polymers.

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Worley to commence EPC work on Avantium’s flagship bioplastics facility

The planned construction of Avantium’s FDCA bioplastics facility in Delfzijl, the Netherlands, has advanced another step forward.

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Braskem forms JV with Netherlands-based Terra Circular

Braskem S.A. has signed an agreement through its wholly-owned subsidiary Braskem Netherlands B.V to form a joint venture with Terra Circular, the parent company of Dutch recycler ER Plastics.

 

Giorgio Santella
KD Feddersen, Protec Scandinavia appointed Nordic distributors for CMG Granulators 

CMG Granulators has announced a new collaboration for the distribution of recycling equipment and solutions in the Nordic region.

 

PCG buys Perstorp
Perstorp acquired by Petronas Chemicals Group in ‘landmark’ deal

Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Petronas Chemicals Group Berhad (PCG) and Sweden’s Perstorp Group announced today that PCG signed a securities purchase agreement on 14 May 2022 to acquire the entire equity interest in Perstorp Holding AB.

Velcro Companies
Velcro Companies joins Cyclyx consortium

Velcro Companies has become the newest member of Cyclyx International, a post-use plastic feedstock supply chain initiative founded by chemical recycler Agilyx Corporation and ExxonMobil Chemical Company as a means to promote and increase the rate of plastics recycling.

 

Multitouch
Sustainable flooring quality ensured with Multi-Touch roll stack

Classen, a German manufacturer of synthetic flooring, has recently invested in new extrusion equipment including a Multi-Touch roll stack from battenfeld-cincinnati.

 

Elcrin
Sabic adds to portfolio of ocean-bound-based drop in PBT resins

In recent years, ocean-bound plastic, plastic waste that originates within 50 km of the coast and is likely to end up in the ocean, has increasingly been recognised as a potentially recoverable, recyclable resource.

Max Senechal
 CJ Bio launches PHACT brand

Following its recent announcement that CJ Bio’s new PHA facility in Pasuruan, Indonesia has come on stream and is now producing amorphous PHAs, the company has now revealed that its new PHA products are to be marketed under the brand name PHACT.

Borealis
Borealis, Reclay Group join hands to create Recelerate

Polyolefin manufacturer Borealis has teamed up with the environmental and material recovery experts of the Reclay Group, the company has announced.

Heraeus
Heraeus acquires majority stake in PET recycler

Technology group Heraeus Holding GMBH, a Germany based family-owned portfolio company with roots going back to the seventeenth century, has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in perPETual Technologies, a leading PET recycling company based in Kleinostheim, Germany.

 

Kurz
'We want to set a cycle in motion'

In the lead-up to K 2022, the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association, VDMA is conducting a series of interviews with leading businesspersons in the industry, under the title Way2K.

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New strategy AEPW positions plastic waste as an investible opportunity

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste and Lombard Odier Investment Managers have announced their intention to launch a new Plastic Circularity strategy.

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Hubbub and Starbucks launch £1m Bring It Back Fund to boost reuse  

A £1 million Bring It Back Fund launched today by UK-based environmental charity Hubbub in partnership with Starbucks aims to increase reuse and remove barriers to reusable packaging in the food and beverage industry.

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