Thermoforming
Thermoforming
Customers are increasingly demanding sustainable and circular solutions to their packaging dilemmas, reports Kiefel GmbH, a manufacturer of plastic film processing machinery, whose product range already includes systems able to process recycled or bio-based materials such as rPET or PLA.
Thermoformed packaging specialist Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has achieved a landmark goal.
Kiefel Packaging has re-engineered the egg tray to facilitate the use of 100%, tray to tray recycled post-consumer PET.
Austrian recycling specialist Next Generation Recycling Machines (NGR), in partnership with German extrusion machinery supplier Kuhne GmbH, have unveiled a new liquid state polycondensation (LSP) technology for PET recycling and extrusion.
Student Eléa Nouraud has developed a method for recycling old plastic bags and turning them into everyday objects including pots, egg boxes, wallets and long-lasting plastic shopping bags.