Thermoforming
Thermoforming
As the popularity of solar energy continues to grow, one of the challenges that remains to be overcome is its relative lack of flexibility.
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.