The Danish company Plastix recycles old fishing nets and ropes. The granules produced are used by JSP International, among others, to manufacture expanded polypropylene (EPP).

11 % of the plastic waste in the sea comes from the maritime industry. For the recycling of old fishing nets and ropes, accurate sorting is very important

Expanded Polypropylene from Maritime Plastic Waste

Schaumstoffe und Vorprodukte

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Schaumstoffe

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Recycling

Umweltmanagement

Standardkunststoffe

Thermoplaste

Polypropylen-Compound

Polypropylen

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

From Fishing Net to Particle Foam

For a long time, chemical recycling was considered an unfinished addition to established material processes. In the meantime, however, some technologies are making the leap into large-scale industrial use: an overview of the various processes and providers.

Overview of the Various Processes and Suppliers

Polyurethan

What Is Happening in Chemical Recycling?

Susanne Schröder will become editor-in-chief of the magazines Kunststoffe and Kunststoffe international on December 1, 2020. The current editor-in-chief Dr. Karlhorst Klotz will leave the company by mutual agreement.

Susanne Schröder will become editor-in-chief of the magazines Kunststoffe and Kunststoffe international on December 1, 2020. Until now she has been editor-in-chief of the trade journal FORM+Werkzeug

16:9

Werkzeuge für Leichtbauwerkstoffe

Präzisionswerkzeuge

Tiefziehwerkzeug

Dienstleistungen

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Werkzeugüberwachung

Toolmanagement

Werkzeugwechselsysteme, Spritzgieß

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Modulare Werkzeugsysteme

Absaugungen für Werkzeugmaschinen

Betriebsausrüstung / Betriebsmittel

Absaugvorrichtungen

Fluorkunststoffe

Werkzeugverwaltungssoftware

Prüfen von Kunststoffen

Messtechnik

Biokunststoffe

Presswerkzeuge, Kunststoff

Werkzeugreinigung, Kunststoffe

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Lohnfertigung

Technische Kunststoffe

Füllstoffe für Kunststoffe

Kunststoffhandel

Handel

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Kunststofffasern

Verstärkungsstoffe

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

Change in the Chief Editorial Office of Kunststoffe

Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, today announced that CEDAP, Compagnie Européenne Des Applications Plastiques, joins the organisation.

SCS develops solutions to combine the benefits of polystyrene in Form, Fill and Seal (FFS) dairy packaging with circularity

Polystyrol

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

ABS / ASA-Kunststoffe

Polystyrol-Platten

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

CEDAPJoins Styrenics Circular Solution

Following the world economic crisis, perspectives are called for. The properties of the materials are being continuously improved, not only for economic reasons. Attention is being focused more and more on the environmental aspect. Even the standard plastics are being developed further under the aspects of increased effectiveness through more efficient processing with reduced material input and at the same time improved quality. 

Polyethylen

Messeveranstalter

Commodity Plastics: Raising the Standards 

Materials for packaging have been optimized for the benefit of customers in terms of savings potential and efficiency. With improved polyolefin grades, pipes can be produced in larger sizes with greater strength than before and their long-term stability can be validated in a very much shorter time. Nearly all producers are answering society’s call for reduced CO2 emissions by offering materials that allow material consumption to be cut, derive from renewable resources or are biodegradable/compostable. 

Polyvinylchlorid

Commodity Plastics: Multilayered Development – Not Just in Films 

Whether it was the motto presented by the trade fair’s committee or threatened prohibition proceedings: material producers are getting more involved with sustainability. While some are participating in campaigns and initiatives, others are investigating more closely the basis of their raw materials and their products. In view of the challenge to create a circular economy for plastics, all other topics take second place this year.

Fig. 2. Because of the heterogeneous feedstock, PET bottles of recycled material frequently exhibit slight discoloring – particularly noticeable on the bottle necks. Clariant is working on a masterbatch that will permit a uniform color quality 

Raw Materials Producers See Signs of the Times, and Implement them in Different Ways

Weichmacher

Additive

PVC-weich (Compounds)

Andere Werkstoffe

Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

Polyamide

Verarbeitungshilfsmittel, allgemein

Styrol-Copolymerisate

Kreislaufwirtschaft

About Drivers and the Driven

LyondellBasell has obtained the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification Plus certification for certain grades of polyethylene and polypropylene produced at four of its U.S. manufacturing sites.

Pictured is LyondellBasell’s Channelview Complex. The company has obtained the ISCC Plus certification for certain grades of polyethylene and polypropylene produced at four of its U.S. manufacturing sites

LyondellBasell Gains ISCC Plus Certification

From April 13 – 16, 2021 Hanser launches international virtual trade fair D-Expo Circular Economy for professionals with a focus on sustainability, recycling, eco-design, life-cycle, and more.

D-EXPO Circular Economy will take place as a digital event from April 13 to 16, 2021

Nachhaltigkeit

Regenerieren

Kunststoff-Regenerate

Digital Trade Fair for Plastics Sustainability

Repsol will build two polymer materials plants at its Sines Industrial Complex, representing the largest industrial investment in Portugal in the last ten years.

Repsol will build a linear polyethylene plant and a polypropylene plant at its Sines Industrial Complex

Repsol Expands Polyolefin Capacity

Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites have also become established with thin-walled housings for consumer electronics and information technology. Not only do they offer high stiffness and help to reduce weight, but also enable the integration of classy appearance and functions. What is more, if the housings are produced using the hybrid molding process, costs, processing steps, and cycle times can be reduced.

The Carbon 1 Mark II smartphone from Carbon Mobile was developed in Germany. The matt-black carbon fibers lend the smartphone a classy high-tech look

Composites Reduce Weight and Simplify Production of Electronics Housings

Composite-Halbzeuge

Glasfasern / -matten

Kohlenstofffasern / -matten

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Organobleche (gewebeverstärkte Thermoplast-Halbzeuge)

Lightweight to Fit in a Pocket

CFRP components are often in continuous use under harsh environmental conditions, for example in aircraft and motor vehicles. If any damage occurs, the CFRP structures are simply replaced by new components in most cases. This is mainly due to the high cost of established repair methods. With a newly developed process, defective CFRP structures can now be repaired locally much more easily.

Fig. 1. Overview of the simulation-based repair method for CFRP components: the method enables targeted repair of the damaged area

Process for Repairing CFRP Components without Machining

Repairing instead of Replacing

The circular economy, electromobility and the continuing corona pandemic are influencing color selection for plastics. Kunststoffe asked colorant manufacturers about the resulting color trends. We also wanted to know what effects the increased use of recyclates is having and the extent to which manufacturers are affected by the present supply bottlenecks.

Trend Report on the Coloration of Plastics

Masterbatches

Farbstoffe und Pigmente

Streifinger, Florian

Farbkonzentrate (Batches)

Farbstoffe

Farben, flüssig

Colored Mood Enhancers

Chinaplas 2022, to be held from April 25 to 28, will bring together more than 4000 exhibitors of the plastics and rubber industries from all over the world to launch innovative green solutions.

The 3rd Chinaplas x CPRJ Plastics Recycling and Circular Economy Conference and Showcase will be held one day prior to the show in Shanghai (photo from last year’s event).

Kunststoffe

Photonik

Optik

Kunststoff-Verpackungsmaschine

Sondermaschinen

The Theme Color of the Show Is Green

Statutory recyclate quotas and the specifications of brand-name producers are weighing heavily on the packaging branch these days and turning recyclate availability into a hot issue. Some polymers are simply not available in sufficient amounts. Experts at the 31st Dresden Packaging Conference provided insights into the current situations and explained why the situation could worsen in the future.

Recyclates of many polymer types are hard to get right now.

Verpackungsmaterial

Logistik

Hard-to-Find Recylates

Borealis Launches Portfolio of Circular Polyolefins

The non fossil fuel-based portfolio offers same high quality and performance for applications in all industries.

Circular polyolefin products called Bornewables from Borealis, Vienna, Austria, produced with renewable feedstock derived entirely from waste and residue streams offer the same material performance as virgin polyolefins, yet with a reduced carbon footprint. As an important extension of the existing range of polyolefins, the Bornewables may be used for any number of applications in all industries. Using these innovative and more circular products will help enable customers to meet their own sustainability targets while maintaining existing quality standards.

Accelerating the Move to Plastics Circularity

The introduction of the Bornewables portfolio is another example of the many ways in which Borealis is putting its EverMinds mind-set to work in developing technologies and products which help accelerate the transition from a linear to a circular economy. These polyolefins are an alternative to conventional fossil fuel-based feedstocks, thus lowering the carbon footprint of the products without having to compromise on either quality or performance. Bornewables are suitable for the most demanding applications, including hygiene and food-contact.

Unlike renewable feedstocks produced with agricultural crops grown for food and livestock feed, the Bornewables are made of renewably-sourced feedstocks derived solely from waste and residue streams: from vegetable oil production as well as oil waste and residues; the timber industry; the food industry – for instance, used cooking oil. From a sustainability perspective, re-using waste to manufacture renewable feedstocks further enhances the Bornewables appeal.

The entire Bornewables portfolio has been ISCC Plus (International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) certified. This certification system ensures the traceability of the renewable, sustainably produced feedstock from its point of origin through the entire chain of custody.

Borealis AG  

https://www.borealisgroup.com

The Bornewables portfolio is suitable for the production of the most demanding applications, including hygiene and food-contact

In March 2020 Borealis began producing polypropylene based on renewably-sourced feedstocks at its Belgian facilities in Kallo (foto) and Beringen

Produkt Borealis 25.11.2020

Gehäuse aus Kunststoff

Elektromechanik

Kühlkörper

issue 03/2022

issue 02/2022

issue 01/2022

About the journal

About the Journal

Contact

Jobs

Media Data

My Login

Subscription

Imprint

Terms & Conditions

Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy

News

Mobility

Packaging

Medical

Electrical/Electronics

Plastics Recycling

Lightweight Construction

Applications

Standard Thermoplastics

Engineering Plastics

High-Performance Plastics

Elastomers

Thermosets

Additives/Masterbatches

Bioplastics

Composites

Materials

Injection Molding

Extrusion

Additive Manufacturing

Further Processing Methods

Compounding

Composite Processing

Peripheral Equipment

Simulation

Processing

Research & Development

Dissertations

Patents

Journal of Plastics Technology

K-Fair

K 2022