UK-based polymer compounder Benvic has embraced the sustainability and circular economy agenda through a new mission – Redesigning plastics. For Good – to diversify its business in PVC-based materials and enter other key markets.
Chloe Maine, Business Development Manager at MGS Technical Plastics, explains how the company’s UK-based toolroom and senior leadership team’s expertise help reduce risks while delivering high-quality tooling support.
Richard Brown, Project Director at Sierra Consult 57 and Chairperson of the Design Innovation in Plastics awards, discusses the challenges the industry is facing with filling the future pipeline of talent against the negativity of plastics.
Bole Machinery UK delivered the first 1300t MK twin platen machine in the UK, as well as expanding its product portfolio with new ancillary equipment and robots. The company aims to better support its customers while breaking into new markets.
Michelin and Murfitts Industries have recently started a collaboration to process end-of-life tyres, recovering both the energy and the materials within them.
Scanfill and Sulapac have recently collaborated to launch the The Degrafoil Flow 1.7 by Scanfill is made of Sulapac Flow 1.7 wood-composite to help thermoformers meet their sustainability targets.
K 2025 sees EREMA expand its digital solutions PredictOn:Drive with more detailed data analysis, and the new PredictOn:Plastification Unit tool, which records changes in the plasticising unit precisely.
Meusburger hot runner products are tailored to all industry-specific requirements, whether simple or complex applications. These include smartFILL nozzles, customised hot halves and operating units for valve gate systems.
This Q&A between Richard Hird, UK Sales Director at Labotek GB, and Andy Hodgkins, Operations Director at Plastipack, discusses the latter's recent and ongoing upgrade of their material handling and blending equipment.
