Sesotec in July unveiled the VARISORT+ sorting system, which the company developed to target plastic bottles and trays.
A redesigned optical sorter from Sesotec provides high throughput while maintaining accuracy in identifying different plastics.
Sesotec in July unveiled the VARISORT+ sorting system, which the company developed to target plastic bottles and trays.
A redesigned optical sorter from Sesotec provides high throughput while maintaining accuracy in identifying different plastics.
News about the latest approvals to use recycling technologies to create recycled plastic for use in food packaging captured attention last month. | Dolores M. Harvey/Shutterstock
Readers last month were drawn to articles about consumer product brand owners, food-contact RPET approvals, a flexible packaging recovery project and plastics exports.
Tomra’s upgraded Autosort includes a broad range of sensors to detect small but important differences between materials.
Equipment supplier Tomra rolled out the latest generation of its Autosort optical sorter, which is geared to provide greater accuracy and speed while performing complex sorting tasks.
In May a mix of news topics made our most-read list. | ImagineStock/Shutterstock
Articles about recovered plastic end users, financial support for reclaimers and market conditions drew our readers’ attention last month.
Coperion recently supplied extruders from its ZSK line to a German post-industrial scrap plastics processor called Aurora Kunststoffe.
German equipment supplier Coperion now produces a line of extruders made to be customized to a plastics recycling facility.
News about a $32 million project to upgrade DAK Americas’ Richmond, Ind. plant drew attention last month. | Courtesy of DAK Americas
Readers last month were drawn to a mix of stories about PET recycling technology investments, vetoed recycled-content legislation and our editor’s take on “Plastic Wars.”
CM Shredders’ SOLO Series machines feature four-way reversible tool steel cutting knives.
CM Shredders last fall introduced its SOLO Series of size reduction equipment, which the company designed to have low operational costs and high performance.
Agilyx licenses its depolymerization technology to a PS producer, a European project explores optical sorting of PU foams, and a case study looks at KW Plastics’ granulators.
The $349 billion in initial funding for the Paycheck Protection Program ran out within two weeks. | NIKCOA/Shutterstock
Reclaimers and other processors across the country are looking to a federal assistance program to help them overcome cash-flow problems sparked by the coronavirus. Some have been successful, but others are running into banking complexities and tapped-out funding.
News that packaging manufacturer Direct Pack has acquired a Mexico-headquartered recycling operation drew attention last month. | Courtesy of Direct Pack.
Industry impacts from the coronavirus outbreak, funding opportunities and thermoform processing drew readers’ attention last month.
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