CHINAPLAS 2025 / Review
CHINAPLAS 2025 attracted global attention from the plastics and rubber industries. Despite facing global economic challenges, the exhibition, spanning 19 halls with over 380,000 square meters of display space, was a major success, hosting over 4,500 exhibitors from around the world.
Milestone in Food-Grade PET Recycling
Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen (NGR) announced a significant achievement: the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a positive Scientific Opinion for NGR´s Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP)- Process for advanced PET Recycling. This marks a ground-breaking milestone as LSP becomes the first recycling process to complete evaluation under the updated regulation (EU) 2022/1616.
Recycable Mono-Material Structures – Flexible Packaging with MDO-PE on the Rise
MDO-PE film manufactured on SML’s latest cast film lines with integrated MDO unit provide excellent optical, mechanical and barrier properties. The film can be easily laminated to mono-material structures, for example with CPE sealent film on a FlexPack line from SML.