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5500-4900 will produce battery box lids and Engel's digital assistance systems, offering com-
back panels from ABS. prehensive monitoring, control and automatic
process optimization with real-time feedback,
A tie-barless victory 160 producing fittings is also
are the company's answer to labor shortages
displayed. The machine features a short cycle and rising energy costs. Key highlights include
time of around 40 seconds and a larger platen
the setup assistant and the AI-powered Engel
for quick mold changes. The integrated digital spare parts app.
setup assistant supports operators during tool
changes, minimizing errors and boosting overall Source – Sustainable Plastics
equipment effectiveness. Live demonstrations
at the fair will highlight the machine's rapid tool-
changing capabilities.
Partnership Converts Waste PET Into PETG for
Cosmetic and Healthcare Packaging
Carbios, dedicated to the develop-
ment and industrialization of bio-
logical technologies to, in its words,
“reinvent the life cycle of plastic
and textiles,” and Selenis, a global
supplier of specialty co-polyesters
headquartered in Portugal with fa-
cilities in Italy and Fayetteville, NC.
Founded in 2011, Carbios has devel-
oped enzyme-based processes to
break down plastics. Its technology
is used to de-polymerize PET waste
arbios will de-polymerize waste PET into into PTA and MEG monomers, which
PTA and MEG monomers, which Selenis are then converted into PETG via Selenis’ ad-
Cwill use to produce PETG with properties vanced polymerization processes. The purity of
identical to virgin resin. the monomers results in PETG that reportedly
has properties identical to virgin PETG, enabling
French biotech company Carbios has signed
the production of thick molded pots and lids
a letter of intent (LOI) with Selenis to develop
that are aesthetically pleasing and offer product
PETG made from PET waste for the cosmetic
protection. In medical and pharmaceutical appli-
and healthcare packaging markets. The partner-
cations, PETG ensures packaging performance,
ship follows a two-year collaboration between
sterility, transparency, and optical brightness,
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