Solid growth for Umicore
| The company presented its half year results with increases in revenue, EBITDA and EBIT.
ISRI releases Safety Resources Catalog
| ISRI says its many safety offerings underscore the industry’s commitment to safety.
Andritz to suplly equipment for pulp mill in Brazil
| The equipment goes to Fibria's Horizonte 2 pulp mill. Horizonte 2 is one of the largest private investments in Brazil.
PET bottles exposed to UV light negatively impact processing of recycling bottles
| A new research study conducted by Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), a company specialized in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) package development, has found that exposing post-consumer bottles to ultraviolet (UV) light prior to recycling has a severe impact on the physical properties and visual attributes of next generation, recycled PET (rPET) bottles.
Crude steel production still decreasing
| The world crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (Worldsteel) was 136 million tonnes in June 2015, a -2.4% decrease compared to June 2014.
Danieli Henschel shows Compact 800 shear
| At the beginning of July Danieli Henschel and Sita Vignier invited twenty or so French recycling waste handlers to Chambery to present the new Danieli Henschel Compact 800 shears.
BHS Sonthofen wins GreenTec Award for recycling of refrigerators
| BHS-Sonthofen and Sülzle Kopf Anlagenbau GmbH were awarded 2nd prize for their "IC-Process" in the "Recycling & Resources" category at the GreenTec Awards 2015. The process facilitates recycling of shredded solids and completely converts the coolants and fuels contained in refrigerators into harmless substances such as water vapor, carbon dioxide and salt solutions.
Little Gain For EU Steel Despite Rising Demand
| EU steel demand is expected to rise by 1.5% in 2015 on the back of sustained momentum in Europe’s economic growth, despite ongoing uncertainty. However, European producers are not expected to benefit as improving steel demand will be met by imports of the metal, anticipated to be up 5% this year.
Eriez introduces new eddy current separator
| New Design Helps Workers to change the belt in 10 minutes.
ICM announces15th International Electronics Recycling Congress 2016
| The IERC 2016 will take place from January 20 – 22, 2016 in Salzburg, Austria.
Fridge recycling could be CO2-Diet for the planet
| From the point of view of climate protection policy, around forty percent of the waste refrigeration appliances awaiting recycling in Europe are ticking time bombs. Despite the fact that the Montreal Protocol, which was signed in 1987, successfully banned the production of chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFCs) and their use (for example in refrigeration equipment), a huge number of older pre-ban appliances are still in use in European households.
High-quality regranulate reduces production costs
| Customers of Spanish plastics recycler Reciplast were able to cut down their production costs with the high-quality recycled LDPE resin the company provides.
Swissrtec Announces Kubota Vertical Shredder for ASR Processing
| The shredder is supposed to break down and grind up materials down to one inch or less in size in a single pass.
New campaign on ship recycling
| The NGO Shipbreaking Platform strongly welcomes IndustriALL's "Campaign to clean up Shipbreaking - the world's most dangerous Job".
New generation of stretch film lines
| It was introduced by Amut Dolci Bielloni at last and Ipack Ima Exhibitions