Materials


  • Amcor improves circular paint can recycling

    Amcor upgrades closed-loop paint can recycling with improved cleaning technology. The UK scheme, developed with Paint360, aims to improve recycled polymer quality while supporting PaintCare’s target to raise decorative paint re-use and remanufacture rates.


  • Finecast hosts casting sector at crossroads

    Finecast has brought casting leaders together as pressure intensifies nationwide. The visit underlined how investment, accreditation, and skills development are shaping the next phase for British foundries.


  • Customised pack blends beauty and sustainability

    Amcor has customised its Prima jar for Luxéol’s curl mask. The French-made pack pairs embossed branding and pink detailing with over 50% PCR content and recycle-ready polypropylene construction.


  • Sensmet secures backing for metals analytics

    Sensmet has landed fresh backing to scale metals monitoring technology. The investment will support rollout of its µDOES analysers across battery recycling, lithium production, wastewater treatment, and other hydrometallurgical processes.


  • Metso lands Tia Maria copper package

    Metso has secured a major copper refining package in Peru. The €100 million order for Southern Peru’s Tia Maria project underlines continued investment in SX-EW capacity as copper demand rises.


  • Amcor develops Magic One airless dispenser

    Amcor has unveiled its new Magic One airless dispenser. The polyolefin-based system is designed to improve flexibility, recyclability, and product protection for beauty and personal care brands.


  • EuPC warns on plastics supply shock

    European plastics converters are warning of fresh energy-driven supply disruption. EuPC says rising oil, gas and polymer volatility is squeezing margins, destabilising material availability and making production planning harder across a sector already facing circular-economy investment demands.


  • CEFEP refreshes digital hub for insulation

    CEFEP has launched a new website for technical insulation guidance. The association is centralising information on FEF and PEF materials as efficiency, condensation control, and compliance move higher up the building-services agenda.


  • Royal visit spotlights Lancashire tissue manufacturer

    A royal visit has put Lancashire tissue manufacturing in focus. Roach Bridge Tissues used the Samlesbury Hall engagement to highlight family ownership, specialist production, and on-site renewable power.


  • Emirates Biotech joins CIRCLE PLA project

    Emirates Biotech is moving food-waste PLA closer to scale production. Its role in polymerisation links EU-funded food-waste processing with commercial-grade biopolymer development for packaging, cosmetics, and automotive uses.