Author: Kuldeep Singh

Launch Of KI4KI: Artificial Intelligence For The Plastics Industry Kick-off meeting with workshop successfully held The plastics industry faces considerable challenges. Rising energy and raw material costs, increasing international competitive pressure, ambitious sustainability requirements and increasingly complex development and production processes characterise the everyday business of many companies. In this environment, artificial intelligence is developing into a key technology for measurably increasing quality levels, efficiency and the speed of innovation. Based on this, we at the IKV officially launched the KI4KI consortium project with nine industrial companies at the Plastic Innovation Centre 4.0. With the kick-off meeting, we have set…

B.I.G. Yarns Achieves Ecovadis Platinum Rating, Ranking Among Top 1% Of Companies Worldwide B.I.G. Yarns, the carpet yarn brand of B.I.G. and a leading manufacturer of polyamide (PA), polypropylene (PP) and polyester (PET) yarns for contract, automotive, and high-end residential applications, has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum Medal, placing the company among the top 1% of more than 130.000 companies assessed globally. With an overall score of 86/100, B.I.G. Yarns reaches the highest distinction awarded by EcoVadis, one of the world’s most trusted and widely used sustainability assessment platforms. The rating is based on rigorous third-party evaluation across four key…

STP Machinery India: The New Member Of Starlinger Group Austrian machine manufacturer Starlinger is expanding its activities in India: STP Machinery India, founded for the production of PP tape extrusion lines in the state of Gujarat, will officially open at the beginning of February 2026 shortly before Plastindia. STP Machinery India Pvt. Ltd. is part of the Starlinger Group and manufactures machinery for the production of woven plastic packaging specifically for the Indian market. With a workforce of more than 30 people led by CEO Norbert Wirth, the company produces high-tech PP tape extrusion lines at the newly built plant…

Avro India Leads Waste-To-Wealth Shift With India’s Largest Flexible Plastic Recycling Unit Avro India Limited, a leading manufacturer of plastic-moulded furniture, is set to address one of India’s most complex environmental challenges—recycling difficult-to-process plastic waste—with the launch of its state-of-the-art greenfield recycling facility in Ghaziabad. Operating under AVRO Recycling Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary of Avro India Limited, the facility houses India’s largest flexible plastic recycling plant, with a current processing capacity of 500 metric tonnes per month (MTPM). The capacity is scheduled to scale up to 1,000 MTPM by Q4 of FY 2025–26. The capital expenditure invested in the…

Accumold Brings Micro Molding Precision To Photonics West 2026 As Optical Innovation Accelerates Accumold, a global leader in precision micro molding, will exhibit at SPIE Photonics West 2026 (January 20-22, San Francisco, USA), the premier event for lasers, biomedical optics, optoelectronics, and technologies supporting biophotonics, quantum, and vision applications. Photonics West remains the industry’s most concentrated meeting point for teams shaping how light is generated, guided, and measured. Visit Accumold at Booth #1848 to explore how micro molding is enabling photonics innovation through miniature plastic components that demand exceptional dimensional control and repeatability. In photonics, performance often comes down to…

3d People Helps Power Breakthrough Maritime Sustainability With Armada Technologies’ Passive Air Lubrication System A small 3D printed component is making a big impact beneath the hull of an Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) carrier, and it’s London-based 3D People that helped bring this engineering innovation to life. Armada Technologies, a Liverpool-based firm on a mission to reduce the environmental impact of global shipping, turned to 3D People to manufacture a critical part for its revolutionary Passive Air Lubrication System (PALS). PALS is a transformative technology that reduces drag by releasing microbubbles beneath a ship’s hull, creating an aerated layer that…

Mono Nozzles Now Also Available With Radii In Inches: Greater Flexibility For International Users With the expansion of its successful range of hot runner nozzles, HASCO is now offering an even broader selection and greater precision for injection moulding applications worldwide. The proven mono-shot Single Shot H6300/… and Vario Shot H6200/… ranges are now available not only in metric sizes but also in inch sizes, specifically ¾” and ½”. In this way, HASCO is responding directly to the requirements of international markets and providing a practical solution for customers working to US and UK standards. The nozzles can be ordered…

Arkema Once Again Awarded Top Employer 2026 Certification In 10 Countries For the third consecutive year, Arkema has been certified as a Top Employer in 10 countries, confirming the Group’s best HR practices and its commitment to providing a fulfilling and responsible working environment that places people at the heart of its strategy. This international recognition, awarded by the Top Employers Institute, rewards the excellence of our HR practices in key areas such as quality of life at work, diversity and inclusion, skills development, and the digitalization of HR processes. France, China, the United States, Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands, the…

Bharat Next – PLASTINDIA 2026 One Of The World’s Largest Show Growth Dialogue with Mr. Alok Tibrewalla, Chairman, National Executive Council, PlastIndia 2026 Explained to Mr. Ginu Joseph (Text by Anagha Salvi Extract from Modern Plastics TV) ‘‘Don’t miss this. Don’t miss the opportunity of coming to PlastIndia 2026 and see for yourself, what is the bucket full of opportunities for next 15 years. So, Bharat Next is all about next 10-15 years. Bharat is growing, India is growing and don’t miss the opportunity to grow together. ’’ Tell us about you know how this idea of Bharat Next came…

Ideas To Impact – PLASTINDIA 2026, A First-Ever Zero Waste Exhibition Leadership Spotlight with Mr. Ravish Kamath, President, PlastIndia Foundation by Ginu Joseph Explained, (Text by Anagha Salvi Extract from Modern Plastics TV) ‘‘PlastIndia 2026, as we all know, we are going to have one of the world’s biggest plastic exhibitions in New Delhi at the Bharat Mandapam between the 5th to 10th February 2026. This event is eagerly awaited by the industry. We have a lot of new things coming up during this exhibition.’’ Tell us about Plast India Foundation and its activities? It was established way back in…