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Plastics Europe gives cautious welcome to car recycling rules


Plastics Europe has welcomed proposed updated rules for vehicle recycling – but believes they should go further. The End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation


(ELVR) is due to replace the earlier End-of-Life Vehicles Directive this year. While the European Parliament has called for a 20% recycled target in new vehicles, Plastics Europe prefers


the European Commission’s proposal of 25%. “This is not only achievable but essential,” according to Virginia Janssens, managing director of Plastics Europe. “A 25% target would help create


the market pull essential for a thriving circular economy, but reaching it requires urgent action.”


The association also wants the


target to come into force after 72 months – rather than 120 months, as has been proposed – and for up to 5% to come from circular sources like bio-based feedstock. “However, we are concerned by the


exclusion of bio-based plastics from the ELVR targets,” she added. � https://plasticseurope.org


Sanner starts production at US injection moulding plant


Sanner, which makes healthcare packaging and drug delivery solutions, has started production at its first US-based production facility. The 60,500 sq ft plant in


Greensboro, North Carolina includes injection moulding machinery and ISO class 7 & 8 cleanrooms and laboratory capabilities for testing and metrology. It will produce injection-moulded compo- nents for medical devices and pharmaceutical packag- ing, as well as providing pharma desiccant packaging. “This reinforces our commitment to our custom- ers in North America with


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Rosti adds India plant capacity


Rosti has added extra capacity to its planned injection moulding facility in Chennai in India. This adds 7,500 sq m


Sanner has begun production at its first US production facility


local production, cutting- edge technology and world-class service,” said Christian Classen, chief sales officer of Sanner. The new plant – which


has 20,000 sq ft of expand- able production space – fol- lows other recent Sanner expansions in Germany and China. � www.sanner-group.com


Sunningdale buys Sanwa Plastic


Sunningdale Tech is to buy fellow Singaporean firm Sanwa Plastic Industry. It says this will “solidify its position as one of the largest precision plastics engineering companies”.


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Sanwa operates across seven manufacturing sites in China, Indonesia, India and Singapore.


Both firms specialise in


“precision plastic compo- nents” but Sunningdale says


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customer and product overlap between them is minimal. The combined company will have sales of S$850 million (US$663m). www.sdaletech.com www.sanwagroup.com.sg


of manufacturing space. The new plant was originally announced in September 2024, with a size of 3,000 sq m. Once operational, the facility – due to open at the end of this year – will house 45 injection moulding machines ranging from 35 to 500 tonnes. It will initially employ 100 people, with plans to expand this to 200 within two years. The Chennai facility will initially focus on high- precision plastic injection moulding and contract manufacturing. The original decision to build it came from a collabora- tion with a long-standing customer that wanted production in the region. � https://rosti.com


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