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**Alternative text:**\ Group photo of Crafters employees in a production hall. In the background, large quantities of finished bags and several Starlinger machines can be seen. The group is standing and kneeling in front of a banner reading “11 MILLION BAGS & COUNTING!”. Crafters manufactures AD\*STAR valve-type block bottom bags on Starlinger machinery.

09/22/2026

Production record: 11.3 million AD*STAR® bags per month on 2 machines!

On only two conversion lines, Pakistani woven PP bag manufacturer Crafters produced the record number of 11.3 million AD*STAR® block bottom cement…

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A recoSTAR PET 215 art PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system by Starlinger in a modern industrial facility. The system, featuring a large stainless-steel reactor, conveying and piping systems, and an extruder, is designed to recycle PET bottles into high-quality, food-grade recycled PET (rPET) for the production of new PET bottles.

08/25/2026

Novatex, Pakistan: 24,000 tons of recycled bottle-grade PET per year

Installed at the Novatex facility in the Quaid-e-Azam Business Park near Lahore, Pakistan, the recoSTAR PET 215 art bottle-to-bottle recycling system…

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Employees of Ismail Resin stand in a modern production facility in front of a Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant. The group is wearing safety helmets and work attire. In the background, tall stainless-steel tanks, piping systems, and processing equipment highlight the industrial recycling process.

06/22/2026

Recovering 40,000 tons of PET bottle scrap per year

With its new Starlinger recoSTAR PET 215 art bottle-to-bottle recycling system, Ismail Resin Pvt. Ltd., based in Karachi and part of Ismail…

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Industrial installation in a factory hall: a large white bag (big bag) hangs in a sturdy metal frame with red reinforcements. A hydraulically operated plate pushes into the bag from above. Cables and sensors are visible, and a transparent plastic panel at the front protects the lower area.

04/21/2026

interpack: Woven power

A packaging that weighs just 2 kilograms but can hold up to 2 tons? That’s what big bags made of polypropylene or PET tape fabric are all about. At…

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Printed PP*STAR woven bags by Starlinger, including pet food packaging

04/17/2026

Welding Instead of Gluing: Pinch-Bottom Bags Designed with Sustainability in Mind

At this year’s Chinaplas, Starlinger is presenting its newly developed PP*STAR technology for manufacturing pinch-bottom bags from polypropylene tape…

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Wooden judge’s gavel resting on a table in front of stacked law books, with the scales of justice blurred in the background.

02/01/2026

Interim legal victory against Chinese copyists

Patent infringement established by Chinese first instance court

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10/27/2025

Success at K 2025

Very positive trade fair with several business deals concluded.

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Group of employees beside a tall recycling line. Small group stands before tall industrial equipment in a spacious hall.

04/22/2024

PAAG: Scaling up PET bottle-to-bottle recycling in Türkiye

PAAG, a member of Bell Holding A.Ş., installed a Starlinger recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line with a production capacity of…

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Aerial view of a long factory building. Long blue-gray factory hall with road and greenery seen from above.

04/04/2024

PT Amandina Bumi Nusantara: Recycled PET for Coca-Cola’s first 100% rPET bottles

The Indonesian plastics recycler produces the rPET for Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite and Sprite Waterlymon bottles on two recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+…

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03/28/2024

Solutions for food-grade recycled post-consumer PE, PP, PS and PET at NPE 2024

Super-cleaning and odor reduction solutions for the most popular consumer packaging materials: The two Starlinger business units viscotec and…

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