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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…

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…

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

10/27/2025

Success at K 2025

Very positive trade fair with several business deals concluded.

Close-up of numerous white plastic bottle caps piled on top of each other. A few caps stand out with red and blue colors. Most of the caps are white with small markings.

09/17/2025

Starlinger PP cap-to-cap recycling process cleared by FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has newly released an NOL (No Objection Letter) for the polypropylene cap-to-cap recycling process on the…

The image shows the recoSTAR dynamic art recycling system from Starlinger. This advanced system is specifically designed to recycle heavily contaminated and moist plastic waste. It ensures efficient processing and produces high-quality regranulate, which can be used for further processing in the plastic industry. The system consists of various components such as a conveyor belt, a shredding and extrusion machine, and a control unit that allows precise adjustment of process parameters. The design is functional and modular, enabling flexible adaptation to different production requirements.

09/09/2025

The art of post-consumer plastics recycling

K 2025: Film waste from the food and agricultural sectors, fibers, or foamed plastics – the new recoSTAR dynamic art recycling system which Starlinger…

The image shows several AD*STAR bags from the company Starlinger in two different designs. On the left are light blue bags with a geometric pattern and the label “PRIME,” while on the right are cream-colored bags with green printing, including one marked “PCR-PP.” These durable, rectangular plastic bags are designed for packaging dry bulk goods such as rice, flour, or cement. They are standing and lying on a neutral, light-colored surface.

07/31/2025

K 2025: The Power of Circular Packaging

Plastic packaging for a sustainable future: Starlinger presents technical solutions for closed-loop systems in woven plastic packaging.

The image shows the recoSTAR PET art bottle-to-bottle recycling system from Starlinger in a side view. The modern industrial plant consists of several vertically and horizontally arranged stainless steel components, interconnected by numerous pipelines. Key features include two tall cylindrical reactor towers with red platforms and safety railings, a red-cased extruder in the center, and various conveying, dosing, and processing units. The entire system stands on a smooth white surface against a neutral light gray background, conveying an impression of advanced recycling technology for converting used PET bottles into new PET material.

07/15/2025

Positive “Scientific Opinion” by EFSA for Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling process

The European Food Safety Authority EFSA confirms the compliance of the decontamination performance of the recoSTAR PET art recycling process in a…

The PAAG management and staff in front of Starlinger’s recoSTAR PET 165 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line in PAAG’s recycling facility in Gebze, Türkiye. ©PAAG

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…

The PET recycling plant of Amandina Bumi Nusantara, located at the outskirts of Jakarta. ©Amandina

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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