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Plastic pellet loss prevention is now a compliance KPI (and a bulk solids design problem)
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Plastic pellet loss prevention is now a compliance KPI (and a bulk solids design problem)

Insights, Legislation and Standards, Plastics and Polymers

Plastic pellet loss prevention is now a compliance KPI (and a bulk solids design problem)

Regulation (EU) 2025/2365 makes plastic pellet loss prevention [...]

By POWDERTECHNOLOGY.info|2026-02-26T13:35:58+00:0028 February 2026|Categories: Insights, Legislation and Standards, Plastics and Polymers|Tags: compliance, containment, diverter valves, logistics, maritime transport, microplastics, plastic pellet loss prevention, plastic pellets, pneumatic conveying, Regulation (EU) 2025/2365, risk management plan, silo venting, transfer points|0 Comments

Powder data lineage is now a quality lever, not an admin task
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Powder data lineage is now a quality lever, not an admin task

Additives, Analytical Techniques and Methods, Insights, Legislation and Standards

Powder data lineage is now a quality lever, not an admin task

Powder data lineage is becoming a hard requirement [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:24:23+01:0010 January 2026|Categories: Additives, Analytical Techniques and Methods, Insights, Legislation and Standards|Tags: batch traceability, battery passport, data integrity, digital thread, powder data lineage, powder reuse, recycled feedstock, release decisions, root cause analysis, sampling strategy|0 Comments

Powder Containment Performance Testing: How to Specify, Measure, and Improve Containment
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Powder Containment Performance Testing: How to Specify, Measure, and Improve Containment

Analytical Techniques and Methods, Know How, Legislation and Standards

Powder Containment Performance Testing: How to Specify, Measure, and Improve Containment

Powder containment performance testing turns “we think it’s [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:24:24+01:003 January 2026|Categories: Analytical Techniques and Methods, Know How, Legislation and Standards|Tags: airborne dust measurement, bag dump station, containment testing, Dust control, exposure control, isolator testing, occupational hygiene, OEB, OEL, powder containment, powder handling safety, SMEPAC, split butterfly valve, surface deposition, surrogate powder|0 Comments

Welding Fumes in Powder Plants: The Hidden Contamination Risk During Maintenance and Hot Work
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Welding Fumes in Powder Plants: The Hidden Contamination Risk During Maintenance and Hot Work

Industrial Hygiene, Insights, Legislation and Standards

Welding Fumes in Powder Plants: The Hidden Contamination Risk During Maintenance and Hot Work

Welding fumes in powder plants now sit in [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:24:25+01:003 January 2026|Categories: Industrial Hygiene, Insights, Legislation and Standards|Tags: compliance, contamination control, Dust control, HEPA vacuuming, hot work permit, LEV, local exhaust ventilation, maintenance welding, occupational exposure, ultrafine particles, welding fume capture, welding fumes|0 Comments

EU Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation: Bulk Plant Compliance
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EU Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation: Bulk Plant Compliance

Insights, Legislation and Standards, Plastics and Polymers

EU Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation: Bulk Plant Compliance

EU plastic pellet loss regulation (EU) 2025/2365 makes [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:25:59+01:0020 December 2025|Categories: Insights, Legislation and Standards, Plastics and Polymers|Tags: big bags, bulk handling, compliance audits, EU plastic pellet loss regulation, housekeeping, installation registration, loss estimation, microplastic pollution, pellet loss prevention, plastic pellets, pneumatic conveying, Regulation (EU) 2025/2365, risk management plan, spill prevention|0 Comments

Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not
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Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not

Dustiness, Insights, Legislation and Standards

Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not

titanium dioxide powder classification is shifting again in [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:26:00+01:006 December 2025|Categories: Dustiness, Insights, Legislation and Standards|Tags: chemical industry, cosmetics, dustiness, food industry, inhalable dust, Nanomaterials, occupational hygiene, Pharmaceuticals, powder classification, respirable dust, Titanium Dioxide|0 Comments

PFAS vs PTFE in 2025: What’s Really Changing for Powder-Based Manufacturing
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PFAS vs PTFE in 2025: What’s Really Changing for Powder-Based Manufacturing

Energy Industry, Feature Article, Laboratory, Legislation and Standards, Moisture Sensitivity

PFAS vs PTFE in 2025: What’s Really Changing for Powder-Based Manufacturing

PFAS PTFE powder manufacturing industries will face policy [...]

By POWDERTECHNOLOGY.info|2025-10-18T00:40:43+01:0018 October 2025|Categories: Energy Industry, Feature Article, Laboratory, Legislation and Standards, Moisture Sensitivity|Tags: battery manufacturing, compliance, dry electrode, flowability, fluoropolymers, legislation, Moisture Sensitivity, PFAS, Powder Processing, PTFE, QA, REACH|0 Comments

Nanotechnology in Cosmetics: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation
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Nanotechnology in Cosmetics: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation

Cosmetics industry, Feature Article, Laboratory, Legislation and Standards, Nano

Nanotechnology in Cosmetics: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation

Nanotechnology in cosmetics improves stability, delivery, and skin [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2025-10-09T22:39:55+01:0011 October 2025|Categories: Cosmetics industry, Feature Article, Laboratory, Legislation and Standards, Nano|Tags: cosmetics, DLS, Environmental Impact, EU 1223/2009, FDA guidance, Franz cell, liposomes, nano-hydroxyapatite, nanostructured lipid carriers, Nanotechnology, SCCS, solid lipid nanoparticles, TEM, Titanium Dioxide, zinc oxide|0 Comments

Powder Technologies Within Circular Systems
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Powder Technologies Within Circular Systems

3D printing, Bulk Solids Characterization, Editors pick, Feature Article, Legislation and Standards, Metallurgy, Moisture Sensitivity, Particle Size Testing, Plastics and Polymers, Porosity, Sustainability

Powder Technologies Within Circular Systems

The relevance of powder testing for circular economy [...]

Cobalt Exposure Limits in Powder Manufacturing: Five Steps to EU Compliance
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Cobalt Exposure Limits in Powder Manufacturing: Five Steps to EU Compliance

Bulk Solids Characterization, Energy Industry, Insights, Legislation and Standards

Cobalt Exposure Limits in Powder Manufacturing: Five Steps to EU Compliance

Cobalt exposure limits in powder manufacturing are tightening. [...]

By Stephane Sloots|2026-04-18T10:28:00+01:006 September 2025|Categories: Bulk Solids Characterization, Energy Industry, Insights, Legislation and Standards|Tags: auditing, batteries, cobalt, compliance, hard metals, hygiene, LEV, NFPA 660, occupational exposure limits, PPE|0 Comments

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Plastic pellet loss prevention is now a compliance KPI (and a bulk solids design problem)

Powder data lineage is now a quality lever, not an admin task

Powder Containment Performance Testing: How to Specify, Measure, and Improve Containment

Welding Fumes in Powder Plants: The Hidden Contamination Risk During Maintenance and Hot Work

EU Plastic Pellet Loss Regulation: Bulk Plant Compliance

Titanium dioxide powder classification in 2025: what changed, what did not

PFAS vs PTFE in 2025: What’s Really Changing for Powder-Based Manufacturing

Nanotechnology in Cosmetics: Efficacy, Safety, and Regulation

Powder Technologies Within Circular Systems

Cobalt Exposure Limits in Powder Manufacturing: Five Steps to EU Compliance