Milliken at Interplastica 2022
Milliken to highlight an expanding portfolio of polymer additive solutions at Interplastica 2022 The company’s commitment to sustainability will be on full display
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
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Erema enters a new dimension with large-scale recycling plants
As the demand for recycled plastics grows, so does the of the machines. This applies to the processing of polyolefins as well as to PET recycling.
MEWAR Award “Plastics Recycling Company of the Year 2021” given to Consent FZCO
The largest Producer of Polyester (PET) Strapping in Middle East, based in UAE, CONSENT FZCO received the Middle East Waste & Recycling Award.
From PET bottles straight to food contact grade r-PET packaging
Amut’s strategic partnership with Erema contributes to acceleratethe transition towards a greener world.
Ampacet ThermProtectTM product range reduces recycled PET thermal degradation and yellowing
Ampacet has introduced ThermProtectTM PET, a range of rPET stabilizing masterbatches that reduce yellowing due to polymer thermal degradation, enabling processors to increase the content of recycled PET in virgin material without compromising product aesthetics or performance.
SABIC launches recycled automotive grades under Trucircle portfolio of circular solutions
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, introduced today the company’s first automotive grades containing mechanically recycled content within the company’s Trucircle portfolio of circular solutions and services.
Returnable PET for sensitive beverages? Joint research project of Krones and Alpla delivers surprising results
Rising out of the niche: In the beverage packaging market, returnable PET containers currently play a rather small role. Wrongly so, say the results of a joint research project of Krones and Alpla.
Lindner at Fakuma 2021
Changing from a linear to a circular economy, the quality of the recycled material plays an increasingly important role. Lindner is taking on this challenge and will be presenting a new hot-wash system for recovering PET (polyethylene terephthalate) at Fakuma
KraussMaffei High Performance becomes Netstal again
The KraussMaffei Group will transfer all activities of the former KraussMaffei High Performance AG into an independent unit effective October 1, 2021. This will operate under the traditional name Netstal.
Contiform 3 BigBottle produces large PET containers
For millions of people all over the world, packaged drinking water is an essential part of their daily life, especially if they live in a region where they cannot depend on a reliable supply of potable tap water.
Neo Group results impacted by raw materials and supply chain disruption
PET manufacturer UAB Neo Group, which operates out of Klaipeda free economic zone in Lithuania, saw its turnover reach 366 million euros last year, with 18 million euros in profits.
Biesterfeld brings SK Chemicals’ sustainable copolyesters to the cosmetics industry
SK Chemicals launches new, sustainable product solutions from the Ecotria brand onto the market. SK Chemicals and Biesterfeld are now presenting new product types with up to 70% PCR content in the form of Ecotria R101 and Ecotria R102.
Tomra Recycling & Indorama Ventures collaborate in Mexico
The recycling sector in Mexico is witnessing the collaboration of two companies, Tomra Recycling and Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited.
NEO Group started to produce PET resins with 25% recycled secondary raw materials
At the beginning of this year, UAB NEO Group, a PET producer operating in Klaipėda FEZ, produced and sent to customers for testing the first PET resins, which were manufactured using up to 25% of recycled raw materials.
Petcore Europe Virtual Conference 2021 - key speakers confirmed
Don't miss the event of the year for the PET value chain: "Post Covid-19 - Strategy and Trends for the Circular PET Economy".
Starlinger viscotec celebrates 2 million tons of installed recycling capacity worldwide
In spring 2021 viscotec, a division of the Austrian machinery supplier Starlinger & Co GmbH, reached a milestone: an impressive 2 million tons of capacity are available for the production of PET recyclate on viscotec systems worldwide.
Youthful packaging design by Sidel opens a new page for Menton
Sidel packaging team in China redesigned the package of Menton flavoured water by integrating youthfulness into its health attribute. The straight-wall lightweight PET bottle, which weighs only 17.85 grams for the 500 ml format, conveys the sense of modernity and is a statement of sustainable packaging.
Oben Group announced the acquisition of Poligal Group
Oben Group announced the acquisition of Poligal Group, effective February 25, 2021. This acquisition includes the BOPP and CPP production plants in Portugal and Poland, commercial offices in Germany and an extensive sales and distribution network throughout Europe.
Big Bottling Company invests in a powerful PET line from KHS
With over 200 million inhabitants Nigeria is already by far the most heavily populated country in Africa. In the next 30 years the United Nations reckon on this number doubling, meaning that by 2050 around 410 million people will live here.
PET to PET increases capacities for food-grade rPET with new Starlinger line
The Austrian recycling company installed another Starlinger bottle-to-bottle recycling system including SSP (solid state polycondensation) reactor at their production site in Müllendorf, Austria.
Alpla expediting a bottle cycle in Italy
The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the Alpla Group, is investing more than five million euros in an extrusion system for food-grade recycled PET (rPET) made of used PET bottles (so-called post-consumer material) at its site in Anagni.
Demand for Erema PET recycling technologies continues to grow
The recycling of PET bottles has gained worldwide acceptance over the past 20 years and has become a model for the circular economy in plastics.
Protein-rich juice hits Colombian shelves in Amcor PET bottle
Amcor has developed a new hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for Colombia’s Nutrea/Frudelca’s breakthrough Frupro protein juice.
Drinktec 2021: “Personal exchange is crucial”
At a time when major exhibitions have been canceled, postponed or downscaled in the throes of the corona pandemic, many eyes are turned towards drinktec, the world’s leading trade show for the beverage and liquid food industry.
BTB PET Recycling further increases capacities
During the Corona Lockdown in spring 2020 German PET recycler BTB PET-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG installed a new preheating unit and another SSP reactor supplied by Starlinger recycling technology.
Alpla Group: new CEO from 2021
The Management Board of the Alpla Group is being restructured – Philipp Lehner will succeed Günther Lehner as CEO on 1 January 2021. Günther Lehner will assume the position of Chairman.
A beverage sector in flux works on sustainable bottle concepts for the future
No other issue is currently of greater concern to drinks manufacturers than the choice of material for bottles.
The world’s first carbon-neutral rPET
Global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist the Alpla Group is unveiling the world’s first carbon-neutral recycled PET.
Krones and innocent are building a CO2-neutral bottling plant
Following long years of contract-bottling, the smoothie and juice producer innocent has decided to build the very first bottling plant of its own. Krones won the order for four complete PET bottling lines and the corresponding IT landscape.
KHS and Martens realize sustainable packaging for German food store chain
With its current project the KHS Group is again addressing precisely this issue: together with traditional Martens Brewery in Belgium the turnkey supplier has made the portfolio for a German food store chain more sustainable.
Indorama acquires PET recycling facilities in Poland
Indorama Ventures would like to inform that it has signed a Conditional Share Purchase Agreement on 3rd August 2020 to acquire a 100% equity stake of Industrie Maurizio Peruzzo Polowat
Expertise for the resource-saving and flexible filling of sensitive products
First linear InnoPET BloFill ABF aseptic block from KHS satisfies current dairy requirements
Master Kong’s aseptic PET lines’ improved with Sidel’s maintenance services
In 2019, Master Kong beverage (Master Kong) in China opted to sign a two-year fixed price maintenance contract with Sidel for four of their aseptic complete PET lines producing ready-to-drink (RTD) teas in their plants in Langfang and Baotou.
KHS and Alpla Group develop returnable PET bottle
“Reduce, reuse, recycle”: for the KHS Group these three pillars of sustainability are a composite part of its corporate philosophy. The manufacturer of filling and packaging technology consistently focuses on resource-saving, recycling-friendly systems and solutions.
High Climbers: Rwenzori Bottling Company invests in new PET line from KHS
With the help of high-quality, efficient KHS technology the sales of packaged water in Uganda are climbing to ever new heights. Awareness of the responsible use of resources is growing - an example that could set a precedent.
Super Combi Compact: more performance, less space
Two years after the introduction of the Super Combi to the industry for compact lines’ solutions, today, Sidel presents a bolder, next-generation solution Super Combi Compact that, as indicated in its name, is even more compact.