PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2018

8 NEWS PET planet Insider Vol. 19 No. 03/18 www.petpla.net Petcore Europe launches Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group Petcore Europe has created the new Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group (SiG) in order to anticipate the need to recycle higher amounts of plastic aero- sols. This industry task force is therefore looking for ways to increase the recycling volumes of PET products from the house- hold packaging waste stream. In 2020, the Aerosol Dispenser Directive (ADD) will potentially allow plastic aerosols beyond 220ml in Europe. “Currently, the capacity is restricted due to the fact that theADD was written in a time when only brittle plastics were available. This led to the approach to treat plastics the same way as coated glass containers”, explains Chairman Johannes Burghaus the background of the new SiG. “With PET we have today an ideal plastic aerosol material at hand. That is why FEA, the European Aerosol Federation, started an approach to change the ADD and allow plastic aerosols beyond 220 ml capacity in 2018.” As this will enable mass market instead of only niche production, the market volume of plastic aerosols is expected to increase. That will eventually lead to a higher amount of plastic aerosol packages in the collection, sorting and recycling systems in Europe. For this reason, FEA and Petcore Europe took the initiative to establish the Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group (SiG) under the umbrella of Petcore Europe. The objective of the new SiG is in line with Petcore Europe’s voluntary commit- ment to grow the volume of recycled PET, also with more difficult recycling streams. www.aerosol.org Anuga FoodTec 2018: The event and congress programme Anuga FoodTec, international supplier fair for the food and beverage indus- try, will be opening its doors from 20 to 23 March 2018: Around 1,700 suppli- ers from more than 50 countries will be presenting their new products for the production and packing of all types of food on 140,000m 2 of exhibition space in Cologne, Germany. The range of exhibits will once again be accompanied by a multi-faceted event and congress programme, i.e. target group-specific lectures, conferences, forums, guided tours, special events and networking events. The top theme of Anuga FoodTec 2018 is Resource Efficiency. Optimise production processes, reduce the energy and water consumption, minimise the loss of food- stuffs as far as possible: The half-day opening conference of Anuga FoodTec, which is completely dedicated to the theme resource efficiency, demonstrates this and much more. Expert forums From food and beverage technology, to packing, through to current and future trends: The expert forums of Anuga FoodTec offer numerous possibili- ties of informing oneself and for the exchange with national and international experts. This year’s leading theme ‘Resource Efficiency’ is both the focus of the forum and the opening conference. Two further focuses of the export forums are ‘Themes, Trends, Technologies - that are moving the food industry’ as well as ‘Food Ingredients’. Guided tours The guided tours offer a compact and informative overview of specific themes of the food and beverage industry. In the course of the tours, selected exhibi- tors will present and explain their products, machines and functions live on-site. Registered visitors can take part in different tours daily. The themes of the guided tours include among others robotics, Industry 4.0, flexibility in the filling and packing technology, meat and dairy technologies as well as packing materials. Speakers Corner and more Anuga FoodTec 2018 exhibitors will present their companies, their product range and/or innovations to a broad trade audience in the Speakers Corner (Pas- sage 4/5). A different theme is on the agenda every 30 minutes. Furthermore, the trade visitors can look forward to special events like the ‘Robotik-Pack-Line’ or a special exhibition on the theme of ‘Packaging Design’ plus numerous live presentations of the exhibitors. www.anugafoodtec.com WikiPETia .info New contents at wikipetia.info corvaglia group announces U.S. expansion in Georgia Switzerland based corvaglia group announced plans to build a new manu- facturing facility in Newnan, Georgia. The company provides plastic cap and closure technology solutions to the beverage industry around the world. The new U.S. production facility will compleiment cor- vaglia’s existing advanced manufacturing operations in Eschlikon, Switzerland and Ixtlahuaca, Mexico. corvaglia’s business begins and ends with closure design and as a vertically integrated supplier of caps and closures for PET containers, corvaglia delivers expertise all along the value chain. Founded in 1991, corvaglia continues to focus on one-piece closure technologies deployed from the design concept all the way through to the consumer. This end-to-end market approach is embodied in their slogan ‘Think, Shape, Make, Apply’ caps. The new U.S. facility will be operational by year-end and utilisze corvaglia’s in- house proprietary moulds to manufacture lightweight one-piece caps and closures for the North American beverage market. Additionally, corvaglia will bring high-speed digital printing to the new U.S. facility that will provide valuable branding opportuni- ties with virtually no limitations to artwork or graphics. www.corvaglia.ch