PETcontents 4 PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 12/24 www.petpla.net 12/2024 EDITOUR 9 Converter for water preforms and closures reaches out to Africa 10 Bottle-to-bottle recycling in Egypt - rPET pioneer from the Greater Cairo region focuses on huge capacity expansion 12 German joint venture closures in Saudi Arabia - How the growing demand for beverage, food and non-food products is being met in Jeddah 14 Close to customers in the Middle East and beyond - Service and sales of injection moulding systems and moulds MATERIALS / RECYCLING 15 PEF: A bio-based alternative to PET with lower environmental impact 18 UV protection additive for rPET packaging 20 Turning dairy PET bottle-to-bottle recycling into reality 24 Material and long-term properties in recyclates 26 And a pinch of graphene - Fractal graphene enhances PET bottles’ performance and sustainability 27 Meeting the needs of an ever-evolving sector 28 High-quality rPET granules from mixed streams - Mission PET and Next Generation Recycling GmbH collaborate on LSP PET recycling in food and non-food applications MARKET SURVEY 21 Suppliers of recycling plants and washing units BOTTLE MAKING 29 Flexible hot-fill bottle production - Leading the Greek market with ketchup containers hot filled with Sipa’s ECS SP system 30 Environmentally friendly packaging for the pharmaceutical industry - Italian company focuses on special sustainability strategy EVENT REVIEW 31 Experience a new dimension of plastics recycling - Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim host two-day recycling conference OUTER PLANET 42 Renewable carbon feedstocks - Building a net-zero chemical industry in 2050 BUYER’S GUIDE 36 Get listed! INSIDE TRACK 3 Editorial 4 Contents 6 News 32 PET bottles for home + personal care 34 On site EDITOUR Page 10 Page 29 Page 18 MATERIALS / RECYCLING
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