10 NEWS PETplanet Insider Vol. 26 No. 06/25 www.petpla.net Carbios signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders Carbios has signed its first multiyear offtake contracts with L’Oréal and L’Occitane en Provence for biorecycled rPET from its future commercial plant in Longlaville, France. The agreements mark a step in the company’s efforts to scale enzymatic recycling technology, which aims to provide an alternative method for producing recycled PET suitable for packaging. The company stated that the contracts reflect interest from consumer brands in sourcing materials that support circular packaging and quality standards. Carbios indicated that these deals align with its previously stated goal to secure initial offtake contracts in the first half of 2025. “This contract with Carbios underlines our commitment to working with innovative players in PET recycling to create a circular economy. We congratulate Carbios on this advancement towards industrial scale for their enzymatic recycling solution, which represents a key milestone for the packaging industry,” said Jacques Playe, Director of Development and Packaging, L’Oréal. “The partnership we have established with Carbios marks a decisive step for L’Occitane en Provence in our commitment to greater circularity in our packaging. It is testament to the continuation and acceleration of our commitment to reducing our environmental impact. Today, alongside Carbios, we are bringing a shared desire to life to build a high-performance European industry to promote the transition to a circular economy for plastics,” said David Bayard, R&D Packaging Director, L’Occitane en Provence. www.carbios.com StackTeck capacity growth update StackTeck Systems Ltd., a global manufacturer of high-volume injection moulding solutions for thinwall packaging, closures, PET preforms, personal care and medical products, has continued to increase capacity with investments in new machinery and automation throughout their manufacturing and testing facilities totalling U.S. $14.3 million in the last three years. Michael Gould, StackTeck’s Chief Operating Officer stated: “Over the last three years we have invested an average of $4.6 million USD per year representing about 8% of our order intake. At the same time, we are finding synergies between our mould and automation lines, resulting in highly integrated mould specialties such as servo driven mould functions and in-mould automation delivering highly integrated solutions to our customer base.” Our investment in StackTeck’s manufacturing facilities has resulted in capacity increases of 13% in highspeed milling, 50% in EDM, and 50% in gun drilling, further enabling our ability to deliver large multi mould programs. Vince Travaglini, StackTeck’s President and CEO stated: “We are continuing to invest to handle strong demand for our products despite ongoing uncertainty with the current global trade challenges. We are happy to announce that we are currently planning an Open House for this fall where we will showcase some of our latest mould and automation technologies and our customer base will be able to come and see those, as well as the investments we have made throughout our plant in the last few years.” www.stackteck.com BEYOND THE HORIZON PROCESS SOLUTIONS FOR POLYMER RECYCLING AND SOLID STATE POLYMER UPGRADING Polymetrix, a Sanlian Buhler Company, provides process technology including EPCM services for the polymer recycling and manufacturing industry. Leading supplier of rPET systems and integrated rPET plants for single line capacities up to 70’000 tons per year. www.polymetrix.com www.slhpcn.com
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