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The world’s largest event dedicated to plastics recycling, the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, takes place next week at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from 19-20 June 2024. Visitors can still register for free at: www.prseventeurope.com The PRS Europe exhibition and conference attracts thousands of professional stakeholders of the entire plastics recycling value
Read moreCCL Industries Inc. (“the Company”), a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, announced it has completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% equity interest in its Middle East joint venture, Pacman-CCL (“PCCL”), from its partner, Albwardy Investment LLC, headquartered
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Multinational plastic packaging producer Retal is pleased to announce a new industrial partner in Central Asia. A Polymer Industries LLC, trading as Orzuplast, in Uzbekistan is a provider of packaging solutions for its local and neighbouring markets and is now welcomed by Retal as the latest addition to its partner network,
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Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages teams with WestRock to replace multipack plastic rings with paperboard packaging carriers. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, a local Coca-Cola bottler serving Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City, and WestRock (NYSE:WRK), a leading provider of sustainable paper and packaging solutions, has successfully completed the installation of new equipment and
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Aldi has introduced 100% recycled plastic (rPet) in some of its own-brand washing up liquid bottles. The move, which applies to its standard Magnum washing up liquid, as well as its Antibacterial and 1 litre Magnum Classic variants – excluding the caps and labels – is rolling out into stores nationwide.
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The Alpla Group and Re-Purpose have announced a strategic partnership that will advance sustainable packaging solutions and strengthen the feedstock value chain of Alpla’s very first PET recycling facility in Africa. Alpla is investing 60 million euros in the construction of a state-of-the-art recycling plant in Ballito in the South African
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Cooperation between Lindner Washtech and Erema delivers consistent quality in post-consumer recycling. How to achieve consistent recycled pellet quality in plastics recycling by exchanging data between the extruder and washing system, and how intelligent energy management reduces costs, was revealed at IFAT in Munich by the Erema Group and Lindner. This
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With three important improvements KHS has qualified its modular Innofill PET DRV filler for faster and even more effective filling of still and carbonated beverages into PET bottles with the usual reliable standard of quality – even under extreme conditions. Normally used with a stretch blow moulder in a duo block
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Digitalisation has been an integral part of the Engel portfolio strategy for many years. A wide selection of digital products inside the machine and on a flexible online production portal are already providing benefits to users in terms of costs, quality and energy consumption. Beyond optimising production, digital solutions help Engel
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Dear readers, Today, on the occasion of our anniversary, I would like to thank all those who have made PETplanet Insider what it is today, namely an integral part of the PET industry. In addition to the team and our many other supporters, I would also like to pay particular tribute
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based on an article by Dr Frank Welle, The Facts about PET PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) was first developed for use in synthetic fibres by British Calico Printers in 1941.* The patent rights were then sold to Dupont and ICI who in turn sold regional rights to many other companies. Although originally
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