Author: Heike Fischer

Companies News Recycling 

Towards harmonised certification of plastics packaging recyclability

Heike Fischer 1188 Views 1 min read

RecyClass Platform recognised first series of Certification Bodies RecyClass welcomes Recoup, SUEZ.Circpack, plastship, Circular Analytics, AIMPLAS, Veolia PET Germany GmbH and REDILO as Certification Bodies who will apply RecyClass method for assessing the recyclability of plastics packaging. Twenty individual auditors within these companies have been granted accreditation to issue RecyClass Recyclability Certifications

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Indorama Ventures continues its commitment to PET recycling with new acquisition in Poland

Heike Fischer 1285 Views 1 min read

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Industrie Maurizio Peruzzo Polowat spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością (IMP Polowat), a PET recycling facility in Poland. The acquisition consists of two assets, strategically located in Bielsko-Biala and Leczyca, close to the

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Bottles / Bottle Making Bottling / Filling News Recycling 

Extremely light and fully recyclable: KHS and Alpla Group develop returnable PET bottle

Heike Fischer 1715 Views 1 min read

Focus on weight reduction and conservation of resources Packaging weighs just 55 grams thanks to optimized base and neck Returnable bottle containing up to 35% recyclate Together with Austrian packaging expert Alpla KHS has now developed a returnable PET container that at 55 grams is extremely light. The 1.0-liter bottle’s high

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Bottles / Bottle Making Companies News 

Pretium Packaging announces $5 million expansion of PET manufacturing platforms

Heike Fischer 2253 Views 1 min read

Pretium Packaging, a leading North American manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, has made a $5 million dollar investment in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) stretch blow moulding equipment and infrastructure that spans across 6 of its 19 manufacturing locations. “This expansion effort provides a comprehensive approach to supporting our existing and new

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New Sukano Impact Modifier Masterbatch

Heike Fischer 1620 Views 1 min read

Sukano is launching a newly formulated transparent Impact Modifier for cold, flash frozen and room temperature applications under the umbrella of the Sukano RPET Product Portfolio. The new Sukano Impact Modifier Masterbatch can replace specialised co-polyester resins with recycled or virgin PET resin that is modified with a new masterbatch, allowing

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Clariant completes the sale of its masterbatches business to PolyOne for approx. USD 1.6 billion

Heike Fischer 1579 Views 1 min read

Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, completed the sale of its entire masterbatches business to PolyOne. The enterprise value of the sale, which consists of separate transactions for Clariant’s global masterbatches business and its masterbatches business in India, amounts to approximately USD 1,560 million which is equivalent to

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Companies News Recycling 

South African plastic industry announces positive PET recycling rate

Heike Fischer 1479 Views 2 min read

Latest stats show 62% of all PET plastic beverage bottles produced in SA in 2019 were collected for recycling Despite global market contractions, and now the rolling economic impact of Covid-19, South Africa’s PET plastic recycling value chain has kept its wheels turning, delivering another positive annual recycling rate while creating

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