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Plastic packaging dominates the grocery landscape. Flexible plastic and PET bottles lead, and account for 47% of retail packaging sales. With a 3% rise in 2022, the PET bottle headlines overall packaging volume growth. But there are substantial changes taking place as circularity and sustainability are gaining momentum. Article by Linda
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As Petcore Europe makes final preparations for its Annual Conference taking place in February 2024, PETplanet Insider caught up with President, Antonello Ciotti, to talk about the PET value chain and its core priorities. PETplanet: Petcore’s Annual Conference has become a firm fixture in the PET calendar. Why do you think
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) officially unveils more than 90 Educational Sessions ahead of NPE 2024: The Plastics Show, taking place May 6-10, 2024, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla, USA. The trade show is redefining the education experience for attendees through a new learning journey on key
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In 2020, Axens, Ifpen and Jeplan entered into a partnership to develop and license a recycling process, called Rewind PET, that is claimed to be able to recycle all types of waste PET, especially those difficult to recycle mechanically. With the support of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe),
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Herma, a leader in self-adhesive label materials, has introduced the new wash-off adhesive 72Hpw. Thanks to a special formulation, the production costs of the new adhesive are almost on the same level as a conventional permanent standard adhesive, says the company. Nevertheless, it is claimed to make it possible to generate
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Tamburlaine Organic Wines has launched a new brand in Packamama eco-flat wine bottles. The winery will now offer new Lizard Drinking branded organic wines in Packamama’s eco-flat bottles, which are made from Australian 100% rPET. The new Lizard Drinking brand will be available from Tamburlaine in Chardonnay and Shiraz varietals and
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The Danish joint venture Paboco develops and produces fibre-based packaging solutions using pulp-forming technology. The company, based in Slangerup, Denmark, was founded in 2019 by Alpla and Billerud. By taking over all of Billerud’s shares and investing in Paboco, packaging and recycling specialist Alpla, as majority shareholder, is pushing the rapid
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Blue Ocean Closures, a Swedish start-up dedicated to reducing plastic usage in packaging closures, announces its partnership with Coca-Cola’s EMEA R&D Center in Brussels. The innovation introduced by Blue Ocean Closures is a fibre-based packaging screw cap, derived from biobased and recyclable materials. “For us to succeed with this groundbreaking move,
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Husky Technologies announced the appointment of John Linker as Chief Financial Officer. Effective October 19, 2023, Linker will replace John Hafferty, who joined Husky in 2019 following the company’s transition to new ownership. Over the past four years, Hafferty was tasked with improving the company’s accounting and finance operations, assembling a
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is celebrating 15 years of German-Japanese partnership this year. This occasion was acknowledged by Gerd Liebig, CEO, during the press conference at the beginning of Fakuma 2023. Over this period, synergies have been developed to enhance efficiency and increase market activities, said Gerd Liebig, CEO. As another milestone
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Engel was able to achieve Platinum status in the Ecovadis sustanability ranking in the autumn of 2023 and now ranks among the top 1% of the world’s most sustainable companies due to strong initiatives. Ecovadis is the world’s largest provider of sustainability rankings. The rankings include data from more than 90,000
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