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Heraeus invests for a majority share in leading PET recycler Perpetual Technologies – company to be re-named Revalyu Resources for global expansion

10 Jun 20227 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 853 Views 1 min read

Heraeus Holding GmbH, a global Fortune 500 company, announced it has invested substantial equity to take a majority stake in Perpetual Technologies, a leading PET recycling company. To drive global expansion under one brand, Heraeus decided to rename the company Revalyu Resources GmbH. Revalyu has developed a depolymerisation technology to recycle

Companies Recycling

Remondis and Werner & Mertz cooperate on plastics recycling

9 Jun 20227 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1002 Views 1 min read

Werner & Mertz and Remondis have joined forces under the umbrella of the “Recyclat-Initiative” to demonstrate how plastic cycles can be fully closed using practical application examples. The common goal is to establish sustainable material cycles and to use the recyclable material from the source “yellow bag” in Germany for this

Bottles / Bottle Making Recycling

Nestlé Malaysia pioneers the adoption of rPET in RTD bottles

8 Jun 20227 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1471 Views 1 min read

Nestlé Malaysia is accelerating its efforts to tackle plastic waste by expanding further the use of environmentally-friendly packaging. The company is the first in Malaysia to use high-quality rPET for its Ready-to-Drink (RTD) products in plastic bottles format. This move is claimed to be in line with the company’s pledge to

Companies People

United Caps appoints Vincent Chauvier to newly created CFO role

7 Jun 20227 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 823 Views 1 min read

United Caps, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, announces the appointment of Vincent Chauvier as Chief Financial Officer, a promotion from his previous role as Finance Director. Chauvier has an extensive track record in the financial field across a variety of companies and industries. He started his career with accounting

Bottles / Bottle Making Bottling / Filling Companies

Coca-Cola Beverages Africa inaugurates US $100m factory in Ethiopia

6 Jun 20223 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 807 Views 3 min read

A new US$100 million Coca-Cola bottling plant at Sebeta in Ethiopia is set to unlock export opportunities, increase local production and ease foreign exchange constraints as it adds 500 employees to the workforce of Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) in the country. The inauguration of the Sebeta Dima Coca-Cola factory was attended

Companies Events

K 2022 – Trend Report: European plastics industry braces for increased instability, higher prices, and lower growth

3 Jun 20222 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1864 Views 6 min read

The European plastics industry is tackling challenges on multiple fronts. In packaging, by far its biggest market, it has become a victim of its own success, particularly as the ideal material for single-use applications and people on the move. In building and construction, some infrastructure projects may go on hold as

Recycling

Overcoming today’s supply chain bottlenecks

2 Jun 20222 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 791 Views 3 min read

Tomra calls for closing the loop on PET beverage containers, recognising that there is more to be done. Now political framework, bold decisions and smart investments in collecting, sorting and recycling should be used to improve circularity across all material streams and to overcome today’s supply chain bottlenecks, states the recycling

Companies Materials News

Alpek concludes acquisition of Octal

1 Jun 20221 Jun 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 910 Views 1 min read

Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that it has received all necessary approvals from the regulatory authorities and has finalised its acquisition of Octal Holding SAOC. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, Alpek acquired 100% of the shares of Octal for U.S. $620 million on a debt-free basis. Financing was secured through a

Companies Recycling

Axens and Toray Films Europe are announcing their collaboration on a PET chemical recycling facility in France

1 Jun 202231 May 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1044 Views 1 min read

Axens, worldwide provider of technologies, products and services, and Toray Films Europe, a leading company in engineering plastics films, are announcing their collaboration to study a PET chemical recycling facility at Toray Films Europe production site in Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost (Ain, France). New units based on Axens’ Rewind PET technology will be coupled

Materials Recycling

Biological recycling: Newly discovered enzyme breaks down PET in record time

31 May 202231 May 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 710 Views 3 min read

Scientists at German Leipzig University have discovered a highly efficient enzyme that is stated to degrade PET in record time. The enzyme PHL7, which the researchers found in a compost heap in Leipzig, could make biological PET recycling possible much faster than previously thought. The findings have now been published in

Recycling

Monitoring rPET preforms

30 May 20222 Feb 2023 Gabriele Kosmehl 891 Views 3 min read

Inline inspection also for colour deviation In recent years, the proportion of recycled material in preforms has gradually increased – initially for reasons of cost and image, and recently because it was required by law. Although this regulation makes sense from the point of view of resources conservation, the use of