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Thai-based Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) with its facility Wellman France Recycling in Verdun, has been working on the PET trays recycling for six years and through an ongoing project with Valorplast and supported by Citeo. The project has the objective to develop and validate recycling for monolayer and multilayer
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Rising energy prices, establishing a circular economy and changing consumer needs pose serious challenges for manufacturers of plastic packaging. Injection moulding machine manufacturer ENGEL has established a new Packaging Centre to help its customers in this demanding industry further boost the performance of production cells and ensure their competitiveness. Some 300
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Plastics Europe announced the appointment of Marco ten Bruggencate, Commercial Vice President for Packaging and Specialty Plastics EMEA at Dow, as its President, effective immediately. He succeeds Dr Markus Steilemann, CEO of Covestro. In this new role, Marco ten Bruggencate will continue to drive Plastics Europe’s and its members’ ambitious
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Machine builder Nissei ASB during and post pandemic March 25, 2022 – We met: Mr Karel Keersmaekers-Michiels, Managing Director Karel Keersmaekers-Michiels explains: “At the start of the pandemic, there was an urgent demand for disinfectants and cleaning products which, of course, required the necessary packaging machinery and moulds. We had made
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From hotels and restaurants to retail penetration Interview with Mr Nayan Shah, Chief Managing Director at Energy Beverages Pvt. Ltd. And this does not include the countless unauthorised bottlers which the report also mentions. Such an enormous diversification finds thirsty consumers both regionally and locally. In the 2021 fiscal year, the
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The WorldStar Packaging Awards ceremony took place in Milan at the beginning of May. Out of 440 entries from 37 countries, the “rPET School Milk Cup Project” from Austria won the Sustainability Award in Gold – beating out packaging made of cardboard, glass, aluminium and paper. What many define as a
Read moreThe ACCC will not oppose the proposed acquisition of Synergy Packaging Pty Ltd by Pact Group Holdings Ltd. Both Pact and Synergy manufacture and supply non-beverage rigid PET plastic containers. “Our investigation concluded that Pact is not a close competitor of Synergy and the acquisition was not likely to substantially lessen
Read moreAmcor Rigid Packaging (ARP) is announcing the creation and launch of PowerPost. By actively displacing the vacuum in the container after filling, PowerPost technology delivers a bottle nearly one-third lighter, with 30% energy reduction and 30% carbon savings over most 20 oz (600 ml) bottles available today. It also allows for
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Consolidated revenues of more than 1.53 billion Euros, up almost 40% on 2020, with sales and orders returning to pre-Covid levels – these were the key facts that emerged from the Sacmi Imola Members’ Assembly held on Saturday 14 May, which approved the Group’s Consolidated Financial Statement and proceeded with the
Read moreWorld demand for post-consumer recycled (PCR) resins in packaging reached a total of 4.79 million tonnes in 2021, according to the latest data from Smithers. Demand has seen only a minor deflection over the two years the Covid pandemic disrupted plastics end-use applications. In 2022, companies are revising their packaging portfolios,
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Dr Ralf Düssel is the new chairman of the Association of Plastics Producers in Germany. The general meeting of PlasticsEurope Deutschland e. V. elected him in Hamburg to succeed Dr. Michael Zobel. “Our industry is undergoing a transformation towards a circular and climate-neutral industry. With climate-friendly solutions or the use of
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