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Maca Engineering, Arol Group, announces an increased demand for complex closures from three to six pieces. Those premium products require to cut and assemble components according to the design chosen by the customer. Maca Engineering designs and produces tailormade machines and complete lines for manufacturing, assembling, and cutting these closures. For
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Berry M&H has launched a 250ml PET bottle for syrups to meet growing consumer demand for the creation of flavoured drinks in the home. The new bottle provides a convenient retail size for a wide variety of syrups, fruit mixes, sauces, frappes, liqueurs, and smoothies, offering easy storage along with safe
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With preferential heating KHS provides an energy-efficient method for producing oval PET bottles with an optimised weight. Not only the food industry but also consumer goods manufacturers such as Henkel are opting for this technology. It also enables complex containers to be economically produced in house, with no need for external
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Plastipak, a global leader in the design, manufacture and recycling of plastic containers has completed a major investment to expand its PET recycling capacity at its manufacturing site in Bascharage, Luxembourg. The original PET recycling facility in Luxembourg opened in 2008 and this new expansion increases annual production capacity by 136%.
Read moreLogoplaste announced that EcoIbéria and WorldPET, two leading companies in the production of recycled PET flakes and rPET, are now part of the Logoplaste group. Both companies, located in the North of Portugal, have experience in recycling PET, focusing on the transformation of post-consumer plastic bales into food grade recycled flakes
Read moreThe Petcore Europe Annual Conference 2/3rd February is postponed until 14/15th June due to pandemic reasons. After deep consultation and consideration of all the circumstances surrounding the Petcore PET Conference, 2/3rd February, it has been decided to postpone the event until 14/15th June 2022. The uncertainty surrounding the Covid circumstances, considering the
Read moreCarbios, developer of enzymatic solutions dedicated to the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, announced it will accelerate the industrial development of its enzymatic recycling process (C-Zyme) with the construction of its reference unit in Europe. After studying several potential location proposals, Carbios has shortlisted two of the worlds’ leading PET
Read moreA new PET plastic recycling facility will be built in Australia’s Altona North by a cross-industry partnership, with the facility set to be the largest of its kind in Victoria upon completion. Pact Group, Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) have formed a joint venture to build and operate
Read moreLoop Industries, Inc., announced the selection of the site for its first European Infinite Loop manufacturing facility. As previously disclosed, Loop and leading French environmental services group Suez, have announced their intent to form a joint venture to build the first Infinite Loop manufacturing facility in Europe. The two companies have
Read morePetainer has announced that it has furthered its commitment to environmental transparency by disclosing its environmental impact through CDP, a global non-profit organisation that runs the world’s leading environmental disclosure platform. Petainer has disclosed through CDP for the first time this year having completed CDP’s Carbon Disclosure Project questionnaire. Disclosing data
Read moreCarbios and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced the signing of a EUR 30 million loan agreement, supported by the European Commission InnovFin Energy Demonstration Programme. The aim of this type of financing is to support high potential innovative projects developed by companies aiming to achieve transformative changes aligned with the
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