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Interview with Auri Marçon, president of the PET industry association Abipet During the height of the Corona pandemic in 2020, companies in the PET value chain were also among those that stopped their operations as a precautionary measure – for a short time. It was not only the continuing high demand
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Wisecap announces the new plastic closure Asterix. The closure has been designed for the GME30.40 neck finish, a new voluntary standard currently being finalised within the European context. GME30.40 neck finish belongs to the 26/22 neck finishes family and is intended to deliver a low weight and high-performance solution for various
Read moreAs can be seen from the 2020 annual report of the PET Recycling Schweiz association, 47,619t of PET bottles were collected by the system of the Swiss association. This corresponds to 769t or 1.6% less than in the previous year. The collection volume of the traders, bottlers and importers obliged to
Read moreFollowing on from successful webinars on Caps and Preforms, Sacmi, a leader in compression blow forming (CBF) solutions, announced the first international webinar on the “Green Challenge for Sustainability in Plastic Container Manufacturing.” The event will be live-streamed at 16:00 (CEST) on 27 July with a repeat on the 28th at
Read moreThe non-alcoholic beverage industry, represented by the European Fruit Juice Association (AIJN), Natural Mineral Waters Europe (NMWE) and Unesda Soft Drinks Europe, calls on the European Commission for “priority access” to its recycled plastic (PET) material, or a similar mechanism that guarantees “right of first refusal”, to be incorporated in the
Read moreRefresco, the largest independent private label and branded beverage bottler in Europe and North America, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Hansa-Heemann. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. Hansa-Heemann, located in Rellingen, Germany, is a family-run, independent beverage company with five production sites in Germany. With
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OneCircle, producer of the KeyKeg and the UniKeg PET kegs, present their latest partnership with collection partner Elise Alsace, experts in collecting and recycling all types of waste. Elise Alsace will be collecting used KeyKegs throughout the Alsace region, which will later be recycled to fulfil their circular design and re-used
Read moreErema Group is a member of the Chemical Recycling Europe association as of July 2021. The Austrian plastics recycling machine manufacturer and provider of services related to the recycling process has been committed to improving networking and intensive cooperation within the plastics industry for many years. Erema’s aim is to integrate
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The Engel live e-symposium 2021 at the end of June attracted several thousand participants. In addition to an online conference, business talks and virtual plant tours, participants took the opportunity to exchange ideas in person in one-on-one meetings and explore the virtual showroom. The virtual platform made it possible for customers,
Read moreIn line with the one-stop-shop concept, Krones is now bringing the fields of mechanical engineering and digitalisation closer together: Its customers will get both from a single source in future, from Krones. Starting now, everything will take place within the Krones Ecosystem, which will stretch over all the Group’s new machines
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Stadler recently signed an agreement with Orizon Valorização de Resíduos to build the largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil. The agreement is of particular importance and aims to ensure the processing of 500,000 t/a of solid waste, in a country where the potential for recycling is growing. The agreement is claimed
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