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Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that it has acquired CarbonLite Recycling LLC’s state-of-the-art PET recycling and pelletisation facility in Reading, Pennsylvania in the United States. The site was acquired for U.S. $96 million on a debt-free basis and is subject to customary conditions precedent. Alpek was strongly interested in CarbonLite’s Reading
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Bericap, one of the leading global manufacturers of plastic closures, has taken over Mala Verschluss-Systeme GmbH, thereby extending its product portfolio to include aluminium closures. Mala is a family owned company based in Bad Liebenstein, Germany. In 2020 it generated annual revenue of 40 million euros from the production and sale
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Aptar Food + Beverage introduces the PolkaLite closure paired with SimpliCycle valve technology. The company leveraged the benefits of two high-performance products, PolkaLite, a lighter version of the Polka closure (-1.3g), and the award-winning SimpliCycle recyclable valve with the intention to bring to manufacturers and consumers high levels of performance, convenience
Read moreApprentices have been a key part of R&D/Leverage Europe’s employment strategy for several decades. As the world emerges from Covid-19 restrictions it has renewed its commitment to the recruitment and training of youngsters from its home area of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, in England’s East Midlands. Students initially come for short
Read morePlastipak, a global leader in the design, manufacture and recycling of plastic containers has announced a major investment in recycling at its manufacturing site in Toledo, Spain. The new recycling facility will convert PET flake into food-grade recycled PET (rPET) pellets suitable for direct use in new preforms, bottles and containers.
Read moreNapcor, the trade association for the PET Packaging Industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico and Petcore Europe, representing the complete PET value chain in Europe, react on Formula 1’s plan to immediately start eliminating the use of plastic bottles by racetrack staff with the ultimate goal of doing away
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True passion, real innovation, virtual experience – this is the motto under which injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solution provider Engel is inviting customers to the live e-symposium 2021 from 22 to 24 June. For the first time, ENGEL’s traditional in-house exhibition will be a virtual event, enabling even more
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Coca-Cola is increasing the use of recycled material in PET single-use deposit bottles and is taking a further step in Germany in 2021: the PET bottles of the ViO, Fuze Tea and Powerade brands will be completely converted to rPET. For all other brands, all bottles up to a size of
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Sidel is introducing the StarLite HPC base. The new, oval bottle base alternative for flat PET containers not only increases container stability by up to 25%, but is also claimed to optimise bottle weight and energy consumption, reducing production costs and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The new geometry of the completely
Read moreCoca-Cola Europacific Partners will be the name of the company as Coca-Cola Amatil (Amatil) and Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) join together following completion of the acquisition in May. Coca-Cola Europacific Partners will be the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottler and one of the leading FMCG companies in the world. The company will
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Paccor presents new additions to its DuoSmart range. Coming to the market is RecycleDuo which stands for our DuoSmart (DS) products without glue and new DuoSmart solutions with rPET or foamed PP inlets. DuoSmart is a packaging solution that combines paper and plastic. It contains up to 50 % less plastic
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