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While recycling systems and bottle deposits have become increasingly widespread in the U.S., actual rates of recycling are “abysmal,” according to a team of MIT researchers who studied the rates for recycling of PET. However, their findings suggest some ways to change this. The present rate of recycling for PET bottles
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Ioniqa, a privately owned plastic upcycling company, announced that after 15 years, Ioniqa’s founder Tonnis Hooghoudt is handing over his CEO role to Michiel Hoogendijk as of July 8, 2024. Hooghoudt will remain shareholder of the company and stay actively involved as an advisor to the Management Team of Ioniqa. Since Hooghoudt founded Ioniqa in
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In June 2024, Plast Nordic entered into a collaboration with Norner, an expert in the polymer industry, with over 40 years of experience. Based in Porsgrunn, Norway, Norner operates advanced laboratories, polymerisation units, and industrial-scale process pilot plants. Norner is owned by SCG Chemicals in Thailand and serves over 700 customers
Read more2024 China Brew China Beverage (CBB) will be held at the Shanghai New International Expo Center from October 28th to 31st. As a premier event for the Asian wine, beverage, liquid dairy products, liquid condiments, and edible oil industries, CBB is a vital part of Drinktec global network. The exhibition encompasses
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Chemical producer Indorama Ventures announced it secured a new 7-year loan totaling $200 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help fund the continued growth of the company’s strategic sustainability programmes in India, Thailand and Indonesia, and promote a circular economy as a leading PET recycler. The loan from the
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) GB has completed the roll out of its attached cap plastic bottles with production now underway at its manufacturing site in Morpeth, Northumberland, making it the final site to make the switch. The attached cap mechanic is the same as that of a normal cap. The innovation
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Carbios and Chinese Zhink Group, one of China’s Top 500 Private Enterprises, specialising in two global industries, PET and textiles, announce the signing of a joint Letter of Intent to build a biorecycling plant in China using Carbios’ enzymatic depolymerisation technology to serve the global market. This agreement officialises collaboration towards
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After managing the Axens Group for 22 years, Jean Sentenac handed over to Quentin Debuisschert (photo) in June 2024. The handover took place after a transition period that allowed them to ensure seamless continuity in the strategy and development of Axens, a worldwide leading energy player headquartered in France and present
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Bericap is continuing its geographical expansion with new production facilities in Africa, South America and South East Asia. The closure specialist has opened new plants in Nairobi (Kenya) and Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and acquired production facilities in Lima (Peru) and Durban (South Africa). The company now operates 30 production
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PET cap and closure manufacturing system In 2022, when Jay Hanan, Senior Technical Director of R&D at Origin Materials, approached Ueli Kobel, Director of Packsys Global’s Slitting Division in Rüti, Switzerland, several companies had already rejected his idea of developing a cap made entirely from PET as impractical. From Ueli Kobel,
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In July of this year, EU Directive 2019/904 on Single Use Plastics will finally come into force. One of the consequences of this directive is the widespread introduction of tethered caps in the European Union. We spoke to Marius Pötting, Product Manager Caps and Closures at Intravis GmbH, and asked him:
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