Postponed Events – updated March 11, 2022
Due to current coronavirus / Covid-19 situation many events have been cancelled or postponed. Here you can find regular updates on PET-related events.
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Author: Gabriele Kosmehl
Indorama Ventures aims to recycle 50 billion bottles per year by 2025
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global company listed in Thailand has recycled 50 billion PET bottles since 2011 – the equivalent of over 200,000 elephants in weight. This major global recycling milestone saved three million barrels of crude oil and eliminated 1.65 million tons of carbon. The company has
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ErgoBloc LM for bottling still water in the low output range
The water bottler Nera Kritis – as the name indicates – is headquartered on Crete. Its trademark: a multiplicity of different bottle shapes, the more eye-catching the better. A diamond look, figures from Star Wars, the Justice League or Disney, for instance, or private-label products for airlines, hotels or supermarkets. The
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Recycled PET honeycomb
EconCore successfully conducted two years of research, learning how to optimally process the reusable resource-based polymer into its continuously produced honeycomb core. The company announces that recycled PET (rPET) honeycomb is now commercially ready and available to licence. The benefit is a fall in CO2, along with the already established CO2
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Sidel honoured for eco-packaging concept AYA at World Food Innovation Awards 2020
For their latest eco-friendly packaging design concept AYA, Sidel has been awarded with the prestigious World Food Innovation Award (WFIA) in the category “Best Drink Packaging Design”. With the prizewinning AYA design, Sidel has developed a comprehensive “End to End” packaging alternative for still water, covering all angles from 100% recycled
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2020 National Quality Award for Arca Continental
Arca Continental, one of the top Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, received the 2020 National Quality Award which is granted by the Mexican Ministry of the Economy (Secretaría de Economía) and managed by the Institute for the Promotion of Total Quality (Instituto para el Fomento a la Calidad Total, A.C.) for
Read moreSmithers forecasts global packaging market to reach $1.05 trillion in 2024
Smithers latest market report, ‘The Future of Global Packaging to 2024’ forecasts the global packaging market value will increase from $917 billion in 2019 to $1.05 trillion by 2024, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 2.8%. Asia is the largest market of world packaging consumption, followed by North America
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FDA approval for Kreyenborg infrared rotary drum
If post-consumer recycling materials are to be processed directly into PET sheet, with a process authorised by FDA or by EFSA, an indispensable solution is required. With its IR-Clean System, Kreyenborg now offers an alternative for post-consumer materials and direct decontamination processing of PET – without any kind of vacuum technology.
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Sacmi acquires Abruzzo-based firm Velomat
On 19th February Sacmi purchased Velomat, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-speed assembly machines since 1986. This takeover is part of a broader strategy by Sacmi -a leading provider of caps & closures solutions – to expand its product range in a sector characterised by fast-paced product and technology development.
Read moreLoop Industries announces signature of multi-year supply agreement with L’Oréal
Loop Industries, Inc. announced that they have entered into a multi-year offtake agreement with beauty industry brand L’Oréal to supply them with PET resin made of 100% recycled materials for their packaging needs. This resin is to be supplied from Loop Industries’ joint venture facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA with
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Manjushree Technopack Ltd bets big on new greenfield plant at Silvassa
Manjushree Technopack Limited (MTL), India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company backed by Advent International, announced the launch of a new greenfield plant in Silvassa in Western Indian. The new plant has a capacity of 10,000 MTPA and MTL has committed an investment of INR 100+ crore for the same. The plant
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