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MetaPure – recycling solutions by Krones
Buy it, drink it ? and that’s it? No way! From a consumer’s view, the lifespan of a PET bottle may seem to be quite short. The bottles know it better. They are made of material which is highly suitable for recycling. This feature can be utilised again and again.
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Review: Disruptive Technologies and Innovative Additives for PET Recycling
Online conference June 16, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CEST The fifth PETinar organised by PETplanet Insider took place on June 16, 2021. PETplanet invited Dr Axel Hannemann and Dr Carl-Jürgen Wefelmeier from Gneuss and Allesandria Funcia from Sukano to talk about Disruptive Technologies and Innovative Additives for PET Recycling. Summary Gneuss
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Review: EU Plastics Strategy and its impact for the PET value chain
Online conference April 22, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CEST The fourth PETinar organised by PETplanet Insider took place on April 22, 2021. PETplanet invited Dr Rana Pant of the European Commision to present the EU Plastics Strategy and its impact for the PET value chain. You can download the presentation here. The
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A drop that matters
Interview with Dr. ing. Dirk Wouters, CEO and Co-Owner of CHP CHP is an engineering company designing, manufacturing, installing and servicing state-of-the-art lubrication solutions, ranging from small-scale installations up to large turnkey projects. 1,500 production lines are currently operating in 720 factories in 78 countries, running worldwide without jams, while saving
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Washing lines for Japan
Interview with Boretech Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. The Chinese recycling system supplier Boretech has massively expanded its influence in the Japanese market and plans to have installed a total of nine complete systems and various individual components by the end of 2022. The focus here lies on PET bottle washing systems
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A journey into the unknown
Agr helps beverage brand owners manufacturing PET containers In many beverage plants, the decision to self-manufacture PET bottles is a journey not just into the unknown, but the unknown unknown. Agr’s Process Performance Optimization Group (PPOG) consultants help processors navigate this unfamiliar terrain. The new millennium has seen tremendous advances in
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Full capacity despite the crisis
In our interview, David González, Business Director of Novapet, reveals how reliable continuity still exists even when everything is upside down and why the summer of the pandemic year 2020 was the right moment for implementing strategic plans up to 2030. PETplanet: Mr González, how Novapet coped with the past year?
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“Chemical recycling is a reality in the PET industry”
by Stephen A. Short, President at Petcore Europe Petcore Europe is a Trade Association registered in Brussels, Belgium, and supports the value chain of the PET resin sector. Petcore is an active participant in the Circular Plastics Alliance sponsored by the European Commission to increase the recycling of plastic and create
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“The role of packaging has never been more vital”
In times of rapidly changing habits, packaging manufacturers must react particularly quickly and flexibly. In our Top Talk, Eric Roegner, President of Amcor Rigid Packaging, explains what impact the pandemic is having on consumer behaviour and what role PET plays in it, and how they helped a distillery to switch from
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