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The EU directive pertaining to tethered caps will come into effect in July 2024: it states that closures must be firmly attached to non-returnable PET bottles. The aim is to recycle the caps together with the bottles and thus avoid environmental pollution caused by loose closures. KHS will support customers in
Read moreBritvic announces its intent for all plastic bottles in GB to be made from 100% rPET by the end of 2022 – three years earlier than originally planned, and ahead of the previous target of 50%. This will cover the entire GB portfolio of Britvic-owned and PepsiCo brands. This is the
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Berry M&H’s latest addition to their range of standard PET packaging is the new 300ml soap dispenser with nicely rounded edges. As well as liquid soaps, this attractive curved oval container can be used for other products. The standard 28SP400 neck is ideal for combining with many over-the-counter pumps and closures.
Read moreKeurig Dr Pepper announced that its Snapple and Core brands are transitioning to bottles made of 100% rPET, eliminating approximately 46.3 million pounds of virgin plastic used by KDP annually. Snapple is available now in 100% recycled plastic 16 oz. bottles in West Coast markets and will continue to roll out
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PETplanet goes Japan! Our latest Road Show PETcast features a meeting with Daichiikako Company and its Executive Director Mr Tadafumi Konishi. The plastics converter and bottle manufacturer produces bottles, containers and closures for cosmetics , spices, household and sanitary items. These packaging products are sold not only in Japan, but also
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Desall, in collaboration with a leading company in the PET plastic packaging industry, invites the international community of creatives to propose innovative concepts for a new generation of recyclable packages. The contest is looking for new product concepts, for the realisation of the next generation of PET packages through stretch blow moulding, and invites
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Priority Plastics announces the acquisition and installation of new injection stretch blow moulding production capabilities in their US manufacturing facility in Portland, Indiana. According to the company, this single-stage technology is new to the United States and exclusive to Priority Plastics, significantly increasing PET container capacity and the ability to offer
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Georges Alard, Commercial Director AF Group, on the company’s 150th anniversary, the philosophy of looking forward and a look at developments in the PET compressors segment When AF Compressors was founded in Belgium in 1870, the patent specification for the first PET bottles was still a hundred years away. Back then,
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Manjushree Technopack Limited (MTL), India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company backed by Advent International, announced entering into a Business Transfer Agreement with Pearl Polymers Limited for acquiring the commercial operations and manufacturing facilities of their B2B vertical. This transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals. With over 40
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OneCircle, the producer of KeyKeg and UniKeg, made some major steps towards the circular economy with the production of the first batch of OnePET to be used in their kegs and increasing the recycled material content to approximately 45%. OneCircle used the situation during Covid-19 to put its circularity program at
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With the “3 Circles” bottle, all of the individual elements and the entire lifecycle were designed to be sustainable. It is made 100% out of recycled PET and it can be completely recycled again after use. Instead of having a label which is normally unable to be recycled, the bottle was
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