ENEOS and Mitsubishi Chemical complete construction of 20,000t chemical recycling facility

ENEOS Corporation and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (“MCC”) have announced the completion of their chemical recycling facility for the launch of a plastic-to-oil conversion business. The facility, under construction since July 2021 at MCC’s Ibaraki Plant in Kamisu City, Japan, was officially completed, with a ceremony held on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

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Otto Hofstetter AG marks 70 years of innovation and family continuity

This year, Swiss mould-making specialist Otto Hofstetter AG celebrates its 70th anniversary – a milestone that reflects decades of innovation, precision engineering and international success. Founded by Otto Hofstetter Sr. in 1955 as a small workshop in Uznach, the company has steadily evolved into a leading global manufacturer of high-performance injection

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Alpla acquires closure specialist KM Packaging

The Alpla Group is strengthening ALPLAinject, its injection-moulding division, with the acquisition of KM Packaging. With this acquisition, the international plastic packaging specialist will now also manufacture high-quality closures for tubes, bottles and jars, including in clean rooms if desired. Alpla is taking on the company’s management and personnel; the transaction

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Loop Industries announces $1.5 million engineering services agreement for Infinite Loop India project

Loop Industries, Inc., a technology company focused on polyester recycling, announced it has executed a $1.5 million engineering services agreement with Ester Loop Infinite Technologies Private Ltd., its India JV with Ester Industries Ltd.. The agreement will provide engineering support for the construction of the Infinite Loop India facility, which is

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Danone Canada invests in its Boucherville plant to develop PET yogurt cups

Danone Canada announced a strategic investment of $9 million in its Boucherville plant to launch production of new individual yogurt cups made from PET. The company is also aiming to integrate rPET, with an ambition of 30% of the content. This initiative, supported by Danone’s Oikos brand – the country’s leading high-protein

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Delivering Happiness Limited, parent company of Packamama, has appointed Richard Lloyd to lead groundwork for next-generation wine packaging facility

Delivering Happiness Limited, parent company of sustainable packaging company Packamama, has appointed Richard Lloyd to help lay the foundations for what could evolve into a next-generation wine packaging and bottling facility. This appointment also marks the start of a strategic collaboration to strengthen Packamama’s current operations while looking ahead to what

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Prime Waste Solutions strengthens efforts to cut plastic waste through PET bottle recovery in the Philippines

Prime Integrated Waste Solutions (PWS), a subsidiary of Prime Infra, has launched a key resource recovery initiative involving the collection and diversion of post-consumer plastic bottles. PWS’ materials recovery facility (MRF) in Cebu recently completed its first delivery of 6.2 t of baled PET bottles to the largest bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in

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