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Beauty brand Lumene is launching its latest skin care product ‘Nordic Hydra Birch Dew Jelly’ in innovative sustainable packaging. The company chose Eastman Cristal One E Renew, a recyclable resin with molecularly recycled content that is specifically designed for extrusion blow molding (EBM). Cristal One E is Eastman’s latest addition to
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The Maag Group is presenting its product portfolio on pump & filtration systems, pelletising & pulverising systems, recycling systems and digital solutions. The Extrex gear pumps GA are designed for common thermoplastic extrusion applications and are claimed to offer a high overall efficiency and minimum abrasion due to leading gear and
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Sukano, global additive and color masterbatch specialist for PET and Tide Ocean SA (#tide), the label of trust for ocean-bound plastics, are teaming up to support a common goal: Re-using ocean-bound socially collected plastic to produce premium raw materials for sustainable products. With this agreement, Sukano becomes a global resin distributor
Read moreThe National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor) released a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that compares PET, glass and aluminium carbonated soft drink (CSD) and still water beverage container systems. The assessment found that PET plastic bottles, when compared to aluminium cans and glass bottles, are significantly better for the environment.
Read moreAlpek, S.A.B. de C.V.announced the shutdown of its PET resin operations at its Cooper River site near Charleston, South Carolina, USA for an indefinite period. The site was built in the early 1970’s, has an installed capacity of 170,000 t of PET resin, and represents approximately 2% of Alpek’s total assets.
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Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Marburg, Germany, have developed an efficient and carbon dioxide-saving pathway for the bacterial conversion of ethylene glycol, a component of the plastic PET. They equipped the bacterium Pseudomonas putida with a new metabolic pathway discovered in marine microbes, which led to improved growth. Their
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Sukano, a global additive and masterbatch specialist, is proud to announce that it is entering a long-term agreement with the Fondation Jan & Oscar, a Swiss non-profit organisation that has key projects with a strong focus on education and plastic pollution in rural regions. This partnership aims to help tackle the
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Whether it’s Deep Dive in the in-house TV studio, the renowned awards ceremony or the focus on moving topics of the future in the lecture forum – at interpack from May 4 to 10, there will be numerous new special areas and promotions to complement the offerings of the approximately 2,700
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The packaging industry wants to benefit from the application of mono-materials in its production. These materials offer several advantages: reduction of production costs and energy use, reduction of packaging waste and, most notably, improved recyclability. By not being composed of different materials, it eliminates the need for complex sorting processes, introducing
Read moreThe dairy industry strives to preserve the quality and safety of milk products while maintaining the freshest possible taste for consumers. To date, the industry has largely focused on packaging milk in light-blocking containers to preserve freshness, but little has been understood about how the packaging itself influences milk flavor. However,
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Novapet is closing the loop into the PET value chain, with its REnovaPET division, with a sustainable project based on a rPET production plant based in Barbastro (Huesca), where Novapet has its resins and preforms production facilities. This project, which started its construction in the summer 2022, is reaching its final
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