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Multinational provider of testing, consulting, information, and compliance services Smithers forecasts global functional additive sales for plastic packaging and global barrier coatings to increase. Global functional additive sales for plastic packaging are forecast to grow during 2020–25 at an annual average rate of 5.3% to approximately $2.3 billion from $1.7 billion
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Kiefel GmbH, Freilassing, is a technology partner in various domains of the plastics and packaging industry, where it supports customers in the development of sustainable materials and products. In addition to classic recyclable plastic, Kiefel systems processes recycled (e.g. rPET) or bio-based materials (e.g. PLA). “More and more customers are asking
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In a response to the market request for sustainable packaging, SK Chemicals of South Korea is introducing a new product range of Ecotria PET-compatible copolyesters that contain 30% of post-consumer recycled material. The new products can be used in most of the processes in which PETG and PCTG copolyesters are currently
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Thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business has won a second order from the Turkish packaging producer Köksan for a new PET production plant. The plant will be built in Gaziantep, Turkey, next to an existing production line erected by thyssenkrupp in 2013. Its construction will double the site’s production capacity to 432,000 tons
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Gabriel-Chemie states to attach great importance to a healthy balance between economic, environmental and social issues. Therefore, sustainability on all levels is at the heart of the business and this extends to the entire value creation chain of the family-run company from Austria. The company sets four sustainability topics for 2020:
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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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With the shared goal of making a more sustainable future happen today, Coca-Cola Beverages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) and Thailand-headquartered Indorama Ventures have signed a joint-venture agreement to establish PETValue, the largest state-of-the-art, bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in the Philippines. The PHP 1-billion, next-generation facility will be established in General Trias, Cavite, and
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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
Read moreLoop 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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Repi will have the opportunity to present its approach to circularity and Carbon Footprint control at the Plastic Recycling Show in Amsterdam. Repi joins the highly focused event for the first time in order to present how additives and colours are a crucial way to make plastic more recyclable, reducing its
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At this year’s Propak East Africa in Nairobi (March 17-19,2020), visitors to the shared trade fair stand (D9 in the Tsavo Hall) can find out how the recycling company Mr Green Africa combines social responsibility with the high specification technology and cost effectiveness. Since the beginning of the year a new
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