Suntory aims to use fully recycled or plant-based materials for all PET bottles by 2030

Suntory Group’s new company-wide policy focuses on implementing sustainable plastic that promote a recycling-oriented and decarbonised society. Based on this Plastic Policy, Suntory will aim for fully sustainable plastic bottles by expanding “FtoP production” capability and switching to recycled materials or plant-based materials for all PET bottles used globally by 2030.

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Petcore Europe launches Special Industry Group “PET Monomer Recycling”

Petcore Europe, the industry organisation representing the whole PET value chain, launched the “Special Industry Group – SIG” to establish a strong and sustainable value chain in the development of re-using the monomers from PET waste. Bringing the PET bottles and food containers as well as polyester textiles back to its constituents,

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Clariant Masterbatches establishes regional packaging center in Thailand

Clariant Masterbatches is ramping up its support for packaging industry customers in Asia Pacific by creating a Regional Packaging Center (RPC) in it’s Phanthong manufacturing facility in Thailand. The RPC will be introduced during InterPlas Thailand 2019, which is part of Manufacturing Expo being held in Bangkok, June 19 – 22.

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International conference Blow Moulding 2019

The 3rd edition of Blow Moulding  (Cologne, June 24-26) will bring together the entire supply chain: brand owners, retailers, packaging companies, blow-moulders, preform manufacturers, suppliers of ancillary components such as labels, caps and closures, handles and grips, machinery manufacturers, raw material and additive suppliers, product and mould designers, testing, certification and

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Compounds to extend useful life of PET bottles

Sabic introduced its LNP Elcrin iQ portfolio of PBT compounded resins derived from rPET to support the circular economy and help reduce plastic waste. By chemically upcycling consumer-discarded PET (primarily single-use water bottles) into higher-value PBT materials with enhanced properties and suitability for more-durable applications, the company is encouraging the use

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New trading and service portal for recycled plastics goes live

plastship (www.plastship.com), successfully launched on May 6, 2019, is a new trading and service platform for buyers and sellers of regrinds, re-granulates and recyclates plus, in the near future, also of additives for tailoring the properties of recycled materials, as well as associated services. Operating under the slogan “new thinking for

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4.0 solutions for plastics processors

MORETTO Hall 4.1 Booth C45 Injection, extrusion and PET processing are characterised by specific complexities and high levels of performance, in which production and energy efficiency play key roles. Moretto’s goal is to provide exclusive technologies and automations maximising the production efficiency of these processes, by furnishing plastics processors with customised

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