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Refresco, the largest independent private label and branded beverage bottler in Europe and North America, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Hansa-Heemann. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. Hansa-Heemann, located in Rellingen, Germany, is a family-run, independent beverage company with five production sites in Germany. With
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OneCircle, producer of the KeyKeg and the UniKeg PET kegs, present their latest partnership with collection partner Elise Alsace, experts in collecting and recycling all types of waste. Elise Alsace will be collecting used KeyKegs throughout the Alsace region, which will later be recycled to fulfil their circular design and re-used
Read moreErema Group is a member of the Chemical Recycling Europe association as of July 2021. The Austrian plastics recycling machine manufacturer and provider of services related to the recycling process has been committed to improving networking and intensive cooperation within the plastics industry for many years. Erema’s aim is to integrate
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The Engel live e-symposium 2021 at the end of June attracted several thousand participants. In addition to an online conference, business talks and virtual plant tours, participants took the opportunity to exchange ideas in person in one-on-one meetings and explore the virtual showroom. The virtual platform made it possible for customers,
Read moreIn line with the one-stop-shop concept, Krones is now bringing the fields of mechanical engineering and digitalisation closer together: Its customers will get both from a single source in future, from Krones. Starting now, everything will take place within the Krones Ecosystem, which will stretch over all the Group’s new machines
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Stadler recently signed an agreement with Orizon Valorização de Resíduos to build the largest mechanical sorting plant in Brazil. The agreement is of particular importance and aims to ensure the processing of 500,000 t/a of solid waste, in a country where the potential for recycling is growing. The agreement is claimed
Read moreAptar Food + Beverage’s Freyung site in Germany announced the achievement of the ISCC PLUS Certification, a chain of custody certifications based on the mass balance model, that enables the use of resin from recycled mixed plastics feedstock or bio-based renewable feedstock. Consumer Product Goods (CPG’s) companies around the globe are
Read moreThe 17th China International Recycled Polyester Conference & Exhibition will take place from September 13-15 2021 in the Holiday Inn Shanghai Hongqiao, China. For those who are not able to be present in Shanghai, the organisers are offering a global live stream. The Party Central Committee have proposed the major strategic
Read moreThe Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has made its first investment under the Australian Recycling Investment Fund, committing up to $16.5 million in debt finance on behalf of the Australian Government to a PET recycling facility in regional New South Wales. The new plant will recycle the equivalent of an estimated one billion PET bottles
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Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions, announced its partnership with Rebo to offer a 600ml reusable water bottle that uses technology to help people stay hydrated. The Rebo stainless steel water bottle uses Bluetooth technology embedded in the cap to track the amount of water consumed. A
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Thailand-based Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), producer of recycled PET for beverage bottles, announced it will build a facility in Karawang, West Java, to recycle almost 2 billion plastic bottles a year in support of the government’s plan to reduce ocean debris. The facility, which is planned to launch in
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