Sidel launches Qual-IS: the intelligent aseptic quality supervisor

Qual-IS is the new solution by Sidel to merge all activities related to quality control – laboratory, traceability, and sampling – in a digitally, intelligent and integrated way. This approach to quality management, focusing on driving quality rather than simply monitoring it. Over 80% of grocery companies define a financial risk

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Norner, Plast Nordic and Dr Sarkissova establish collaboration in chemical recycling of PET

In June 2024, Plast Nordic entered into a collaboration with Norner, an expert in the polymer industry, with over 40 years of experience. Based in Porsgrunn, Norway, Norner operates advanced laboratories, polymerisation units, and industrial-scale process pilot plants. Norner is owned by SCG Chemicals in Thailand and serves over 700 customers

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Dow advances its mechanical recycling offering by agreeing to acquire Circulus, a North American polyethylene recycler

Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year. Dow expects the transaction to

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Starlite-R Nitro, Sidel’s latest distinctive high-resistance bottle base for still nitrogen-dosed products in 100% rPET bottles

Starlite-R Nitro has a distinctive ‘wave’ bottle base design for still beverages and edible oils in contrast with traditional petaloid shapes and is 100% compatible with recycled PET. It has also undergone testing within industrial conditions to guarantee top bottle resilience and quality. Laurent Naveau, Packaging Innovator Leader at Sidel, comments:

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Krones Recycling is spun off as an independent subsidiary company

The demand for recycled plastics is increasing rapidly worldwide: consumer awareness is growing, companies are setting themselves ever more ambitious sustainability targets and recycling requirements from international governments are also increasing. As a company with almost 30 years of experience in plastics processing and almost 25 years in the field of

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Indorama Ventures secures $200 million loan to drive sustainability programme

Chemical producer Indorama Ventures announced it secured a new 7-year loan totaling $200 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help fund the continued growth of the company’s strategic sustainability programmes in India, Thailand and Indonesia, and promote a circular economy as a leading PET recycler. The loan from the

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RafCycle by UPM Raflatac recycling service leads the way with Dekra validated CO2 calculation method

UPM Raflatac has received a new certificate of validity from leading international assurance service provider, Dekra, for its RafCycle recycling service. Going forward, this certification validates the credibility of the CO2 impact assessments provided by RafCycle in Europe and the US. As a result, customers can communicate their environmental contributions in

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Carbios and Zhink Group enter official discussions for long-term partnership to build PET biorecycling industrial capacities in China

Carbios and Chinese Zhink Group, one of China’s Top 500 Private Enterprises, specialising in two global industries, PET and textiles, announce the signing of a joint Letter of Intent to build a biorecycling plant in China using Carbios’ enzymatic depolymerisation technology to serve the global market. This agreement officialises collaboration towards

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