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Laser engraving brings new marketing opportunities for beverage brands, with Retal collaborating with global customers to make easy to read and cheap to incorporate closure solutions. By adding laser engraved images and codes to the underside of the HDPE closure, Retal can provide a fresh new opportunity for customer engagement. Competitions,
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited would like to inform that it has, through its indirect subsidiary Indorama Ventures Polimeros S.A., acquired 100% equity stake of AG Resinas Ltda., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Brazil and completed the transaction on June 8, 2020. AG Resinas is a PET
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Shake up of main concerns for business performance during crisis / Image of plastics appearing less negative / Sales decline for most companies: Covid-19 is impacting the European plastics industry in various ways. More than three quarters of plastics companies reported lower sales this spring compared to April 2019, with around
Read moreRecyClass Recyclability Methodology document provides comprehensive information on the assessment methods used to assess and certify recyclability of a plastic package. By certifying packaging compatibility with a recycling process, the methodology is geared towards setting a level playing field for design for recycling claims of the value chain actors. RecyClass specifies
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming increasingly important. With Clarissa Graf, the Austrian mechanical engineering company Starlinger has hired a Sustainability Manager to address this essential task; since autumn 2019, she has been actively defining CSR measures for the internal and external implementation of the company strategy. One of these measures
Read moreIn a position paper published on the 2nd of June 2020, Chemical Recycling Europe calls for a faster recognition and legislation review to unlock the potential of chemical recycling. The recycling industry plays an important role in the transition to a more circular economy by turning polymeric waste into new value-added
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Alpla, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is acquiring Bopla S.A. as part of an asset deal. Alpla intends to use the Spanish company’s expertise in the area of single-stage manufacturing technologies to expand its own product portfolio. Founded in 1978, Bopla S.A. uses the technologies EBM (extrusion blow moulding)
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A global assessment of recycling and sustainability labelling on plastic packaging has found only 17% of assessed labels give consumers quality information to make informed recycling and purchasing decisions. The research from the UN Environment Programme, Consumers International and the One Planet network found that 20% of the 30 worldwide labels
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On May 27th, the platform “Verpackung mit Zukunft” (Packaging with a Future) in cooperation with “Der Brutkasten” organised a digital panel discussion, in which the question was discussed to what extent the image of plastic packaging has changed due to the Corona crisis. In the panel, which was moderated by Brutkasten
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In our second PETcast we interview CEO Will Fiala. Keg King from Springvale, Melbourne, started the production of PET kegs and vessels for the brewing industry worldwide. Learn more about his developments, production equipment and projects in this PETcast!
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Petcore Europe announced its annual conference in Brussels from 3-4 February 2021 in the Crowne Plaza Brussels – Le Palace. Building up on the success of 2020 with more than 300 visitors, Petcore Europe is happy to announce its 2021 conference over two days in a spacious venue in the heart of Brussels. The
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