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DAK Americas LLC(DAK), an Alpek Polyester business, announces that it has signed an Asset Purchase Agreement with Perpetual Recycling Solutions, LLC (Perpetual) to acquire the Perpetual PET recycling facility in Richmond, IN, USA. The Perpetual PET recycling operations have an approximate annual capacity of 100 million lbs/a (~45,000 t/a) of high
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The yogurt market in Latin America continues to grow as companies develop products to appeal to health-conscious consumers. That appeal includes premium-looking packaging that is durable and increasingly sustainable. For Danone that includes developing attractive packaging for its new all-natural spoonable yogurt which is sold in Argentina. The transparent 200ml polyethylene
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Torus Measurement Systems have recently released the latest gauge in their line of measurement systems for plastic containers. Torus have now integrated those latest measurement modules into one single system – The TQ-LAB. This development is claimed to offer customers multiple quality control tests which can be selected by module to
Read moredrink technology India (dti), an important event for India’s beverage and liquid food industry, has been postponed at the request of the exhibitors. The trade fair will now take place from April 10 to 12, 2019. The Bangalore International Expo Centre will remain the exhibition venue. The second event date of
Read moreAlpla and Fromm have been successfully working together in PET recycling. Another extrusion line at the Texplast site in Wolfen will increase the capacity for food-safe PET regranulate by 15,000 tonnes each year – material that Alpla will return to the recyclable material cycle in Europe, and in Germany in particular.
Read moreThe fourth edition of Beviale Moscow is to be held at the city’s Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center from 19 to 21 February 2019. The trade fair adopts a comprehensive approach, reflecting all aspects of the process chain. In special shows as well as the accompanying conference programme, it will also
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Invista Resins & Fibers GmbH, which owns a PET manufacturing facility located in Gersthofen, Germany. The Gersthofen site has a combined capacity of 282,000t/a, and employs approximately 140 employees. The transaction
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Read moreThe Coca-Cola Company announced a new agreement extending a loan to Ioniqa Technologies, the Netherlands, to facilitate the development of Ioniqa’s proprietary technology to produce high-grade, recycled PET content from hard-to-recycle PET waste. The agreement is designed to accelerate the development and deployment of high-grade recycled content PET for use in
Read moreIn keeping with its development plan announced in 2017, the SGT group announced the investment in its 6th production factory. The new factory of the manufacturer of PET preforms will be built in Eastern France, a location with both strategic and economic potential to assist customers and the market with their
Read moreClariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announces the release of ColorForward 2020, the 14th edition of the annual colour forecasting guide for the plastics industry. While consumer preferences have been trending toward warmer tones in recent years, Clariant colour-trend watchers see a shift to cooler blues and greens in the
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