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Coca-Cola announced an industry-first goal to collect and recycle the equivalent of every bottle or can it sells globally by 2030. The company and its global network of bottling partners will tackle the goal, which is part of a holistic plan called “World Without Waste,” through a renewed focus on the
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AptarGroup, Inc. announced that it has signed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment and has joined forces with other businesses and governments committed to changing how to produce, use and reuse plastic. The Global Commitment, through the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has mobilised over 250 signatories that are determined to start building
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Philipp Lehner is the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the international packaging specialist ALPLA as of 1 January 2019. He takes over the role from Georg Früh, who will now focus on Family Office responsibilities. Philipp Lehner has been active in the family company since June 2014 and has worked
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On December 2018 a cooperation agreement has been signed between Mr. Jordi Sala i Lladó, CEO of Bianna Recycling and Mr. Mauro Drappo, CEO of Amut Group. It is a long term business partnership, worthwhile for both, established to blend values and performances of two well consolidated companies: Bianna Recycling intends
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Borealis and Systemiq, together with their partners from the Government of Norway, Nova Chemicals, Borouge and Veolia, are pleased to welcome Nestlé as new strategic partner of Project Stop (Stop Ocean Plastics), a frontline initiative to prevent ocean plastic leakage in South-East Asia. Nestlé is the first food company to join
Read moreVöslauer already managed to set new standards in Austria back in October, with the launch of its 0.5l still PET bottle made of 100% rPET. The innovative packaging, inspired by the desire for greater sustainability, proved to be a hit and resulted in plenty of positive feedback for the Austrian market
Read moreDAK 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.
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