Danone partners with Amcor to design new yogurt jar that appeals to health-conscious consumers

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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Multi-module quality control

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

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Alpla and Texplast intensify collaboration

Alpla 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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Beviale Moscow 2019

The 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

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Indorama to acquire Invista asset in Germany

Indorama 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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Merry Christmas

The PETplanet Insider team would like to thank you for the good cooperation during the past year and for your ongoing confidence. We wish you a joyful holiday season and a new year filled with peace, happiness and prosperity. Alexander Büchler and the PETplanet Insider team Our PETplanet Insider online news

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Loan agreement between Coca-Cola and Ioniqa

The 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

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SGT invests in a new production site

In 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

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European plastics industry and value chain present their commitments and pledges for a more sustainable plastics industry

On the December 11, 2018, 13 organisations from the entire plastics value chain hosted their first annual event “The EU Plastics Industries – Towards Circularity” and presented the status of their voluntary commitments and pledges in front of the media, NGOs and representatives of the European Commission. Following an opening message

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