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Plastic beverage bottles will find a new life in a new $62 million plant being built in Dallas, USA, as CarbonLite gets ready to add a second facility to process 100 million pounds of post-consumer PET plastic bottles with the use of 100% green power. Construction is underway in a brand
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By creating a PETG alternative to traditional wine bottles, which are not only functional but are also designed to fit through a conventional letterbox, the brand Garçon Wines, based in London, UK, is opening up a new way to have wine delivered at home. Thanks to a unique shape, the 75cl
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The Procter & Gamble Company announced that Head & Shoulders (H&S) will produce the world’s first recyclable shampoo bottle made from up to 25% recycled beach plastic. In partnership with recycling experts TerraCycle and SUEZ, this innovation will come to France this summer as a limited-edition H&S bottle available to consumers
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Mr Vimal Kedia, Managing Director, Manjushree Technopack has been honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the maiden The Economic Times (Polymers) Awards 2017. He was recognised for his achievements as an entrepreneur and his contribution to the development of the plastic packaging industry in India, spanning over three decades. The
Read moreBeviale Moscow is the first exhibition in Russia covering the complete process chain for the whole beverage industry. It is therefore a highlight event for anyone involved in the Russian industry. It will take place at Crocus Expo, Moscow, from February 28 to March 2, 2017. The PETarena focussing on PET
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Petainer has announced that it has appointed Crusader as its UK distributor for petainerKeg. Brett Lamont, Sales Director Distribution at Petainer said: “The appointment of Crusader as our UK distributor is another important step in building our global network of distribution partners for our products. We have chosen Crusader because they
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Alpla,a provider of plastic packaging, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Romanian company Star East Pet SRL. The company, based in Brasov, specialises in the production of PET preforms for drinks, food and non-food products. At the beginning of the year, Alpla signed an agreement to acquire a
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With the recent expiry of their business relationship with Ferromatik Milacron Benelux BV, Milacron has announced a comprehensive direct sales and service infrastructure for the Benelux market to be in place since January 1, 2017. Milacron announced this to be part of their ongoing global expansion strategy and continued strengthening of
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With immediate effect the KHS Group’s production sites are now certified according to the new, revised ISO 9001:2015 standard. The current 2015 standard replaces the ISO 9001:2008 norm previously in widespread use. The KHS factory in Ahmedabad in India has been awarded the certificate for the first time. ISO 9001 stipulates
Read moreFebruary 16, 2017 will see the thirteenth international “PET 2017” Conference in the Hotel Baltschug Kempinski Moscow. On February 17, the “RPET and Recycled Plastics 2017” Conference will take place at the very same venue. According to the organiser Inventra, the past year has brought some positive news indicating that the
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The DC-A dryer control, first launched in late 2016 on smaller Conair Carousel Plus dryers and MDCW mobile drying/conveying systems, is now available on mid-sized dryers and has been further enhanced with remote access via Virtual Network Computing (VNC). This new capability, not previously available on the DC-A control, means that
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