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Husky Technologies, a technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announces that its groundbreaking PET closure has won the Packaging Europe Sustainability Award in the Driving Circular Economy category. This award, presented at the Sustainable Packaging Summit that took place in Amsterdam on November 12, reflects
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From 24 to 26 February 2025, plast alger and printpack alger will be opening their doors in Algiers for the ninth time. Following the event in 2024, attracting 5,199 trade visitors from 42 countries as well as 297 exhibitors from 22 nations, the trade fair will be staged annually going forward.
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag announced the placement in the 94th percentile of worldwide companies assessed by EcoVadis, a globally recognised sustainability ratings platform. Awarded silver for the second year in a row, the company narrowly missed out on a gold medal. This repeated recognition confirms Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s dedication to sustainability, ethics,
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In 2024, Coca-Cola took a significant step toward its sustainability goals, announcing plans to reduce virgin PET use by 2025. This initiative aims to lower annual virgin PET consumption by the equivalent of nearly 800 million bottles by 2025. The change is part of Coca-Cola’s broader strategy to reduce environmental impact
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Repi’s UV absorber formulations ‘REMAP 00395’ and ‘REMAP 00561’ received a RecyClass Recyclability Approval. Independent testing was carried out by the Institut für Kunststofftechnologie und -recycling e. V. (IKTR), following the RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for PET bottles. The results showed no adverse effects on the recycling process, confirming its compatibility
Read morePack Expo International concluded at McCormick Place in Chicago, drawing a total attendance of 77,500 people, including 48,000 attendees and 29,500 exhibitor personnel. This year, international attendance rose by 19% compared to the previous show in 2022. Organised by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the show occupied 1.32
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Bericap, a leading manufacturer of plastic and aluminium closures, has announced an agreement to acquire the 50% stake in Bericap North America (BCNA) held to date by Amcor Rigid Packaging. This means that family-owned global manufacturing company Bericap will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in BCNA. The joint venture,
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The packaging industry is the largest consumer of PET resins in the region, driven by the rise in single-person households and busy lifestyles, which have boosted the demand for convenient, prepackaged, and functional food products. North America stands as one of the leading markets in the global packaging industry. In Mexico,
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A recent study by GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung mbH reports record levels of recycled PET usage in bottle production and high recycling rates in Germany. Meanwhile, material consumption has decreased due to optimised bottle weights. Despite the higher costs of rPET, its usage continues to rise, with German preform and bottle
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Over 180 participants from 25 nations accepted the invitation from Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim to attend the Recycling Days in the newly opened Recycling Innovation Center in Weingarten, Germany, on November 6 and 7, 2024. In keeping with the theme of “Experience A New Dimension of Plastics Recycling,” the two-day conference
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On October 23, the new factory of AS Iterum (formerly PET Baltija) was opened in Olaine – one of the largest in Northern Europe with a planned processing capacity of 80,000 t/a, or about 30% more than it was possible to provide at the company’s previous production facility in Jelgava. Iterum
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