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The PETplanet Team wishes you a joyful festive season and a fantastic start to the new year, 2025! Thank you for your support throughout the year. Our office will be closed for the holidays, and we’ll reopen on January 2, 2025. We look forward to connecting with you in the new
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The “Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Patent Landscape Report 2024” has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report presents a comprehensive patent landscape for PET technologies, analysing 12,932 patents spanning from 2005 to 2023. Recent trends indicate moderate but steady growth in patent filings, with a notable increase in pending patents, reflecting strong
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Origin Materials announced the production of PET caps with new features as commercial qualification continues. The latest caps were produced at the company’s partner’s facility in Germany on Origin’s CapFormer System, its proprietary system for manufacturing recyclable PET closures. The caps, made with recycled PET and designed for compatibility with the
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, announced the launch of its RECO Collective 2025 initiative. This platform aims to educate on recycling and upcycling practices while encouraging SMEs in sectors like fashion and furniture to adopt recycled materials. The program highlights the use of rPET fibers from
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Over the next five years, Bert Weckhuysen, Distinguished University Professor of Catalysis, Energy, and Sustainability at Utrecht University, will investigate how colorants from plastic bottles can be recycled more effectively. In August, he received a grant from the initiative Circular Plastics NL, funded by the Dutch National Growth Fund. Weckhuysen is
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PET bottle recycling rates across the United States reached new heights in 2023, according to the National Association for PET Container Resources’ (Napcor) latest 2023 PET Recycling Report published on December 12. The United States (US) PET bottle collection rate was 33 per cent in 2023, up four percentage points from
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The Engel Group subsidiary, TMA Automation Sp. z o.o., has begun construction of a modern office and production building in the immediate vicinity of Gdansk Airport in Poland. The strategically favourable location offers access to various educational and training institutions, including technical universities in the region. This supports the long-term recruitment
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SMI has opened a new branch in Istanbul, in Türkiye, thus consolidating its own presence in a constantly growing market. More precisely, the offices of the new branch are based in the Asian part of the city, in the district of Maltepe. SMI boasts in Türkiye more than 300 machines, installed
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The outline conference programme for the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRS Europe) has been published ahead of the event’s return to the RAI Amsterdam on 1-2 April 2025. The latest trends in the plastics recycling sector will be explored in depth, providing a holistic view of the whole plastic recycling value
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On Saturday, November 30, almost 5,000 people celebrated Sacmi Imola’s 105th ‘birthday’. The Open Day at the company’s premises was intended to give a close look at the ‘Sacmi world’: a world that spans from manufacturing to the cutting-edge research with which the company is building the factories of the future.
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Moisture content impacts product quality in manufacturing. Accurate moisture measurement and control eliminate issues like material waste and inefficiency, helping manufacturers improve product quality, boost plant efficiency, and reduce energy costs. Solutions like MoistTech’s moisture sensors are claimed to offer precision and real-time monitoring. MoistTech’s moisture sensors use near-infrared (NIR) technology
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