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Designing PET bottles and blow moulds to improve the shelf-life through the filling process CO2 retention becomes the top of the list when lightweighting a bottle. It has widely challenged the use of existing blow moulds with lighter preforms, PCR PET, and resins. From this new point of view, the filling
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Petcore Europe is pleased to announce that it has appointed Martin Stephan as Executive Director, vice Ermis Panagiotopoulos, who served as Interim Executive Director since January 1st, 2023. Martin Stephan spent his entire career in the chemical industry, in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, and has been more recently Deputy CEO
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Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, launched LNP Elcrin WF0051iQ compound featuring thin-wall, non-brominated/non-chlorinated flame retardance (FR). It is the newest addition to the company’s family of sustainable iQ resins and it is well suited for electrical applications. The new grade is intended to increase Sabic’s diversion of post-consumer
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Under the heading “Welcome Home”, Interpack trade trade fair welcomed visitors from all over the world in Düsseldorf, Germany. The world’s largest packaging trade fair connected the industry on May 4-10 and acted as both a marketplace and content hub. 2,807 exhibitors showcased their technologies and solutions to visitors from 155
Read moreWhile announcing the second quarter 2023 results, Tom Salmon, Chairman and CEO of Berry, indicated cost reductions: “Our business delivered solid second quarter and first half results with adjusted earnings per share growth of 4% and 7%, respectively. During the past several quarters, we have seen supply chain constraints continue to
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The World Packaging Organisation is proud to announce that Luciana Pellegrino, Managing Director of ABRE (Brazilian Packaging Association), was elected, unoposed, as President of the Organisation. She will assume on November 25, 2023. Until then, Pierre Pienaar, from Australia, will continue as WPO President. “According to WPO statute, the past and
Read moreAvient Corporation announced the launch of ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390R, a new ultraviolet (UV) light-absorbing additive technology for both virgin and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) resin. Part of the Ultimate portfolio, ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390R is especially useful with high levels of rPET, offering UV protection that allows less than 10% UV light
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Netstal, a company of the KraussMaffei Group, received the bronze medal from EcoVadis for its sustainability performance to date. In the coming years, the company intends to further increase its sustainability. The sustainability performance of the mechanical engineering company based in Näfels, Switzerland, is thus rated as “good”. EcoVadis is the
Read moreAlpek S.A.B. de C.V., headquartered in San Pedro Garza García, Greater Monterrey, Mexico, is one of the largest PET and PTA producers in the Americas and is the sole producer of polypropylene and caprolactam in Mexico. The company’s two business segments are: Polyester (including PTA, PET, rPET and polyester fibres) and Plastics & Chemicals (PP, expandable styrenics, and other speciality and industrial chemicals).
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If we are to succeed in turning the vision of a sustainable economy into reality, every one of us must do our part. The big ecological and social problems of our time affect all sectors and regions. What we now need in order to solve them is comprehensive collaboration backed by
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On May 1st, the City of Kansas City, Missouri began delivery of 162,000 recycling carts that sets the wheels in motion to transition the city to cart-based recycling collection which provides increased capacity for more recyclable materials, rolling carts for easy maneuvering, and a streamlined collections process. The project, which advances
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