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Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today completed the sale of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group (“Heubach”) and SK Capital Partners (“SK Capital”). As announced upon signing of the transaction, the base enterprise value of the sale amounts to CHF 805 million subject to
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A new stackable jar from Berry Global offers a valuable space saving solution on retail shelves, through e-commerce channels and in the home. At the same time, the jar provides consumer convenience, and its effective product protection, reusability and recyclability enhance its environmental profile. The new design of the 500ml Staka
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The food-grade PET recycling system will be supplied to rPET flake producer Başatlı in April 2022. The recoSTAR PET 215 iV+ will be Starlinger’s first bottle-to-bottle recycling system operating in Turkey. It is equipped with one of the biggest extruder sizes that Starlinger recycling technology is currently building and produces up
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global sustainable chemical company, has been awarded the Platinum Medal by EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment. The company also achieved first place in ChemScore, which ranks the world’s 50 largest chemical companies’ environmental credentials. EcoVadis, a rating agency focusing on sustainability in the supply chain, awarded
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Effective February 1st, 2022 Dr Stefan Engleder will take over all agendas from Christoph Steger. Dr Christoph Steger, hitherto Chief Sales Officer, is leaving the Engel Group at his own request. Background for his withdrawal is his wish to further develop himself vocationally and to change his career orientation. “We would
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The PETplanet Insider team would like to thank you for the good cooperation during this year and for your ongoing confidence. Best wishes and happiness to you and your families over the festive season. We look forward to a successful 2022 working together! Alexander Büchler and the PETplanet Insider Team Our
Read moreThe Italian Piovan Group acquires the American Ipeg Group, with a turn-over of almost half a billion euro, in the field of industrial automation for the processing of virgin and recycled polymers and bioresins. Closing expected within the first quarter of 2022. Piovan S.p.A. and Ipeg, Inc. announced the signing of
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A new closure from Berry Global, specifically created for sauces, demonstrates the company’s circular design capabilities in devising a lightweight and recyclable solution while continuing to deliver consumer convenience benefits. Berry says it has created a closure that is lighter than other versions currently available, offering valuable material savings without compromising
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The Mibelle Group has manufactured PET bottle from CO2, which would otherwise form greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. According to the company, this is a world’s first. The company has won the German Packaging Award 2021 in the Sustainability category as well as the WorldStar Packaging Award for this innovation. The CO2
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The Alpla Group, a global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, in cooperation with joint venture partner Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, announces their partnership with Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), a start-up based in the region of Värmland in Sweden, to develop natural fibre-based closures and other moulded
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G.A.I.A. Spa and Iren Ambiente (which holds 45% ownership of G.A.I.A.) called on the German company Stadler, specialised in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, to design and build new recycling plants in Italian Asti and Parma. The requirements for the two plants were different: sorting
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