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Pact Group work with The Collective to launch the first yoghurt bottle in New Zealand that incorporates recycled plastic (rPET) in its packaging. As part of The Collective’s sustainability journey to reduce their environmental impact, their kefir probiotic yoghurt is the first of its products to hit the shelves with recycled
Read moreLogoplaste announced that Masterchem, a leading Polish manufacturer of PET bottles, jars, preforms and caps, is now part of the Logoplaste Group. As of March 3rd, the company will be known as Masterchem Logoplaste and will be led by CEO Piotr Wasilewski. Located in Zielona Góra, Masterchem Logoplaste is intended to
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At this year’s Propak East Africa in Nairobi (March 17-19,2020), visitors to the shared trade fair stand (D9 in the Tsavo Hall) can find out how the recycling company Mr Green Africa combines social responsibility with the high specification technology and cost effectiveness. Since the beginning of the year a new
Read moreIneos Olefins & Polymers has announced a partnership with Forever Plast SpA, a leading polymer recycling technologies operator in Italy. Together they have developed a range of new Polyethylene grades that are intended to mirror Ineos virgin grades and to fit both, injection and compression moulding. The new Recycl-IN products take
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In Sweden, Coca-Cola will roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from rPET (excluding labels and closures). They come with labels on which the brands step aside to make way for a recycling message. The new labels will be introduced across the Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite and Bonaqua brands
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced its full year and fourth quarter 2019 financial results. The company concurrently undertook several transformative initiatives that were announced on 4th Feb 2020 at its Capital Market Day and are expected to generate benefits starting in 2020 and targeted to
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Interview with Renzo Davatz, CEO of KraussMaffei HighPerformance AG Since the summer of 2019, Netstal has been renamed KraussMaffei HighPerformance AG. We asked Renzo Davatz – almost 30 years in the company and CEO since 2016 – about the background to this. We were particularly interested in the prospects for the
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We met: Mr Rick Unterlander, General Manager PET Mr Vincent Travaglini, President & CEO We spoke with General Manager PET Mr Rick Unterlander about the past, the future and, of course, about PET. He began with an outline of the history of Stackteck, which was established in 1998 as a merger
Read moreSukano, a global masterbatch specialist for PET, PLA and specialty resins, has been certified according to the COTREP recyclability test protocol and will be featured in the CITEO positive list. This gives brand owners a documented ‘end of life’ alternative as it ensures the sorting and recycling of black PET products
Read moreKrones, a leading manufacturer of filling and packaging technology, achieved its 3% growth target in 2019 despite the difficult overall economic environment. Revenue increased by 2.7% year-on-year, from €3,854.0 million to €3,958.9 million. The company’s order intake improved by 3.2%, from €3,957.3 million in the previous year to €4,083.5 million in
Read moreWood Mackenzie expects the current Corona outbreak to have a bigger impact than SARS in 2003, and have a more challenging road to recovery. Analyst Kelly Cui sums ups how the coronavirus outbreak differs, and how that affects China’s petrochemicals sector: In 2003, China was in the upper trend of an
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