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Biffa, a leading UK recycler and waste management provider, opened its new £27.5m1 state of the art PET plastic bottle recycling facility in Seaham, County Durham, UK. Biffa’s investment in the new facility, which is stated to be among the most modern and technically advanced of its kind in the world,
Read moreIn order to control the novel coronavirus epidemic in China and in accordance with the instructions issued by the Shanghai city government to stop all large-scale activities, the organisers informed that Chinaplas 2020, the 34th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, scheduled to be held on 21-24 April 2020 at
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Caiba, headquartered in Valencia, Spain, a leading company in the country’s plastic packaging sector and a specialist in the design and manufacture of PET preforms and packaging, has acquired Pramix, a Toledo family company, specialising in the manufacture of plastic containers, primarily for the food, home and personal hygiene sectors. Caiba,
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In the field of aseptic filling, Krones’ portfolio includes specialised machines for the various sterilisation techniques and products involved. The Contipure AseptBloc DN and DA systems already sterilise the preforms with gaseous hydrogen peroxide, ensuring that the aseptic status is maintained at every step of the process. The Contipure AseptBloc series
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At the Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics and Design show PCD Paris, PolyOne was launching OnColor Naturals, the latest addition to its sustainable solutions portfolio. Fully customisable, OnColor Naturals includes a range of colourants made with natural pigments derived from plants, flowers, roots and minerals. These bio-derived colours can be used with
Read moreGlobal plastic packaging manufacturer Retal states that its vocal sustainability commitment is heading in the right direction with an over 13% increase in its EcoVadis score in just one year. According to Retal’s Sustainability Director Emmanuel Duffaut, the score is the latest milestone in the company’s ongoing focus on a multi-stakeholder,
Read morePET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH can look back on its most successful year to date: in 2019, more than 26,300 tonnes of PET material – equivalent to around 1.1 billion PET bottles – was used to produce valuable secondary raw material for new PET containers. This represents a further increase
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United Caps and LyondellBasell present three varieties of tethered caps Caps that stay attached to the bottle after it has been opened, known as tethered caps, have been presented jointly by United Caps and LyondellBasell at the K trade fair. This design requirement will be obligatory for single use beverage bottles
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The recycling of beverage packaging poses a great challenge to the industry: the layers of the film mixture cannot be separated properly from each other. Recycling is therefore very difficult. At Interplastica, Leistritz Extrusionstechnik GmbH exhibits a foamed rPET solution. The plant technology, which was developed and tested together with partners,
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by Liselotte den Ouden (Product Manager Film) and Jenny Wassenaar (Compliance & Sustainability Director), Avery Dennison There is no doubt that sustainable packaging and waste reduction have become key business priorities. The search for solutions that can boost a brand’s eco-credentials is gathering pace. Major gains are possible when brands get
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On the occasion of the company’s twentieth anniversary, the conditions of the previous year, increasing plastic bashing and the continuing individualisation of brand packaging have clouded the balance sheet of Petcycle GmbH. The operator of the petcycle pool system for beverage packaging reports an 11.8 percent decline in sales for 2019.
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