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Amcor has announced a number of new developments, initiatives and innovations to help the packaging and food and beverage supply chain meet the challenges of sustainability, changing consumer demand and growing markets. We spoke to: Rodrigo Lecot – Vice President, Commercial Division, Amcor Rigid Plastics-Latin America Michael Hodges – Vice President
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As the global movement away from single-use plastics gathers momentum, South Africa continues to make significant strides in its PET plastic recycling efforts. According to the latest statistics released by national industry body PET Recycling Company (PETCO), 98,649 tonnes of post-consumer PET plastic bottles were recycled last year alone, saving 612,000
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A review of 20 years of meetings, talks and inspiration Technology is only as good as the people behind it. Lots of clever minds, from bottlers, processors and suppliers have made the PET bottle what it is today with their imagination and energy. We have come to know and appreciate quite
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Yili China, the world’s largest liquid dairy producer, recently organised a supplier conference in Xiamen, China. Thanks to the broad application of Sidel aseptic complete PET packaging lines to produce Yili’s Ambrosial Yoghurt for ambient distribution – all of them integrating the company’s Aseptic Combi Predis with its unique, patented dry
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Bruno Pietracci, President of Coca-Cola Southern & Eastern Africa outlined Coca-Cola Company’s campaign to accelerate the collection and recycling of PET plastic in the region. He announced that along with bottling partners and other industry partners across Southern & East Africa, the company will invest over US$38 million over three years
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Pretium Packaging is pioneering a new innovation approach for private label and independent brand companies at its new Pretium Innovation Center in Aurora, Illinois, USA. The center, which is housed in an existing Pretium manufacturing facility, has been thoughtfully designed with separate rooms, each dedicated to a different part of the
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, is pleased to announce that it has received the Coca-Cola Sustainability Award presented at Coca-Cola’s Supplier Summit 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia U.S.A earlier this month. The Sustainability Award was given to Indorama Ventures and its FuTuRePET Single Pellet Sustainability Solution (SPSS),
Read moreOnline for a few weeks now, the new Demo e-Shop is offering customers solutions that have already been verified and tested by specialised technicians and, therefore, ready to be industrialised on all bottling and packaging lines, in a very short time. The company has selected a series of bottle and container
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Here we are at the next stage of our Indian Road Trip in Kolkata, covering Eastern India, the fastest growing PET region in India. First we visit leading edible oil producer Emami Agrotech and learn that PET has not taken over as the leading packaging material for edible oil yet. This
Read moreThe Alba Group, a leading recycling and environmental services and raw materials providers, is expanding its engagement in Asia. In Tokyo, as part of the Japan trip of the Governing Mayor of Berlin, Michael Müller, the company signed a cooperation agreement for the construction and operation of a recycling plant for
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The world’s first Xtreme Renew Flakes to Preform System, which directly produces new, food-grade 100 percent rPET preforms from recycled PET flakes in a single process step, was recently presented with a World Star Packaging Award in Prague. Erema, Sipa, Kyoei Industry and Suntory, four companies involved in developing the system,
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