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PET Day 2024 Rain or shine, we came back to Artimino, Florence, Italy, for the 22nd PET Day. This 2024 edition was unfortunately, for the very first time, under a steady rain throughout the event, but that did not discourage the exclusive audience to be present at the iconic Villa Medicea.
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The packaging industry is the largest consumer of PET resins in the region, driven by the rise in single-person households and busy lifestyles, which have boosted the demand for convenient, prepackaged, and functional food products. North America stands as one of the leading markets in the global packaging industry. In Mexico,
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A recent study by GVM Gesellschaft für Verpackungsmarktforschung mbH reports record levels of recycled PET usage in bottle production and high recycling rates in Germany. Meanwhile, material consumption has decreased due to optimised bottle weights. Despite the higher costs of rPET, its usage continues to rise, with German preform and bottle
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Over 180 participants from 25 nations accepted the invitation from Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim to attend the Recycling Days in the newly opened Recycling Innovation Center in Weingarten, Germany, on November 6 and 7, 2024. In keeping with the theme of “Experience A New Dimension of Plastics Recycling,” the two-day conference
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On October 23, the new factory of AS Iterum (formerly PET Baltija) was opened in Olaine – one of the largest in Northern Europe with a planned processing capacity of 80,000 t/a, or about 30% more than it was possible to provide at the company’s previous production facility in Jelgava. Iterum
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This year, the Advanced Recycling Conference (ARC) 2024 will expand its scope beyond conventional plastic packaging to address pressing issues like e-waste valorisation, PVC recycling, textile recycling, and advanced recycling techniques for engineering thermoplastics. The conference will also highlight innovative funding strategies essential for these advancements. ARC is set for November
Read moreToma has acquired 80% of the shares in C-Trace GmbH, a German leader in digital waste management solutions.C-trace was founded in 2005 and offers software and hardware solutions for the digitalisation and improvement of waste management processes. The strong focus on new AI-driven functions has attracted market interest and is opening
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Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies have signed a collaboration agreement to advance the circularity of plastics by providing the industry a standardised technology solution for chemical recycling, also referred to as “advanced recycling”. The partners aim to globally offer a standardised modular solution, based on Alterra’s proprietary liquefaction technology, to parties
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Alpla is entering the South African PET recycling market. Approximately one and a half years after the start of construction, the packaging and recycling specialist is opening a state-of-the-art plant in Ballito. The company has invested 60 million euros in the new plant in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. From 2025, the
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Starting this November, Suntory Group will begin introducing PET bottles using paraxylene derived from used cooking oil (bio-paraxylene) for select products in Japan. This will be the first*1 commercialided PET bottles using bio-paraxylene*2 and will help significantly reduce CO2 emissions compared to those made from conventional virgin petroleum-based materials. The group
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drink technology India along with PackMach Asia Expo and World Tea & Coffee Expo 2024 came to a successful close after three days of dynamic business networking, product showcasing and knowledge sharing at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, from 23-25 October 2024.Spanning over 18,000 sqm with more than 300 exhibitors from
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