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The Welsh government has opened the application process to appoint a Deposit Management Organisation (DMO) for its forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme (DRS). The move was announced in a written statement by Huw Irranca-Davies MS, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs. In the statement, the minister
Read moreCircular Economy specialst Reconomy announces that it has partnered with Polytag, a tag-and-trace technology provider, to help its customers reduce packaging waste and improve recyclability. The partnership will see Polytag UV tag detection and trace technology installed at Casepak’s Midlands recycling facility in Leicester, UK, that will provide brands with granular,
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Arca Continental, Coca-Cola Mexico and other Coca-Cola bottlers and PetStar shareholders have inaugurated the expansion of PetStar’s food-grade PET recycling plant in Toluca, reported to be the largest facility of its kind in Mexico and worldwide. The project represents an investment of MXN 2.6 billion (approx. USD 142 million). At the
Read moreCARBIOS announces the signing of two new multi-year commercial agreements with major players in beverage industry, for the supply of recycled PET (rPET). They form part of the pre-commercialisation process for the company’s future industrial site and bring the current level of pre-sales to around 50% of the site’s maximum production
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Two sites of the CHT Group recently celebrated their company anniversary. The Chinese site CHT Dongguan has just celebrated its 30th anniversary, the Chinese site CHT Tianjin its 15th anniversary. As early as in the 1960s, Reinhold Beitlich, who founded the chemical company CHT in 1953 in Tübingen, Germany, realised the
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Ampacet Corporation has introduced HyperLustre, a collection of semi-translucent colourants developed as a TiO₂-free option for PET packaging. The colourants create a pearlescent visual effect and are intended for use in hair care, personal care and beauty applications. According to Ampacet, the HyperLustre range can be processed with PET using blow
Read moreThe European PET value chain encourages the adoption of the pr EN18120 series for design for recycling and recyclability assessment protocols for plastics packaging developed by CEN TC261/SC4/WG10 Design for Recycling (DfR) standards for plastic packaging, developed under the European Commission’s mandate, as published in a statement by PETCORE EUROPE. These
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GEA, a well-known in industrial heat pump technology, is an official partner of the European Union’s “Exquisheat” project (EU). The three-year EU-funded project aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of the European food and beverage industry by developing standardised heat pump solutions. Over a period of three years, eight other partners will
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INEOS announced a €250m investment programme to regenerate and modernise its cracker at Lavera as part of a bold move to secure the future of one of France’s most important industrial sites and safeguard thousands of jobs. With backing from the French Government, and facilitated by BNP Paribas and ING, INEOS
Read moreWisecap Group, a leading European producer of plastic caps and closures for the beverage industry, and Corvaglia Group, a globally recognized provider of innovative closure solutions for beverage packaging, have entered into a strategic industrial partnership. Under the agreement, Wisecap will integrate the caps manufacturing activities of Corvaglia Closures Eschlikon AG,
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– KHS InnoPET TriBlock speeds up PET production at SLMG Beverages in India. Just in time for the start of the high season, soft drinks bottler SLMG Beverages has increased the capacity at its facility in Chhata by 35%. The key driver here is an InnoPET TriBlock from KHS – this
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