Petcore Europe

Petcore Europe
Founded	1993
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Website	petcore-europe.org

Company Profile

Petcore Europe

Petcore Europe is a Brussels-based non-profit European trade association. Petcore was founded in 1993 to promote the collection, sorting and recycling of post-consumer PET bottles. It networks with national collection agencies, governments, and the recycling industry. Used PET, or polyethylene terphthalate bottles are light-weight but once collected, sorted and pressed into bales, they become a valuable feedstock for a range of products. End markets for recycled PET include polyester fibre, sheet, strapping, and new bottles. The focus of Petcore Europelies on ensuring the sustainable growth of post-consumer PET collection and recycling and that PET is positioned as a sustainable packaging material.

Structure

Executive Director: Christian Crépet

President: Mark Kenrick

Board of Director

• For the PET resin producers association:
  • Paola Arlotti (Equipolymers) representing CPME – President
  • Santiago Rotstein (Plastiverd) representing CPME
  • Stephen Short (Indorama) representing CPME

• For the PET converter associations:
  • Raphael Jaumotte (Plastipak) representing EuPC – Treasurer
  • Marc De Voogd (Alpla) representing Forum PET Europe
  • Joachim Eckstein representing EuPET

• For the PET recyclers association:
  • Casper van den Dungen (Poly Recycling) representing PRE – Vice President
  • Herbert Snell (MultiPet) representing PRE

• For the member companies:
  • Francoise Poulat – Danone
  • Christoph Wöss – Erema
  • Carsten Heldmann – Klöckner Pentaplast
  • Zach Crawford – PolyOne / ColorMatrix
  • Gian de Belder – P&G
  • Christine Leveque – Suez

• Honorary / founding member:
  • Marcel de Botton – Logoplaste

The Board elects the Petcore Europe Chairman, Vice-chairman and Treasurer from among its members.

The Technical Committee and Technical Working Teams, made-up by representatives from all member companies, are the heart of Petcore Europe. The Technical projects are steered by the Board of Directors.

Petcore Europe is staffed by a legal, communication and financial team lead by the Executive Director, supported by the Technical Committee Chair, who take care of the daily work of the association.

Events

Petcore Europe is organizing an annual Petcore Europe Conference open to everyone involved or interested in the PET supply chain. The participants include PET resin manufacturers, packaging designers and manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, brand owners, waste management organisations, recyclers, machinery manufacturers, representatives from the European institutions and European organisations interested in PET.

Members

Company	Category
Avery Dennison	Labelling and Packaging Solutions
BASF	Chemicals, plastics, performance products
BP	Oil and gas company
CCL	Labelling
Carbios	Green Chemistry
Citeo	Eco-Emballage
Clariant	Material
Coca Cola	Beverage company
Coexpan	PET and PS sheet extrusion
PolyOne	Material
CPME	Trade Association
Danone	Food company
DOW	Material
DuPont Teijin Films	PET and PEN polyester films
Eastman	Sspecialty chemical company
Erema	Recycling Technology
EuPET	Association of unoriented Polyester Films
EuPC	Trade Association
Plastics Recyclers Europe	Association
Evertis	PET film extrusion
Faerch Plast	Packaging
MAG Group
Forum PET Europe	Association
Fuji Seal	Packaging
Graham Packaging Europe	Packaging
Henkel
Holland Colours	Material
Hordijk Verpakkingen	Packaging
Klöckner Pentaplast Group	Packaging
Husky	Injection molding equipment
Logoplaste	Packaging
L‘Oréal	Beauty company
Laiterie de Saint Denis de l'Hôtel	Beverages
Mossi Ghisolfi	Material
MCBride	Personal care products
MGC	Chemicals
Montello	Recycling
NGR	Recycling
Pellenc ST	Sorting Equipment
Penn Color International B.V.	Material
Plastipak	Packaging
Polymetrix	Industrial plants
Procter & Gamble	Consumer products
Repi	Colours and additives
Sealed Air	Packaging
Sesotec	Inspection
Sidel	Packaging
Sipa	PET containers
Sleever	Labelling
Sorema	Recycling machines
Spadel	Beverages
Starlinger	Recycling machines
Suez	Resource management
Sukano	Additive and colour masterbatches
Tomra	Sorting systems for recycling
UPM Raflatac	Labelling

References

PETplanet Insider Articles

Issue 03 / 2024: Challenging times
Issue 01 / 2024: Petcore Europe – Annual Conference 2024
Issue 11 / 2023: Waving the flag for PET innovation and circularity
Issue 10 / 2023: New Innovation Summit at Petcore 2024 Annual Conference
Issue 04 / 2023: Petcore Europe Annual Conference 2023 - Part 2
Issue 03 / 2023: Petcore Europe Annual Conference 2023 - Part 1
Issue 01 / 2023: Petcore Executive Director Christian Crépet to assume an Ambassador role and becomes a honorary member of the board
Issue 09 / 2022: Petcore Europe annual conference 2022 - Part 1
Issue 01 / 2022: Petcore Europe annual conference postponed until June due to pandemic
Issue 11 / 2021: 2021 PET Chemical Recycling: Depolymerization Forum
Issue 05 / 2021: The Petcore Europe Conference 2021
Issue 04 / 2020: Chinaplas, coronavirus and the supply chains
Issue 02 / 2020: Petcore Europe Conference 2020 focused on sustainability
Issue 04 / 2019: EU Plastics Strategy 2.0
Issue 03 / 2019: Temporary endorsement for perforated sleeves on HPC PET bottles
Issue 10 / 2017: Petcore Europe Conference 2018 – strategy for PET in the circular economy
Issue 05 / 2017: Eight new members joint Petcore Europe
Issue 04 / 2017: Opportunities and challenges of PET packaging
Issue 04 / 2017: New Executive Director at Petcore Europe appointed
Issue 12 / 2016: Growth of PET collection and recycling in Europa
Issue 11 / 2016: PET 2020 – The future of the PET industry
Issue 05 / 2016: PETcore Europe Conference
Issue 01 / 2016: All about PET

External links

Petcore Website