Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging market growth within any particular country. As an economy and real personal disposable incomes grow, then so too does consumer demand for packaged products. In its new report, The Future of Rigid Plastic Packaging to 2022, Smithers Pira’s critical analysis of the
Read MoreCarbios, a green chemistry company specialising in enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers, and TechnipFMC, a leading company in the fields of energy, chemistry and bio-sourced industries, announce the launch of a project for the industrial development of Carbios PET enzymatic recycling process. This will allow to produce virgin
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Alpla, a global provider of plastic packaging, has acquired a 100 per cent stake in the Italian company Propack Srl. The company, based in Ostellato (FE), is specialised in the production of HDPE and PET bottles for home-care. The agreement has been signed in mid June. The deal is expected to
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Pet Power has yet extended its wide range of standard PET packaging with an instant classic: Straight Cylindrical 450ml. This PET-jar model has been used for decades for personal care and food products and now there’s a new product type: ice creams. The sleek lines on the Straight Cylindrical Range lend
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The week begins and the first appointments are in-house. I’m meeting up with Indorama, now the world’s largest producer of PET. There is plenty to discuss, so Monday and Tuesday have been set aside for our meeting. Today we are going to the Lopburi plant, where the company produces both material
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RPC Promens Consumer Kolding is supplying custom-designed PET bottles for a range of dressings and sauces from leading Scandinavian food company Scandic Food A/S, part of the Good Food Group A/S. The injection stretch blow moulded bottles – in 250ml, 350ml and 400ml sizes, with a 520ml soon to be introduced
Read MoreChinaplas 2017 was successfully concluded on 19 May, 2017. The 4-day show accommodated some 3,400+ exhibitors from 38 countries and regions to showcase 3,800+ machinery, and attracted 155,258 local and international trade visitors from 154 countries and regions. Chinaplas 2018 will move from its long-time Shanghai venue in Pudong to the
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During this year’s South East Asia Editour, our PETplanet editors already analysed the PET markets in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. Now, visiting Thailand and Laos, the last part of the journey has begun. You can get close to the tour experience by following our travel blog. A
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Barely two weeks after returning from the Philippines, I was bidding goodbye again to the PETplanet team and Germany. This time for a month and a half. The last section of the Thailand and Laos tour was ahead of me and after a somewhat turbulent 6 months, I was more and
Read MoreThe KHS Group has ratified its successful development of the previous year and again boosted its turnover, with sales totaling €1.18 billion last year. Its operating profit (EBT) rose thanks to contributions from internal improvement programs to this end. Especially successful projects in Asia and Central America and a heavy demand
Read MorePetainer has launched a stand-alone business in Brazil as part of its growth strategy for the Latin American region. Petainer is targeting the rapidly growing craft brewing sector in Brazil and large regional brewers with its one-way PET kegs. Brazil is the third largest beer market in the world behind China
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