Carbios, a company pioneering new, bioindustrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announced it has successfully produced the first PET bottles made with 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA), through the enzymatic biorecycling of plastic waste. The company states that this milestone is a world-first, and confirms the
Read MoreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced the completion of its acquisition of Invista Resins & Fibers GmbH, a specialty chemicals asset located in Gersthofen, Germany. The Gersthofen site has a combined capacity of 282,000 tonnes/annum, and employs approximately 140 employees. Indorama Ventures had previously announced its
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Chuck Flammer has joined Bekum America Corporation, one of the leading designer and manufacturer of blow moulding machinery, as its Business Development Manager. Prior to joining Bekum, Flammer served as Vice President of Sales for Kautex North America. “We are thrilled to welcome Chuck Flammer to our team,” said Steve London,
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New patented technology for hot-fill PET bottles Sidel BoostPrime is a unique PET packaging solution, offering an alternative for hot-filled beverages in PET bottles. This patented solution is addressing the single serve market of JNSDIT (juice, nectar, soft drink, isotonics, tea) filled in PET bottles of up to 1.2 l at a
Read MoreA new approach to packaging sustainability is going to be presented by Thierry Fabozzi, president and chief executive officer of PTI, at the Sustainability in Packaging Conference 2019, March 4-6, Swisshotel Chicago. Fabozzi will be challenging common packaging sustainability initiatives, while calling attention to the low collection rate of post-consumer waste
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Bottles: recycled, produced, filled and shipped in a real cycle On the most northerly part of our tour we met Sandy Gott of Ice River Spring in Feversham, Ontario. She told us the amazing story of her family-owned business which is the only beverage company in North America operating their own
Read MoreSustainable technology company Anellotech and its joint development partners IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s TCat- 8 pilot plant to successfully recover high-purity bio-based paraxylene – a key component for making 100% biobased PET bottles a reality. Anellotech, IFPEN and Axens will now purify additional paraxylene to
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