2019 – Page 30 – PETplanet

Indorama Ventures completes acquisition of Europe’s leading supplier of packaging barrier products and polyester polymers in Germany

6 Mar 2019 Heike Fischer

Indorama 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

Companies News

Chuck Flammer joins Bekum America as Business Development Manager

5 Mar 2019 Heike Fischer

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,

Bottles / Bottle Making Featured

Active base inversion

4 Mar 2019 PP-Admin

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

Events News

New approach to packaging sustainability will presented by PTI at Sustainability in Packaging Conference

4 Mar 2019 Heike Fischer

A 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

Bottling / Filling Featured

Water filling in 100% rPET

1 Mar 2019 PP-Admin

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

Bottles / Bottle Making Materials

100% bioPET bottle closer to reality

1 Mar 2019 Gabriele Kosmehl

Sustainable 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

Events

PET Value Chain Conference

28 Feb 2019 Gabriele Kosmehl

The PET and rPET market has seen considerable change in the past year and the industry is looking for strategies to grow its businesses. This year’s PET Value Chain Conference held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, from March 11-13 will provide insights into the rising topics that are important for business strategy.

Companies People

Husky names John Hafferty Chief Financial Officer

28 Feb 2019 Gabriele Kosmehl

Husky Injection Molding Systems announced the appointment of John Hafferty to the position of Chief Financial Officer. He will join Husky’s senior leadership team and will lead the global finance organisation.Mr. Hafferty has more than 35 years of financial and business experience with global companies. Prior to joining Husky, Hafferty was

Bottles / Bottle Making Companies

PTI, Haney partnership helps brand owners to launch packages faster

27 Feb 2019 Gabriele Kosmehl

A new “concept to commercialisation” partnership has been formed to help brand owners launch new or redesigned packages faster, backed by prototyping/testing to facilitate marketplace success. “The challenge most brand owners face is that they have to outsource different parts of the commercialisation process to various companies, compromising speed-to-market, as well

Companies Recycling

L’Occitane and Loop Industries sign multi-year supply agreement

26 Feb 2019 Gabriele Kosmehl

The L’Occitane Group and Loop Industries announced the signing of a multi-year supply agreement for Loop branded 100% sustainable PET. The agreement will see the L’Occitane en Provence brand start to incorporate Loop PET plastic into its product packaging as of 2022, enabling it to increase from its current 30% recycled plastic

Events

New trade fair for the food-, beverage and packaging industry in South America: Messe München and ABIMAQ to launch INTECHTRA in 2020

25 Feb 2019 Heike Fischer

Messe München with its subsidiary Messe München do Brasil won the bidding for a new trade fair for the food-, beverage-and packaging-industries: INTECHTRA will be held for the first time fromSeptember 29 till October 2, 2020. The show takes place biannually at the São Paulo Expo. ABIMAQ, together with their Sectorial