The PETplanet Insider team would like to thank you for the good cooperation during this year and for your ongoing confidence. Best wishes and happiness to you and your families over the festive season. We look forward to a successful 2023 together! Alexander Büchler and the PETplanet Insider Team Our PETplanet
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Ho.Bag Corporate, an established Italian Company specialised in the production and distribution of packaging for the cosmetic, herbal and pharmaceutic sector, introduces a new black PET bottle that can be fully recycled thanks to the carbon free pigments. The packaging has been designed as a real communication tool: graphics and colours
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Maag Pump Systems AG announced that it has acquired Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH. Founded in 1984 and based in Tornesch, Germany, Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH develops and manufactures gear pumps and provides aftermarket parts and services for the chemical, plastic and polymer processing, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.
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Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced the start of its CEO’s succession process. Following a remarkable 46-year tenure, José de Jesús Valdez Simancas (“Pepe”) will leave Alpek on March 01, 2023, to take on a new role as Senior Advisor at Alfa. Pepe began his professional career in 1976 and rapidly ascended
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Extrupet, one of the largest and advanced recyclers of PET bottle materials on the African continent proudly announced its Sedex membership. Sedex is a globally recognised ethical trade service provider that enables companies to work together to improve their social and environmental performance while protecting the people involved. Sedex enables businesses
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Petcore’s Annual Conference 2023 will be dedicated to recycling, circularity and the PET industry’s contribution to the EU’s carbon neutrality goals. 2023 marks Petcore’s 30th anniversary and the high-level conference in Brussels will explore the theme of: PET value chain in a fast-paced environment for Circularity. The hybrid event will be
Read MoreMulti-Color Corporation (MCC), known for label manufacturing, is pleased to announce its purchase of Lux Global Label, a globally recognised label solutions company headquartered outside Philadelphia. The transaction, which closed on December 9, enhances MCC’s portfolio and capabilities in the home and personal care and pharmaceuticals market segments. “This is a
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Danone-Aqua Indonesia has registered the first Indonesian plastic project with Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program). The Reciki: Valorization of Waste, Systematic Diversion from Landfill and Leakage project (Reciki Project) is a collaboration between Danone-Aqua Indonesia and PT. Reciki Solusi Indonesia (Reciki) and demonstrates how corporations can use Verra’s Plastic
Read MoreAloxe announces €50 million investments in PET recycling in the three countries where it is already established, France, Poland, and Italy. With 120,000 tons of capacity in Europe, Aloxe claims to become the independent European leader in recycled PET. The investment includes the opening of a new plant in France in
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Propak West Africa made a highly anticipated return last month with 4,238 industry stakeholders attending the exhibition to visit 143 exhibitor stands with over 200 brands showcasing their latest products and equipment and live machine demonstrations taking place on the exhibition floor. The exhibition took place at the Landmark Centre, Lagos,
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Keycycle, a subsidiary of the Erema Group, has worked together intensively for two years with the Spanish company Cadel Deinking to further develop the innovative process of removing printing inks from the surface of plastic. This has proved successful, because there are now several deinking lines in operation at customers’ sites,
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