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The re-usable targets of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive (PPWD) for the European countries are controversial. The EU countries are at a completely different infrastructural, technological and economic level. Consumer behaviour is also different. Many other factors have to be taken into account in order to be able to use

Sustainable development of required preforms The last stop on our Editour takes us to PDG Plastiques. The PET converter is for more than 30 years active in the PET industry, being one of the pioneers in Europe. As a family-owned company, integrity, reliability and partnership are key to PDG Plastiques. The

European manufacturer Innocent Drinks, which is 90% owned by Coca-Cola, has opened a new bottling plant that will be 100% electrically operated and totally carbon neutral. It is fitted out with four Krones PET bottling lines and corresponding IT infrastructure. Drinks manufacturer Innocent Drinks’ new facility in the Port of Rotterdam,

Strategic plan for further growth in the Indian packaging market Manjushree Technopack Limited from Bangalore, India, has set itself ambitious goals under the motto “MTL 2.0”, the company, which is one of the leading plastics processors in the subcontinent, announced as early as 2020 that it wanted to triple its turnover.

Carefully filled in PET bottles Coming from the west of France, we reach the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The Massif Central welcomes us. From a distance we can already make out the volcanic landscape of the Chaîne des Puys with its 1,465 m high volcano Puy-de-Dôme. This Chaîne des Puys is represented by the

Investment in state-of-the-art equipment pays off From Spain, we passed the Pyrenees and were warmly welcomed in France in Chalon-sur-Saône, 135 km north of Lyon, at the SGT & SGR factory site. Our last visit was already six years ago, and a lot has happened since then. The SGR/SGT team looked somewhat

A conversation with India’s largest private company December 9, 2022, Reliance Industries Ltd. We met:Mr Bharat B Mehta, Vice President – PET MarketingMr Rakesh Bali, Senior Vice President, Head Marketing (Petchem)Mr Raghunath Datar, Regional ManagerMr Rajiv Kumar, AVP – PET MarketingMr Aditya Pahurkar, Manager Sales & Marketing (PET)Mr Shubhang Shanbag, Manager

Comprehensive restructuring from marketing to energy consumption From before the coronavirus crisis, revenues at Acque Minerali d´Italia had halved. PETplanet insider spoke with the new CEO Alessandro Frondella, whose job it is to put this right. To do this, he is leaving no stone unturned – marketing, the team, customers, and

Spanish state-of-the-art PET packaging service The next part of our Editour starts in the north-east of Spain. 230 km from Barcelona, heading northwest, the Editourmobile reaches the Spanish province of Huesca, which belongs to the autonomous community of Aragon. Our destination is the Comarca of Somontano de Barbastro, with the district capital

by Heike Fischer CHP engineering company is offering a wide range of lubrication solutions, specific for the food and beverage industries all over the world. CHP’s activities are grouped into four strategic business units: the MicroDry Slat lubrication technology, the MicroDry Air coating technology, the MicroDry all-in-one hygienic solution (CIP) and

by Ruari McCallion Mark Smith, Vice-President and Technical Director of Universal Closures Ltd, talked about the company’s tradition of innovation, the challenges of branching out into new markets and the impact of upcoming legislation on closure system design. The name may not be immediately familiar to consumers of beverages, whether still