Suntory Group’s new company-wide policy focuses on implementing sustainable plastic that promote a recycling-oriented and decarbonised society. Based on this Plastic Policy, Suntory will aim for fully sustainable plastic bottles by expanding “FtoP production” capability and switching to recycled materials or plant-based materials for all PET bottles used globally by 2030.
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Octal, a leading supplier of clear rigid packaging materials, has secured $625 million of banking facilities comprising of syndicated term loan facility of US$ 225 million and working capital facilities aggregating to US$ 400 million in one of the biggest private sector financing deals in Oman of the last decade. The new
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Petcore Europe, the industry organisation representing the whole PET value chain, launched the “Special Industry Group – SIG” to establish a strong and sustainable value chain in the development of re-using the monomers from PET waste. Bringing the PET bottles and food containers as well as polyester textiles back to its constituents,
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Twelve years ago, Neo Group purchased BKG underwater pelletisers and related components for three PET polymerisation lines but installed only two, storing the unused BKG equipment in their original shipping boxes. Now the company has a new, third PET line, making it the second-largest PET producer in Europe, and those 12-year-old
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Clariant Masterbatches is ramping up its support for packaging industry customers in Asia Pacific by creating a Regional Packaging Center (RPC) in it’s Phanthong manufacturing facility in Thailand. The RPC will be introduced during InterPlas Thailand 2019, which is part of Manufacturing Expo being held in Bangkok, June 19 – 22.
Read moreThe 3rd edition of Blow Moulding (Cologne, June 24-26) will bring together the entire supply chain: brand owners, retailers, packaging companies, blow-moulders, preform manufacturers, suppliers of ancillary components such as labels, caps and closures, handles and grips, machinery manufacturers, raw material and additive suppliers, product and mould designers, testing, certification and
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Sabic introduced its LNP Elcrin iQ portfolio of PBT compounded resins derived from rPET to support the circular economy and help reduce plastic waste. By chemically upcycling consumer-discarded PET (primarily single-use water bottles) into higher-value PBT materials with enhanced properties and suitability for more-durable applications, the company is encouraging the use
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plastship (www.plastship.com), successfully launched on May 6, 2019, is a new trading and service platform for buyers and sellers of regrinds, re-granulates and recyclates plus, in the near future, also of additives for tailoring the properties of recycled materials, as well as associated services. Operating under the slogan “new thinking for
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Plastic Jewels is the name of the new series of polymer colours, developed and realised by Gabriel-Chemie and styled with Colors & Effects Pigments from BASF. These 18 colour creations are demonstrated in a total of 36 glossy and matt flip-top closures. Inspired by glittering gems, the colour creations bear names
Read moreLeeds-based LVF (Leeds Vacuum Formers) has become one of the first packaging companies in the UK to manufacture and sell products made from BreakdownPET – a biodegradable and fully recyclable plastic material that is designed to quickly, naturally and safely decompose in landfill. LVF added BreakdownPET to its offering late last
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MORETTO Hall 4.1 Booth C45 Injection, extrusion and PET processing are characterised by specific complexities and high levels of performance, in which production and energy efficiency play key roles. Moretto’s goal is to provide exclusive technologies and automations maximising the production efficiency of these processes, by furnishing plastics processors with customised
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