PET Baltija, one of the largest PET recyclers in Northern Europe and part of Eco Baltia, the largest waste management and recycling group in the Baltics, announced the investment of over €10 million as part of the development of a new PET recycling plant in Olaine, Latvia. This joint project is
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Husky Technologies commemorated the next phase of expansion to the company’s India facilities with ceremonies at their new offices and existing Chennai campus. The events were hosted by local leaders in the region, as well as senior executive, Robert Domodossola, President of Husky’s Rigid Packaging business.“This celebration reaffirms our commitment to
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Manfred Hackl, CEO of Erema Group GmbH, was recently awarded the accolade Plastics Recycling Ambassador of the Year at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe. The award is given in honour of personalities who are particularly committed to plastics recycling. Manfred Hackl has been with Erema since 1995 and, prior to joining
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Designing PET bottles and blow moulds to improve the shelf-life through the filling process CO2 retention becomes the top of the list when lightweighting a bottle. It has widely challenged the use of existing blow moulds with lighter preforms, PCR PET, and resins. From this new point of view, the filling
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Petcore Europe is pleased to announce that it has appointed Martin Stephan as Executive Director, vice Ermis Panagiotopoulos, who served as Interim Executive Director since January 1st, 2023. Martin Stephan spent his entire career in the chemical industry, in France, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, and has been more recently Deputy CEO
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Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, launched LNP Elcrin WF0051iQ compound featuring thin-wall, non-brominated/non-chlorinated flame retardance (FR). It is the newest addition to the company’s family of sustainable iQ resins and it is well suited for electrical applications. The new grade is intended to increase Sabic’s diversion of post-consumer
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Under the heading “Welcome Home”, Interpack trade trade fair welcomed visitors from all over the world in Düsseldorf, Germany. The world’s largest packaging trade fair connected the industry on May 4-10 and acted as both a marketplace and content hub. 2,807 exhibitors showcased their technologies and solutions to visitors from 155
Read moreWhile announcing the second quarter 2023 results, Tom Salmon, Chairman and CEO of Berry, indicated cost reductions: “Our business delivered solid second quarter and first half results with adjusted earnings per share growth of 4% and 7%, respectively. During the past several quarters, we have seen supply chain constraints continue to
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The World Packaging Organisation is proud to announce that Luciana Pellegrino, Managing Director of ABRE (Brazilian Packaging Association), was elected, unoposed, as President of the Organisation. She will assume on November 25, 2023. Until then, Pierre Pienaar, from Australia, will continue as WPO President. “According to WPO statute, the past and
Read moreAvient Corporation announced the launch of ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390R, a new ultraviolet (UV) light-absorbing additive technology for both virgin and recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) resin. Part of the Ultimate portfolio, ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390R is especially useful with high levels of rPET, offering UV protection that allows less than 10% UV light
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Netstal, a company of the KraussMaffei Group, received the bronze medal from EcoVadis for its sustainability performance to date. In the coming years, the company intends to further increase its sustainability. The sustainability performance of the mechanical engineering company based in Näfels, Switzerland, is thus rated as “good”. EcoVadis is the
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