2024 marked an important transition for Coca Cola, towards its sustainability goal aimed at reducing PET use by 2025. According to a company’s note, this shift will cut the annual use of virgin PET by the equivalent of nearly 800 million bottles in 2025, compared to 2024.
Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, today announced the launch of ColorMatrix Lactra LX Light Blocking Additive for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging.
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited as part of a supply chain collaboration with Suntory, Eneos Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Iwatani and Neste, will launch the world’s first bio-PET bottle for commercial scale, made from ISCC+ certified bio-paraxylene.
This event marked our first gathering in Bucharest, where we were joined by PET packaging experts from across the entire PET value chain in Central and Eastern Europe along with the Vice President of the European Parliament and Romanian Minister of Environment.
Sidel’s Actis barrier coating has met and exceeded the criteria for the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Design for Recyclability Recognition pathway.
The latest in Scanfill’s quality initiatives is a new product that meets high quality standards and contributes to cleaning up coastal areas.
In a collaboration, everwave and Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH have pioneered the development and construction of SortX, a mobile sorting container designed specifically to combat plastic pollution in rivers.
Newly formed teams quickly discover that there are plenty of synergies to be explored. This also holds true for the partnership between South American beverage multi Postobón and KHS - which in a very short time indeed has yielded filling lines.
zerooo is now producing reusable PET packaging for bathroom and kitchen: ALPLA and zerooo have developed a standardised solution for cosmetics and care products.
Mold-Masters has optimized the design of its PET-Series hot runner system to reduce its stack height to 260mm on systems with 72 cavities or less using standard components.
UV barriers developed by Avient and destined for PET bottles are approved as limited compatible with the PET bottles recycling stream in Europe.
The Erema Group, based in Ansfelden near Linz, Austria, closes the financial year 2023/24 with total revenues of EUR 380 million. A joint venture with the Lindner Group sees the group of companies expand its portfolio to include washing technology.
