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.
SunDance USA made a game-changing move amid the downtrends that accompanied the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic by transitioning into flexible packaging.
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.
JFE, a leader in the flexible packaging industry and a part of the USD 2.5 billion B. C. Jindal Group, announces a commitment to launch 5-10 new innovative films annually aimed at providing sustainable solutions in flexible 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.
Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, has returned to exhibit at Gulfood Manufacturing 2024 taking place in Dubai, UAE from November 5-7. Husky’s booth, located in Hall 2, Stand B 2-4, highlights the company’s latest technologies, solutions, and services designed to enable the circular economy across the complete package lifecycle.
Ampacet, a global masterbatch leader, has introduced UVBlock 1496, a new UV barrier masterbatch for food and industrial packaging that offers a sustainable alternative to conventional UV solutions based on benzotriazole additives.
From 26 to 28 November 2024, the industry will once again come together at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre. And of course Krones and its subsidiaries Steinecker, Evoguard and Ampco Pumps will be there, too, with 1,500 square metres of exhibit space in Hall 7A.
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.
The entry deadline for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 has been extended until 18.00 CET, Monday 04 November 2024. The judging panel for the 2025 awards has also been announced.
Another distinction for PharmaGuard: The polypropylene (PP)-based recyclable blister concept has now won the Swiss Packaging Award in the Sustainability category.
From 11 to 14 November, the Exolon Group will present its products and solutions for medical plastic packaging and aids at Compamed in Düsseldorf.
