Amcor unveils round wide mouth PET jar for food packaging
Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging, is ready to unseat glass as the dominant material in 24oz wide mouth food containers.
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Recycled content from RPC Oakham helps Dulux achieve a perfect finish
RPC Containers Oakham is enhancing the sustainability credentials of the world’s leadingdecorative paint company with a new plastic can made from one-quarter recycled material.
Coke and Pepsi foresee a biobased PET future for bottles
Fossil-fuel-based PET's days are numbered in the beverage market if you listen to two of the sector's biggest players, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, both of which launched renewably sourced polyester initiatives that they say will become the material of choice for bottles.
New barrier additive for PET bottles.
APPE, the packaging division of La Seda de Barcelona, launched a new barrier additive for PET bottles.
Milliken nucleating agent helps SEM Plastik win cup contract
Leading Turkish thermoformer is major user of PP containing Hyperform HPN-600ei.
New PET bottle launched by Graham Packaging
The Wilkinson range of Bath Foams has received a brand new look with the introduction of a new PET 750ml bottle supplied by Graham Packaging Plastics Ltd.
Heidelberg at LabelExpo Europe 2011
Heidelberg presents extended digital print solutions for the packaging industry at LabelExpo 2011.
Another city bans plastic packagings
Seattle bans single-use restaurant packaging from landfills.
Continuum Recycling of Coca Cola & Eco Plastics
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) and ECO Plastics create pioneering joint venture called Continuum Recycling limited. The name of the new business reflects to its core activity which will be based on re-processing plastic bottles in Great Britain. Used plastic bottles will be recycled in Lincolnshire and the high quality materials produced will be re-used in new Coca-Cola bottles.
IML with labels printed on both sides for the perfect decoration
Higher reliability in production thanks to uncompromising QA (Quality Assurance) approach: Beck Automation and Glaroform demonstrate IML thin-walled cup.
Bioplastics – the North American agenda
Bioplastics Compounding & Processing 2012 is an international industry conference on the profitable use of bioplastics. It is scheduled on 8-9 May 2012 in Miami, USA.
Heineken chooses APPE beer keg in PET
International beer brands Heineken and Amstel have been launched in a new four litre PET keg with an integral tap supplied by APPE, a division of LSB.
