Toray Industries, Inc. announced that it has developed Ecouse® (pronounced Eco-Use) polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films. It succeeded in constructing a recycling system by collecting used films from electronic component applications, and recovering to eco-friendly films which helps materialize a…

Shorter delivery times for customers and extended stock programme - Röchling Industrial invested two million euros in the expansion of the Röchling Sustaplast site in Lahnstein and had put new extrusion lines for the brand material Sustadur® PET into operation. Röchling is thereby responding to the…

In collaboration with AHA® Sparkling Water, a brand of The Coca-Cola Company, TC Transcontinental Packaging is incorporating recycled content into its IntegrititeTM collation shrink film.

Trioplast takes another step towards a circular economy with the launch of a manual stretch film made from 75% recycled material – of which minimum 51% from Post-consumer recycled (PCR) sources.

A distinguishing feature of EKOPET 64 FG grade is lack of modifying additives in the chemical composition. EKOPET 64 FG is a homopolymer, additionally, the grade is characterized by a low viscosity value.

Some 65 percent of all packaging for food, pet food, and beverages is made from plastic. But currently only about 39 percent of packaging in Europe is recycled, with an additional 40 percent used to generate energy. In response, the EU and national governments have set ambitious targets for the…

"The demand for PET packaging sheet, which contains a high proportion of recycled material or is even made of 100 % of it, has recently increased enormously due to public discussion and legal requirements.“ - Dr. Carl-Jürgen Wefelmeier, Head of Business Unit Sheet.

Detergents, cleaners, cleaning and chemical products are often packed in containers with a square or a rectangular base.
Containers with a square base have in fact shapes and technical features that make the handling easier, especially in case of high capacity containers, and represent a great…

Ethos Seafood Group ('ESG") announced the transitioning of their seafood packaging into #1 PET recyclable material. The recyclable packaging is the result of a two year development effort between Ethos Seafood Group and MULTIVAC, which focused on eliminating single use plastics and establishing the…

Toray Plastics (America), Inc., introduces new Lumirror®STM Soft-Touch Matte film, a unique, matte-coated polyester film technology that simplifies processing and enables the manufacture of a robust, upscale, soft-touch matte lamination. A package manufactured with Toray’s STM film has the…

Toyobo Co., Ltd. is developing its lineup of environmentally friendly, highly functional film made with recycled resin from PET beverage bottles under the Beverage Bottles to Film - BB2FTM* trademark and focusing on expanding into global markets.