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In 2025, our print and ePaper media will again accompany the PET industry extensively: 10 publication dates are spread over 4 issues of the connecting comPETence magazine and 6 issues of the PET Insights ePaper.

Your contact for our Media Kit 2025
Barbara Appel
b.appel@petnology.com

In focus

5:29 min ONE:25
rPET Characterisation

From Haze to Clarity: rPET Characterisation with Advanced Material Characterisation Techniques

Using BMT’s pioneering material characterisation capabilities, the mechanical ...
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3:46 min ONE:25
Recycled Plastics

ICIS: Recycled Plastics The data is clear – regulation raises recycling value

Driven by legislation, European packagingsuitable grades of recycled material are ...
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7:34 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Chemical recycling, TWO:24
The importance of recycling

Ioniqa Technologies: Denua(TM) technology - PET recycling without compromise

General public awareness of environmental issues is presently rather high and has ...
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7:23 min Bottles and containers, TWO:24
LARGE PET CONTAINERS

Large PET Containers - CYPET TECHNOLOGIES new production system for very large PET containers (1,000 Litres)

CYPET Technologies LTD is a European manufacturer of innovative single-stage ...
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In dialogue

14:20 min ONE:25
Interview

The Walk of Precision - Meeting with Otto Hofstetter, Owner and CEO of Otto Hofstetter AG

The Walk of Precision: 70 years of Otto Hofstetter AG. Otto Appel met Otto ...
12:29 min Sorting and collection, ONE:24
SORTING

REMONDIS Recycling - First Pass Yield

Meeting at RE Plano and interview with Ralf Mandelatz and Dr. Harald Lehmann
5:56 min Complete PET recycling plants, Plastic recycling systems, Recycling processes, …
Recycling

High-Tech with the letter R: Recycling Learning by doing. Showing that it works.

Meeting with Paul Niedl Starlinger recycling technology Markus Fellinger Starlinger ...
9:33 min Applications & Operations, PET injection moulding systems, PET preforms, …
Preform Production

RAWOPLAST and Otto Systems – The going is good / About trusting a start-up and the benefits of a true partnership

connecting comPETence - issue THREE:23  -   Entrepreneurship - ...
15:51 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Plastic recycling systems, PET recycling systems, …
PET RECYCLING

EREMA: PET Recycling - More than just Mechanical Engineering

Shortly before the big ceremony to mark 40 years of EREMA, which was celebrated with ...
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In detail

1:51 min ONE:25
New PET bottle

Coca-Cola Europa-Pacific Partners Germany launches new 0.85-liter PET bottle

Coca-Cola Europa-Pacific Partners Germany is launching a new 0.85-liter PET bottle. ...
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1:31 min ONE:25
Label-free bottles

SMI: Label-free bottles - the new eco-design solution

Label-free bottles are an increasingly popular trend among food and beverage ...
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1:52 min ONE:25
Outlook

Origin confirms three new CapFormer lines nearing completion, eight total lines expected by end of year

CapFormers 2-4 being built and tested, expected to pass Factory Acceptance Tests in ...
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2:40 min ONE:25
Shelf-stable packaging

Amcor unveils industry-first 2oz retort bottle for nutritional shots with StormPanel™ technology

Innovative StormPanel™ technology opens doors for 12-month shelf stability with high ...
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In business

0:47 min PETnology Europe 2025, ONE:25
PETnology Europe 2025 - Day 2

OPEN HOUSE @ IWK OST Rapperswil

Exclusive Insight into the new TechCenter
1:80 min PETnology Europe 2025, ONE:25
PETnology Europe 2025 - Day 2

Caps & Closures

Presentations from: contexo, ALPLA, z-moulds
1:55 min PETnology Europe 2025, ONE:25
PETnology Europe 2025 - Day 2

AI & Smart Solutions

Presentations from: SIPA, Intravis, BMT, EREMA
2:00 min PETnology Europe 2025, ONE:25
PETnology Europe 2025 - Day 2

System Thinking on Blowing and Filling Concepts

Presentations from: KHS, Agr International, Krones
1:57 min PETnology Europe 2025, ONE:25
PETnology Europe 2025 - Day 1

Start-ups and Universities

Presentations from: iwk, Lead, ECO2GROW, KU Leuven
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In portrait

7:41 min Management, Preform feeding system, THREE:23
Preform Handling

Holistic approach to preform handling – for more than four decades / Increased performance of blow molding machines affects preform handling

connecting comPETence - issue THREE:23  -   Shortly before the ...
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16:40 min Strategies & Market Analysis, PET injection moulding systems, THREE:20
IN PORTRAIT

Fit to battle - Side-entry à la Netstal - Presentation of the new PET-LINE

There are sometimes special moments in the PET packaging world. Moments in which ...
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8:21 min Closure assembling, Caps & Closures, THREE:19
A cap is a cap. Or is it?

Flat caps, tethered caps, sports caps and complex cap systems

Any engineer will tell you that caps can be a highly complex affair. If you take a ...
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6:15 min TWO:19, Preform moulding, Blow Moulding & Coating
PDG Plastiques

PDG Plastiques: Turning Threats into Opportunities

It was in 1948 when the foundation stone was laid for a plastic production plant in ...
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Out of routine

6:80 min TWO:21
Offshore Sailing

Under Swiss Flag - Offshore sailing with kids aboard S/Y Yuana

As I write this article in late May 2021, it is just three years that we sighted the ...
3:40 min TWO:15, OUT OF ROUTINE, 

4,000 A day on Allalinhorn

It is 3.45 in the morning. The alarm is ringing. At last. Being at 3,000m (9,842ft), ...
4:35 min ONE:16, Markets and Management, …
ALPLA founder Alwin Lehner turns his vintage vehicle hobby into his new life’s work

Different machines, same passion

ALPLA founder Alwin Lehner turns his vintage vehicle hobby into his new life’s work.
3:47 min TWO:16, Regions, …
Out of routine

My Namibia

Often referred to as the land of contrasts, Namibia captivates visitors with its ...
1:45 min ONE:17, OUT OF ROUTINE
PET art

“From trash to treasure”

Where PET is concerned, lightweighting, production output, recyclate ratios and ...
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