2022-07-05 3:35 min Sustainability & Circular Economy

Sustainability

Committing to end plastic pollution, U.S. and European Commission join Clean Seas Campaign

The United States of America and the European Commission have officially joined the ...

Drinktec 2022 Preview

Drinktec Preview: Sidel envisions the future of packaging

Sidel is inviting customers to meet its experts at Munich’s drinktec 2022 to discuss ...

Appointment

Britvic: CIO Sudeep Shetty appointed to Executive in new Chief Information and Transformation Officer role

Britvic expands Executive team with new CITO role Sudeep Shetty, previously Group ...

Corporate Responsibility Report

Keurig Dr Pepper outlines strong progress toward ambitious corporate responsibility commitments

Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. announced the release of its 2021 Drink Well. Do Good. Corporate Responsibility Report. The annual report showcases the Company's achievements across a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics and highlights progress against its corporate ...

2022-07-01 2:17 min Sustainability & Circular Economy

Legislation

New California law requires all packaging to be recyclable or compostable, significantly cutting plastics use

Legislation strengthens state’s recycling system and shifts burden of plastic waste from Californians to the plastics and packaging industry.

2022-06-30 1:35 min Additives

Additives

Avient debuts next-generation solutions to facilitate use of recycled plastics in packaging applications

Avient Corporation introduced its breakthrough PCR Color Prediction Service for ...

2022-06-30 1:17 min rPET & PET Flakes

Joint venture

Circularix and Macquarie Group to build and operate PET recycling plants across U.S.

HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group's Commodities and Global Markets group (Macquarie) have formed a joint venture to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET).

2022-06-29 0:59 min Bottle development and design

Reduction

VALSER introduces labelfree bottles

VALSER becomes the first swiss mineral water brand to dispense with labels. This ...

2022-06-29 2:16 min rPET & PET Flakes

Transition

SBF GB&I to achieve 100% rPET across on-the-go 500ml bottles

The makers of iconic British drinks brands Ribena and Lucozade, has confirmed that ...

2022-06-29 2:40 min Sustainability & Circular Economy

Ban

India: Ban on identified single use plastic items from 1st July 2022

National and State level control rooms to be set up for checking illegal manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of banned single use plastic items Success of the ban possible only through effective engagement and concerted actions by all stakeholders Public ...

2022-06-29 2:33 min Labels and sleeves

Drinktec 2022 Preview

CCL Label at Drinktec 2022: Labels for megatrends Sustainability, Digitalization and Premiumization

Focus on product portfolio for the circular economy of packaging and recycling Digitalization: Showcasing intelligent label solutions and connected packaging Label and Sleeve solutions for the premiumization trend in the wine&spirits market

2022-06-29 2:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy

DRS

TOMRA: Romania prepares for deposit return system

Romania is on a rapidly approaching deadline to launch its deposit return system in October 2022 (in accordance with Government Decision 1074/2021), to align with the targets of the European Union’s Single-Use Plastics Directive and to tackle beverage container ...

2022-06-28 1:44 min Sustainability & Circular Economy

Award for multilayer PET plastic recycling

REPETCO receives the Retina ECO award to the SME in innovation and sustainability

The event was presided over by H.M. The Queen of Spain. Retina ECO awarded the technology developed by REPETCO for the recycling of food multilayer PET plastics.

Global Themes

Sustainability & Circular Economy

Support

Amcor Lift-Off initiative shortlists start-ups for seed funding

Drinktec 2022 Preview

SMI - New EBS KL ERGON: efficiency and sustainability in a small space

Emission reduction

Sidel moves faster towards meeting international sustainability targets

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Digitization

Digital watermark

Validation of second prototype machine takes HolyGrail 2.0 one step closer to industrial scale

Digital watermarks

The Circular Plastic Taskforce partners with Digimarc Corporation to launch pilot to optimize sortation of flexible packaging in Canada, a North American first

Digitization

PETCO's digital recording pilot ''Project Up'' is using blockchain technology to increase South Africa's recycling ambitions

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Climate protection

Achievement

Petainer announces Lidköping Factory as Carbon Neutral

Transition

Coveris Pirttó switches to 100 renewable energy

Certification

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announces its third carbon neutral manufacturing site in Chaudfontaine, Belgium

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Markets & Management

Applications & Operations

Cosmetic Packaging for the Circle

Unique value chain collaboration “Design4Circularity” achieves first circular cosmetics packaging concept

Partnership

Origin Materials and LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton form strategic partnership to bring carbon negative materials to perfumes and cosmetics industry

New production plant

SMI solutions for KOBI water

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Management

Acquisition

Ara Partners acquires Petainer investment to support growth of leading sustainable packaging company

Rebrand

New name and logo for PET producers’ European Trade Association

Growth

Establishment of the worldwide NETSTAL organization continues to progress

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Facts & Figures

Sales growth

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: Highest turnover in the company’s history

Review

SACMI GROUP revenues in 2021 hit a record of over 1.53 billion euro

Rebranding

British Plastics Federation launches new logo

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PET Technologies

Advertorial

Materials, Processing & Handling

Fibre bottle

Avantium and Carlsberg sign offtake agreement on PEF

Fibre bottle

Carlsberg makes bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in its largest ever trial

Additives

Gabriel-Chemie presents the latest trend colours in the world of plastics: COLOUR VISION N°22

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Recycling & Compounding

Switch

Henkel: Pril bottles now made from 100% rPET

De-dusting and rPET quality

Pelletron's de-dusting system solves problems with gels in rPET films - case study

Closed-loop economy

Strategic partnership delivers best practice example of a closed recycling loop for PET-based multilayer

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Preform moulding

K 2022 Preview

ENGEL at K 2022: Processing rPET in thin wall injection moulding

PET preforms

SIPA: Keeping a close eye on operating expenses

Cooling

Optimized cooling systems on SIPA preform tooling cut customer costs, enhance sustainability

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Blow Moulding & Coating

Product development

ALPLA opens innovative design center STUDIOa in Hard

rPET bottle

Eco-bottle targets wine industry’s carbon hotspot

Sustainable design

Start-up launches ''The Honest Bottle'' made from 100% rPET

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Caps & Closure Technology

K 2022 Preview

NETSTAL at K 2022: Injection molding technology at the highest level - fast, precise, well-connected

Tethered Caps

Consumer survey shows: users are impressed by the handling, hygiene and quality of BERICAP ClipAside Tethered Caps

Exhibition

Versatile, green, automated: the full SACMI range to be showcased at Djazagro 2022

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Filling & Bottling

Lightweight hot-fill packaging

Amcor presents new lightweighting technology for hot-fill beverages: PowerPost™

Filling

KHS develops modular PET filler platform

New aseptic line

Strengthening the partnership: Sidel supported Bickford’s Australia with rapid remote line conversion and maintenance on their Aseptic line

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Bottle & Cap Decoration

Expansion

Henkel opens new adhesives plant in Mexico

Recyclability & Circularity

Siegwerk's deinking primer technologies for labels and sleeves improve packaging recyclability and foster circularity

Sustainable labels

UPM Raflatac launches the world’s first certified label material to fight ocean bound plastic pollution

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Conveying & Transportation

Shrink film

PepsiCo Germany launches sustainable shrink film pilot

Palletizing

SMI presents new palletizer at Anuga FoodTech 2022

Wrap-around packaging system

Grisi Hermanos chooses the LWP 30 ERGON case packer by SMI

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Analysis & Inspection Devices

comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Inspection and Digitalization

rPET and Preform Inspection in the Blowmolder - Understanding the Key Considerations, Benefits and Value

comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Blowing Process

Overcoming Process Issues in the Self-manufacturing Environment - More than the eye can see; a study of diagnostics and optimization of a CSD production line

comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Inspection and Digitalization

Aachen's innovative spirit around closures - How INTRAVIS is reinventing the closure inspection system

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PET films and trays

Food packaging films

VTT develops transparent cellulose film to replace traditional plastic in food packaging

PET tray

TekniPlex Consumer Products launches new sustainable PET processor tray line with premium esthetics & packaging efficiencies

Film recycling

Minnesota-based initiative launches circular economy for flexible films

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Fiber, filament, woven, strapping

Fibre-to-fibre recycling

New technology enables easier recycling of polyester by deploying carbon dioxide and separating dyes from fibre - Revolutionary dyeing process wins Circular Future Fund prize

New PET plants

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

Alternative rPET application

ŠKODA AUTO uses seat covers made from recycled PET bottles

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Collection rates

Over 2 billion plastic bottles recovered for recycling in SA

rPET

McCormick® introduces 100% recycled plastic food color bottle from Berry Global

Tethered Caps

ALPLA on tethered caps: Challenges ahead for the beverage industry

Sustainability

Committing to end plastic pollution, U.S. and European Commission join Clean Seas Campaign

Drinktec 2022 Preview

Drinktec Preview: Sidel envisions the future of packaging

Appointment

Britvic: CIO Sudeep Shetty appointed to Executive in new Chief Information and Transformation Officer role

Corporate Responsibility Report

Keurig Dr Pepper outlines strong progress toward ambitious corporate responsibility commitments

Legislation

New California law requires all packaging to be recyclable or compostable, significantly cutting plastics use

Additives

Avient debuts next-generation solutions to facilitate use of recycled plastics in packaging applications

Joint venture

Circularix and Macquarie Group to build and operate PET recycling plants across U.S.

Reduction

VALSER introduces labelfree bottles

Transition

SBF GB&I to achieve 100% rPET across on-the-go 500ml bottles

Ban

India: Ban on identified single use plastic items from 1st July 2022

Drinktec 2022 Preview

CCL Label at Drinktec 2022: Labels for megatrends Sustainability, Digitalization and Premiumization

DRS

TOMRA: Romania prepares for deposit return system

Award for multilayer PET plastic recycling

REPETCO receives the Retina ECO award to the SME in innovation and sustainability

Global Themes

Markets & Management

PET Technologies