The Starlinger recycling line installed at the company’s state-of-the-art facility located in Port Qasim, Karachi, has been successfully commissioned in March 2026. It constitutes a significant milestone in Ismail Resin’s strategic expansion into the production of high-quality, food-grade recycled PET (rPET). While Ismail Resin Pvt. Ltd. is a well-established producer of PET resin, this facility marks its first venture into PET bottle-to-bottle recycling.
“We selected Starlinger & Co GmbH as technology partner due to its globally proven expertise in food-grade PET recycling and strict compliance with international regulatory frameworks,” said Maqsood Ismail, Managing Director of Ismail Industries. “The key advantages of the Starlinger bottle-to-bottle recycling system are the FDA and EFSA-compliant technology, the superior and reliable decontamination efficiency, precise intrinsic viscosity control, and consistent production of high-quality rPET suitable for direct food-contact applications. This investment reinforces our commitment to delivering safe, sustainable, and circular packaging solutions to meet the evolving demands of local and global brand owners.”
The Starlinger recoSTAR PET 215 art bottle-to-bottle recycling system produces up to 3,000 kg of food-contact rPET per hour, which amounts to an annual production output of more than 24,000 tons. Ismail Resin is going to process post-consumer PET bottles collected primarily in the metropolitan regions of Karachi and Hyderabad. Pakistan’s recycling industry is mainly supported by a highly efficient informal sector comprising waste pickers, aggregators, and recyclers. It plays a vital role in ensuring high collection and recovery rates. Through the bottle-to-bottle recycling project, Ismail Resin aims to further strengthen this system by expanding collection coverage and enabling the recovery of approximately 40,000 tons of used PET bottles annually, thus contributing significantly to improve resource efficiency and environmental protection.
