1:20 min Facts & Figures
Annual recycling survey

2017 Survey on European PET Recycle Industry - 58.2 % of PET bottles collected

Out of 3.308.300 tonnes of PET bottles placed in the European market in 2017, 58.2% - in total 1.923.100 tonnes (+2.9 % compared to 2016) - were collected. This conclusion comes from the Annual Survey on the European PET Recycle Industry, conducted by ICIS and commissioned by ...
1:90 min Management
Agreement

Loop Industries signs multi-year supply deal with Coca-Cola for 100% recycled PET

New agreement enables authorized Coca-Cola bottlers to enter into supply agreements to secure 100% sustainable Loop™ branded PET plastic resin.
1:11 min Management, Markets and Management
Management

Javier Constante will become new president of PlasticsEurope

Javier Constante, Commercial Vice President, Packaging and Specialty Plastics ...
1:20 min Markets and Management
Agreement

Nestlé Waters North America signs agreement with Recycled PET Supplier CarbonLITE

Nestlé Waters North America announced today that it has signed a significant agreement with recycled PET plastic (rPET) supplier CarbonLITE, and that CarbonLITE will expand its U.S. operations by building a third facility in the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania.
1:40 min Management, Markets and Management
Acquisition

Indorama Ventures buys 74% stake in Egyptian firm Medco Plast

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has completed the acquisition of 74% of the share capital of Medco Plast for Packing and Packaging Systems S.A.E. (Medco Plast) from Middle East Glass Manufacturing Co. S.A.E. (MEG) and the Samaha family. Following the acquisition, MEG ...
1:10 min Management, Markets and Management
Management

PolyOne hires Christopher Pederson as president, specialty engineered materials

PolyOne Corporation, a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced the hiring of Christopher L. Pederson as senior vice president, president of Specialty Engineered Materials.
2:17 min Markets and Management
Exhibition

KHS Corpoplast introduces the latest innovation in PET packaging at in-house exhibition

Around 150 participants gathered information about new and further developments in ...
0:34 min Management, Markets and Management
Acquisition

Krones strenghtens its PET capabilities

Krones, a leading manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions, has acquired MHT ...
4:20 min Markets and Management
New PET lines

Sidel’s two complete PET lines help Almarai benefit from booming juice market in Saudi Arabia

Almarai, the leading producer of liquid dairy and juice products in the Middle East, ...
1:52 min Management, Markets and Management
PET kegs

Petainer expands manufacturing footprint to Latin America and China

Petainer, the global leader in one-way kegs, is partnering with Great Leap Brewing in China to start manufacturing petainerKeg in 2019. This is in response to rapidly growing demand for draught beer in China and the suitability of one-way PET kegs in a country where logistics ...