1:40 min Biobased Material
Collaboration

LVMH Beauty joins Avantium’s PEFerence consortium to develop sustainable packaging for Perfumes and Cosmetics

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that world luxury goods leader LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) and Avantium have agreed to further explore the potential of Avantium’s 100% plant-based, recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene ...
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1:20 min PET processing
Installation

INEOS Aromatics reduces CO2 emissions and increases capacity with $70 million modernization of PTA facility in Merak, Indonesia

Increases the site capacity by 15% from 500,000 tons to 575,000 tons per annum ...
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3:00 min Biobased Material
Emission reduction

Life Cycle Assessment shows: Avantium’s plantMEG™ cuts carbon footprint by up to 83% over fossil-based MEG

Avantium recently conducted a third party and critically reviewed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the environmental impacts of its plantMEG™ (monoethylene glycol), from its Ray Technology™. The LCA shows a greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction of up to 83% over the life cycle ...
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2:59 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Biobased Material
Data

Life Cycle Assessment study demonstrates the potential of Avantium’s FDCA and PEF technology to curb global warming

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, has published Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data for its bottles made from PEF (polyethylene furanoate): a plant-based, fully recyclable plastic material with superior performance. nova-Institut GmbH recently completed ...
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1:58 min Recycled plastics, Additives
Fund

Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University: Project could increase plastic bottles’ recycled content to 30% minimum

Scientists from Heriot-Watt University have been funded by Innovate UK to develop additives and processing methods that will drastically increase the recycled content of plastic bottles. This will help manufacturers meet the UK and EU requirements that all new PET bottles contain a ...
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1:21 min Fiber, filament, woven, strapping, PET processing
New PET plants

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to build three ...
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2:50 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Barrier materials
Partnership

Britvic: £1m packaging innovation partnership with deep tech company Xampla

Leading branded soft drinks business, Britvic is joining forces with University of ...
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1:41 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Biobased Material
Pilot plant

Anellotech and Trecora Resources subsdidary South Hampton Resources renew site host and services agreement for process development pilot plant

Anellotech and South Hampton Resources, Inc., a subsidiary of Trecora Resources, announced the renewal of their agreement for SHR to serve as site host and provide operations services for Anellotech’s TCat-8TM process development pilot plant, which is located inside of SHR’s Silsbee, ...
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0:46 min PET materials
rPET plastic inlet

PFF: A reduced plastic, fully recyclable, hybrid pack

PFF has added a new product to its range of food packaging. IMPAC-T is a fully recyclable hybrid pack. It comprises of a reduced weight 95mm rPET plastic inlet, and a printable card wrap that are easily separated for recycling. IMPAC-T can be used for all food applications, where ...
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0:59 min Barrier materials
Carbonated PET bottle

Ring Container Technologies’ new customizable PET solution maintains carbonation in beverages, energy drinks

Ring Container Technologies announced it has developed a customizable PET solution ...
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