1:58 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET Application

The R-PET Big Bag - A contribution to the careful use of resources and the prevention of marine pollution

Boxon converts PET bottles from Indonesia into new big bags. In this way, Boxon ...
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1:28 min Additives
New product range

Clariant Additive Masterbatch makes black plastic packaging ‘visible’ to sorting systems

New Clariant CESA®-IR additive masterbatches are now available to make dark-colored ...
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2:00 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET

Bottles made with 100 per cent rPET on the rise

Mineral water bottles can be made entirely of rPET, as demonstrated by Vöslauer. ...
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1:19 min Colorants, Additives
Additives

Near infrared masterbatch for recycling black and coloured plastics

Plastics' recycling in the EU has increased by almost 80 % since 2006*. During the ...
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0:58 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Additives
Additives

New black colorants: Polyone support circular economy, turn former waste into recyclable packaging

PolyOne launched a new portfolio of infrared- detectable black colorants for plastic ...
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1:50 min Colorants, PET materials
PET trays

Waitrose: Colour is the new black

Waitrose & Partners is launching coloured packaging made from recycled plastic ...
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0:49 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Additives
Investment

Lifocolor Masterbatches: New production plant in Lichtenfels, Germany

Thermoplastic masterbatch manufacturer, Lifocolor Farben GmbH & Co. KG is investing EUR 20 million in the expansion of its parent plant in Lichtenfels. Ground was broken in July 2019 and the planned construction schedule is 18 months.
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0:37 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
New PET plant

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt, in the Leipzig-region in Saxony, Germany. From recycled PET raw material PET granulate will be produced, which also can be used for food packaging.
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1:47 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET

Pact Group receive New Zealand Government funding to transition to 100% recycled rPET in its food packaging range

Pact Group announces with funding received from the Waste Minimisation Fund (WMF) it ...
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1:37 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET

EconCore Teams up with Ultrapolymers and DuFor for Recycled PET Honeycomb Development

EconCore, the leader in thermoplastic honeycomb core production technology, ...
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