3:16 min PET recycling systems
Buhler sets new trend in PET sorting technology
The removal of non-PET particles and coloured PET flakes delivers a high quality input material for subsequent recycling processes which in turn results in recycled bottles or films with better colour, fibres with less breakage, reduced product loss from melt filtration, longer ...
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0:44 min Additives
Ciba announces global price increases for pigments and additives for coatings
Ciba will increase prices across its pigment and additive product ranges for coatings applications. Price increases of 5%-20% will be applied immediately or as contracts allow.Siegfried Winkelbeiner, Global Head of Business Line Coatings at Ciba, explains: “In addition to our ongoing ...
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0:50 min Management
Silgan Holdings completes acquisition of White Cap closures business in Brazil
Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), a leading supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today, as part of its previously reported acquisition of Amcor Limited's White Cap closures business in Europe, Asia and South America, the completion of the delayed closing in ...
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5:59 min PET materials
Octal's new PET plastic plant to feature direct to sheet technology
DALLAS, LONDON and MUSCAT, Oman– Octal (www.octal.com) has revealed details of its direct to sheet (DTS) APET plastic manufacturing process which constitutes a significant departure from traditional manufacturing processes – both in terms of manufacturing efficiency and product ...
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1:38 min PET materials
La Seda de Barcelona will be recycling more than 10% of its annual PET production
The Executive Committee of LA SEDA DE BARCELONA, meeting today, has agreed to integrate the management of the Group’s recycling plants into a single company. The objective of this reorganization is to consolidate the integration process in which the company is involved, following the ...
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1:50 min Management
Eastman Sells PET, PTA Assets in Europe
Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced it has completed the sale of its European PET and PTA assets to Indorama. Included in the sale are Eastman’s PET facility and related businesses in the United Kingdom and its PET and PTA facilities and related businesses in the ...
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