1:16 min rPET & PET Flakes
rPET/PET capacity

Klӧckner Pentaplast adds rPET/PET capacity to Beaver site to further grow sustainable healthcare and food packaging market in North America

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has chosen its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia for its multi-million dollar production expansion, adding post-consumer recycled content (PCR) PET capacity in ...
2:70 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Biobased Material
Construction

Avantium reaches Financial Close for its FDCA Flagship Plant

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has reached Financial Close for the construction of its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.
2:37 min Facts & Figures, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Sorting and collection
Outlook

TOMRA marks 50th anniversary, highlights urgent need to accelerate circular economy

TOMRA, the global provider of advanced collection and sorting systems, announced a ...
1:26 min Caps & Closures
PCR for Closures

Closures: Aptar and PureCycle achieve testing milestone with Ultra-Pure recycled plastic

AptarGroup, Inc. is pleased to announce its progress in testing and ...
2:49 min Bottle development and design
rPET for body care packaging

Berry Global partners with Koa to launch body care bottle and closure made from recycled plastic

Berry Global Group has partnered with Koa to launch Body Cleanser & Body ...
0:47 min Sorting and collection
Recycling

Digimarc Digital Watermarks proven to achieve more accurate sorting of packaging waste

Digimarc Corporation joins AIM – European Brands Association in announcing a significant milestone in the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0.
7:31 min Biobased Material, Barrier materials, ONE:22
comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Barrier

PEF as a barrier layer: does it influence the bottle blowing process?

The stretching behavior of PET is well known at converters and brand-owners, leading ...
6:56 min Biobased Material, Sheets & Films
comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Antiblock masterbatch for oriented PEF films

Partnership between Avantium and Sukano opens door for industrial application of PEF in flexible packaging

PEF has proven to be a resin of high value and performance in barrier films for ...
5:40 min Digitization, Closure measuring and inspection, ONE:22
comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Inspection and Digitalization

Aachen's innovative spirit around closures - How INTRAVIS is reinventing the closure inspection system

When talking about INTRAVIS’ innovations in 2022, it is helpful to look back into ...
1:58 min Biobased Material
Biomass PET

Braskem and Sojitz Corporation join hands to bring renewable MEG technology to the market

The companies have created a joint venture, which will become the global leader in the bioMEG market. Once technology development is concluded, the project foresee the construction of three industrial plants in the first stage.