4:00 min PET materials

Octal to add 500,000 tons per annum of PET capacity

Oman-based Octal Holding and Co. SAOC (www.octal.com) will add 500,000 metric tons per annum (tpa) of production capacity in PET resins by May 2010, making it one of the world's largest polyester producers with 800,000 metric tons of annual capacity.Octal chairman Saad Suhail Bahwan ...
5:45 min PET recycling systems

Erema celebrates 25 years of leading the way in plastics recycling

2008:   The 25th anniversary plant – an EREMA 1716 T-HP. With around 1,500 ...
3:40 min Bottle development and design

Isklar Norwegian Glacial Natural Mineral Water Launches in the UK

In April 2008, Isklar, a premium still Norwegian Glacial Natural Mineral Water will ...
1:50 min PET materials

SBC polymer Styrolux now also for blow molding

  Recent tests have demonstrated that Styrolux® 3G46, a highly ...
2:52 min PET recycling systems

Gneuss Melt Filtration: Economic and Efficient

Rotary Filtration Systems enable polymer manufacturers and processors to maintain ...
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 ...
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 ...
1:34 min Bottle development and design

New jars from RPC Containers Blackburn make a tempting choice

  RPC Containers Blackburn has introduced a new range of standard PET ...
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 ...
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 ...