Petcore announced today that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.26m tonnes in 2008, an increase of more than 11% on 2007. The overall collection rate in 2008 rose by nearly 5%, from over 41% to 46%, of all PET bottles on the market. The overall share of fibres as an end ...

Top decision-makers from all over the world – a full turn-out Around 60,000 trade visitors from 170 countries Proportion of international visitors rises to 55 percent Exhibitors: Life is coming back to the sectordrinktec 2009 has gathered together the top decision-makers in the ...

European Bioplastics today published a position paper distancing itself from the so-called oxo-biodegradable” industry. The paper sheds some light on the technology behind the so-called oxo-biodegradable industry, its failure to live up to international established and acknowledged ...

Uhde Inventa-Fischer has entered into a contract with the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) to provide the technology license and the complete basic engineering of the 2nd PET Resin expansion of its manufacturing affiliate, Arabian Industrial Fiber Company (Ibn Rushd) at its ...

  The company’s 16-ounce bottle has won the beverage category of the ...

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG) confirmed that it received an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from PepsiCo, Inc. to acquire all the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock not owned by PepsiCo for $29.50 per share. PBG said that its Board of Directors will ...

Combination would create a fully-integrated supply chain and go-to-market business model positioned to accelerate revenue growth Synergies are estimated to be more than $200 million per year before taxes Transaction is expected to be accretive to PepsiCo ...

NatureWorks LLC is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with Ashland Distribution to distribute NatureWorks’ products in North America. This agreement signals NatureWorks’ long-term commitment to broadening the supply of Ingeo™ biopolymer to North American plastics ...

Sara Lee Corp. (NYSE: SLE) today announced the opening of its new North American innovation campus, The Kitchens of Sara Lee. The 120,000- square-foot research and development center of excellence is located at the company’s headquarters in Downers Grove, Ill.The Kitchens of Sara ...

World Caps & Closures (published 03/2009, 350 pages) is available for $5,800 from The Freedonia Group, Inc., 767 Beta Drive, Cleveland, OH 44143-2326. For further details, please contact Corinne Gangloff by phone 440.684.9600, fax 440.646.0484 or e-mail pr@freedoniagroup.com. ...