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2025-06-25 1:14 min Biobased Material

Avantium and Hordijk sign Capacity Reservation Agreement for PEF in Packaging Applications

Avantium has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Royal Hordijk, a Dutch producer of sustainable plastic packaging solutions. Under this agreement, Hordijk has secured volumes of Avantium’s 100% plant-based and recyclable polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) from future ...

2025-06-09 1:14 min Fruit juices, Biobased Material

Partnership

Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices

Avantium N.V. has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Hoogesteger, a ...

2025-05-28 1:26 min Cosmetics & Medical, Enzymatic recycling, Biobased Material

Enzymatic recycling

CARBIOS signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders

CARBIOS has signed two multi-year commercial contracts for biorecycled PET from its Longlaville plant, with L'ORÉAL and L'Occitane en Provence, and has moved forward with the execution of this future plant’s strategy These initial commercial contracts confirm market demand for ...

Food grade PET

rPET pellets

Starlinger, Dentis: Italian PET recycler launches new food-grade rPET brand REPETER

Partnership

ALBA Group Asia and VietCycle to jointly develop the largest food-grade PET/HDPE plastic recycling plant in Vietnam

Investment

D&W Fine Pack implements 100% recycled plastic products manufacturing

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Colorants

Exhibition

Milliken colorant, additive and sustainability solutions on full display at Fakuma 2021

Additives

New ColorMatrix™ Lactra™ dairy protection additives from Avient feature low TiO₂ and inorganic content

Liquid Color

Safety and circular economy can go hand in hand

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Dosing systems

Preview

PiovanGroup at Fakuma 2024

Installation

SGT invests €3 million in new material central facility

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Biobased Material

Management

Avantium announces changes to its management

Review

Avantium's 2024 Full Year Results: Avantium advances towards commercial production and sale of PEF

Partnership

Avantium and Amcor Rigid Packaging partner to advance more sustainable packaging with plant-based polymer Releaf®

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PET processing

Installation

INEOS Aromatics reduces CO2 emissions and increases capacity with $70 million modernization of PTA facility in Merak, Indonesia

New PET plants

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

Launch

First PET container for Ritual Multivitamins made from 100% PCR

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Barrier materials

Recognition

BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™ recognized by The Association of Plastic Recyclers

PET barrier

Amcor introduces DairySeal™ featuring ClearCor™, a more sustainable packaging line for the ready-to-drink dairy market

PET/PEF Multilayer Recycling

EPBP gives 3-year endorsement to allow multilayer PET/PEF packaging in PET bottle recycling stream

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PET materials

PET marerials

Eight copolyester resins from Eastman receive RecyClass Approval

Collaboration

LanzaTech and Plastipak partner to produce world’s first PET resin made from waste carbon

Expansion

SCZONE is laying the cornerstone for the Indian factory Flex in Sokhna

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Additives

Avient unveils ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L: New shelf life extender oxygen scavenging additive for PET packaging

Acquisition

Chroma Color expands footprint with West Coast acquisition of Spectra Color

Colorant recycling

Utrecht University: New recycling techniques aim to give colorants a second life

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