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2025-07-04 1:21 min Biobased Material

European Bioplastics relocates to Brussels and welcomes New Secretary General

European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the interests of the bioplastics industry in Europe, has officially relocated its main operations to Brussels. The move reinforces the organisation’s commitment to advocacy and engagement with EU institutions, as well as ...
2025-07-04 0:56 min Biobased Material
Implementation

Implementation of Japan’s “Positive List” Confirms FDCA Approval for Food-Contact Use

Avantium is pleased to share that Japan has fully implemented its Positive List system for food contact plastics as of 1 June 2025. This list, part of the Food Sanitation Law, includes FDCA (2,5-furandicarboxylic acid) as an approved monomer.
2025-06-30 1:13 min Biobased Material
Recognition

RecyClass validates Avantium’s PET/PEF bottle as fully recyclable in PET stream

Avantium announces that its innovative PET/PEF multilayer bottle has been recognized as fully compatible with the PET recycling stream following an evaluation by RecyClass, the European non-profit initiative dedicated to advancing plastics circularity.  
Food grade PET
Starlinger, Dentis: Italian PET recycler launches new food-grade rPET brand REPETER
rPET pellets
Starlinger, Dentis: Italian PET recycler launches new food-grade rPET brand REPETER

With two Starlinger recoSTAR PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines, Piedmont-based ...

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

ALBA Group Asia and VietCycle, a waste collection and plastic recycling company, ...

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

D&W Fine Pack has announced the implementation of a multimillion-dollar ...

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

As an exhibitor at Fakuma 2021, Milliken will be showcasing its portfolio, and ...

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

Avient announced the launch of ColorMatrix™ Lactra™ Four, One, and Zero additives. ...

Safety and circular economy can go hand in hand
Liquid Color
Safety and circular economy can go hand in hand

Today even more than a couple of years ago, if we talk of safety, plastics and ...

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Dosing systems
PiovanGroup at Fakuma 2024
Preview
PiovanGroup at Fakuma 2024

The PiovanGroup with its brands Piovan, Pelletron, Piovan Fdm and Thermal Care will ...

SGT invests €3 million in new material central facility
Installation
SGT invests €3 million in new material central facility

The Société Générale des Techniques (SGT) has just completed the installation of a ...

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

Avantium has signed a capacity reservation agreement with Royal Hordijk, a Dutch ...

Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices
Partnership
Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices

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

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

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

Increases the site capacity by 15% from 500,000 tons to 575,000 tons per annum ...

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey
New PET plants
thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to build three ...

First PET container for Ritual Multivitamins made from 100% PCR
Launch
First PET container for Ritual Multivitamins made from 100% PCR

Amcor is leading the way in the multivitamin category with the development and ...

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Barrier materials
BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™ recognized by The Association of Plastic Recyclers
Recognition
BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™ recognized by The Association of Plastic Recyclers

Ring Container Technologies announced BarrierGuard® OxygenSmart™, a technology ...

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

Amcor Rigid Packaging (ARP) introduces the DairySeal™ line of packaging that ...

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

Avantium N.V. announces that the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP)1 has awarded an ...

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PET materials
Eight copolyester resins from Eastman receive RecyClass Approval
PET marerials
Eight copolyester resins from Eastman receive RecyClass Approval

Eastman received RecyClass Recyclability Approvals for eight copolyester resins and ...

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

LanzaTech Global and Plastipak Packaging announce they have successfully produced ...

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

Mr. Waleid Gamal El-Dien, Chairman of the General Authority for the Suez Canal ...

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

Avient Corporation announces the launch of ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L, an advanced ...

Chroma Color expands footprint with West Coast acquisition of Spectra Color
Acquisition
Chroma Color expands footprint with West Coast acquisition of Spectra Color

Chroma Color Corporation continues to grow its manufacturing footprint along with ...

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

Over the next five years, Bert Weckhuysen will investigate how colorants from ...

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