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2025-11-18 3:10 min India, Two step blow moulding systems, Filling and aseptic, …

Expansion

KHS InnoPET TriBlock speeds up PET production at SLMG Beverages in India

Just in time for the start of the high season, soft drinks bottler SLMG Beverages ...

2025-11-14 2:32 min Food, America

Certification

SMX brings identity to American plastics as FDA-compliant molecular marking turns rPET into a certified commodity

For decades, plastics have moved through the world without an identity. They were manufactured, used, discarded, shredded, melted, and remade, but the material never carried a history. Once waste entered the recycling stream, its past vanished. And without origin, plastics could not ...

2025-11-12 1:13 min Facts & Figures, Europe

Report

Plastics Recyclers Europe : 2024 Data reveals a deepening crisis of the European plastics recycling industry

Europe’s plastics recycling industry is entering its sharpest decline — with turnover down 5.5% — putting at risk Europe’s circular economy, industrial resilience and thousands of local jobs. The latest annual report1 shows the largest capacity contraction ever recorded. Preliminary ...

India

Partnership

LNJ GreenPET and Sumitomo corporation sign MoU for strategic collaboration in r-PET sector

Joint Ventire

Ester Industries’ Joint Venture ELITe Acquires Strategic Land in Gujarat for India’s First Infinite Loop™ Manufacturing Facility

Joint Venture

Loop Industries’ India Joint Venture Reaches Agreement to Acquire Strategic Site in Gujarat, India, for Infinite Loop Manufacturing Facility

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Africa

Effort

PETCO: South Africa forges ahead with recycling, as global plastics treaty stalls

Investment in Recycling

Norfund invests in Mohinani Group to promote rPET in West Africa

Initiative

Ayuda en Acción, Indorama Ventures and IMG Group launch major recycling partnership to tackle waste crisis in Mali

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Middle East

Reverse Vending Machines

Majid Al Futtaim collaborates with Coca-Cola Middle East and Sparklo furthering its commitment to promoting circular communities

Expansion

thyssenkrupp Uhde signed a Letter of Intent together with KÖKSAN for the delivery of two polymer plants in Türkiye and Iraq

Management

Siegwerk expands its presence in the Middle East with new site in Dubai

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China

Localized sustainable innovation

Henkel launches RecycLab in China to pioneer a new packaging ecosystem

Commitment

Coca-Cola: First in Hong Kong in recycling plastic bottles to create new ones leveraging its own facilities

Installation

Sidel adds three high speed aseptic complete lines to CR Beverage to help expand its production of sensitive products and meet the growing market demand

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Europe

Certification

First in Europe: Swedish Plastic Recycling’s sorting facility certified

Expansion

Acquisition in Serbia: ALPLA strengthens its role as a system provider in South-East Europe

Review

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag reports positive conclusions from K 2025 and strategically realigns its trade fair presence across Europe

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Asia Pacific

Agreement

CARBIOS and Wankai New Materials are committed to the large-scale deployment of CARBIOS’ PET biorecycling technology in Asia

PEF

Avantium’s Releaf® receives CPBR approval for recycling in Japan

Financing for PET recycling

FENC: HSBC backs expansion of recycled PET production in Malaysia

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America

Partnership

SMX strikes U.S. partnership to deploy FDA-compliant molecular marking in rPET plastics

Alternative rPET application

EcoRecord® launches sustainable rPET LP production for US market

Expansion

Axium Packaging celebrates opening of new Brampton, Ontario plant

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