While this decline was spread across all three market sectors — light metal packaging, steel drums and similar containers, and other containers (of a capacity exceeding 300 litres — it was most substantial in the light metal ...
Tags: Metal Packaging, Falling Demand
South Africa-based paper and plastic packaging manufacturer and paper recycler Mpact has unveiled plans to commence a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant for about $33.03m (ZAR350m). The new plant is expected to process close ...
The New Zealand government has provided $4m ($3.3m) funds to Wellington-based plastics manufacturing company Flight Plastics to build a recycling facility that could turn plastic waste into food-safe packaging. Flight Plastics company ...
GIA has released a comprehensive global report on Polymeric Polyols markets. Global market for Polymeric Polyols is forecast to reach 33.1 billion pounds (lbs.) by 2020, driven by growing demand for polyurethane in the automobile, ...
Tags: Polyols, polyurethane, Decoration
Recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) producer Phoenix Technologies International has secured approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its manufacturing process, which is based on extra small particle size ...
Tags: Phoenix Technologies, EFSA, Packaging
UK-based manufacturer and retailer of premium frozen ready meals Cook has selected Danish food packaging firm Faerch Plast to supply its crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) trays in the country. Cook has been in association with ...
Tags: Cook, Faerch Plast, Packaging
Cook, a UK-based manufacturer and retailer of premium frozen ready meals, has selected food packaging firm Faerch Plast to supply its crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) trays in the country. Cook has been in association with ...
Polyethylene terephthalate producer DAK Americas will increase US resin prices 3 cents/lb in July because of rising raw material costs, a letter to customers obtained by Platts on Thursday showed. On Wednesday, fellow US producer Nan Ya ...
Global consumption of monoethylene glycol (MEG), an essential raw material for polyester fibres and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) polymer, is estimated to reach 31337 thousand tons by 2020, according to a new report. In 2013, worldwide ...
Tags: Textile
The FMCG giant, one of the UK’s biggest users of packaging, has released its latest sustainability update which said it used around 178,000 tonnes of packaging, including glass, aluminium and PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic, ...
Saudi Arabia's Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Company or Petro Rabigh's second phase expansion project has turned it into one of the strongest "volume growth stories" in the country's chemical industry, UK-based bank HSBC said in a ...
Tags: Petrochemical, Sumitomo Chemical
Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
Tags: Styrene, polystyrene
Plastic packaging manufacturer Petainer has extended its product portfolio with the launch of the new recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) jar, petainerJar for food industry. According to the company, the new jar with barrier ...
Tags: Plastic packaging, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
As part of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) routine testing of various food products, a survey released today found that all juice and bottled water tested for antimony were safe to consume. The CFIA tested 359 samples of ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bottled Water
Manufacturer and distributor of beverages Nestlé Waters Canada has launched its Perrier brand sparkling natural spring water in a new one liter polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle. The company's Perriern water is now ...
Tags: Pet Bottle, Nestle, Natural Spring Water