The recycling of rigid plastics, excluding bottles, climbed 13 percent in 2011 to reach at least 934 million pounds for the year, and U.S. consumers with local access to recycle all non-bottle rigid plastics shot from 40 percent to 57 ...
Tags: rigid plastics, bottles, containers
A trio of toy companies are on the hunt for distribution partners to help get their products in more stores. UK-based Rainbow Colours, which uses coloured guitar strings, books and more to teach kids how to learn an instrument in a fun ...
Tags: Toy newcomers, toy companies, toy
Nationwide Retirement Solutions has introduced a new, flexible public sector retirement plan offering to answer requirements of small case plan sponsors. Designed to address employees' unique retirement savings requirements, the new ...
The recycled-PET(rPET) joint venture between Coca-Cola (CCE) and ECO Plastics, Continuum Recycling has sorted a quarter of a billion bottles within nine months from its start up. The 15m facility, which now processes more than 50% of the ...
The landmark comes nine months after the 15m facility was opened by former waste minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach. Continuum is now reported to be responsible for processing more than half of the UK's bottle-grade rPET and has helped ...
Tags: Coke, PET recycling, plastic bottles
Brussels published its Green Paper entitled European strategy on plastic waste in the environment, last week (7 March). It poses the question ‘What shall we do about plastic waste?’ Speaking at a PET conference in Amsterdam ...
Tags: Green Paper, plastic waste, BPF
Leading technical textile and nonwovens companies from around the world will showcase the latest products and advanced technologies in textiles, nonwovens and materials during Techtextil North America 2013 this month in Anaheim, California. ...
Global dairy company Arla Foods has selected Bericap closures for its Cravendale White Milk PET bottles. The new DoubleSeal 33/12 is equipped with a folded tamper evidence band for safe breaking. The DoubleSeal DS 33/12 is also equipped ...
Tags: PET milk bottles, Arla Foods, sealing lip
ThermoPod has announced the availability of free size customization of super insulated ThermoPod envelopes as well as ThermoKeeper thermal protective packaging liners. Accordiing to the company, the products have been designed especially ...
Tags: ThermoPods, packaging products, packaging
Mergers and acquisitions advisor in the US Generational Equity has announced the acquisition of the assets of Packaging Solutions in Johnsonville, South Carolina, US by Sunbelt Packaging for an undisclosed value. Generational Equity ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,9 commodities increased in prices, 31 fell and 60 remained unchanged on 15/03/2013.The largest rises were Nickel (1.05%),Chloroform (0.74%),Toluene (0.62%),while the ...
Krones, A&D Australasia, BASF and Festo are just four of the 270 companies who will be exhibiting at AUSPACK PLUS 2013. Krones Pacific will be showcasing the KSB 6R series on stand 616. The KSB 6R series are PET blow-moulding machines ...
Tags: Krones, A&D Australasia, Electrical
The Pearl servo-driven flow-wrapper and the ZC1 combined weigher-bagger will be highlighted at the show. “Both machines have been developed to meet the need for inexpensive systems that nevertheless offer a high degree of ...
Tags: flow wrapper, bagging machine, Packaging
Uncertainty over feedstock prices is putting a block on upward momentum in the European polyethylene terephthalate market, market sources said. Prices have been marching upwards recently as producers pushed through higher feedstock prices ...
Hambana Petrochemicals has announced plans to set up a $137.39m bottle grade polyethylene terepthalate (PET) packaging resin plant in the investment zone adjacent to Chinese-funded port in Sri Lanka. The company, which is promoted by ...
Tags: Hambana Petrochemicals, PET resin plant, packaging resin plant