Packaging products manufacturer Starlinger has inaugurated the new headquarters of its recycling technology division in Austria. Located in Weissenbach, Lower Austria, the new facility will take over Starlinger’s recycling ...
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A study carried out by denkstatt on behalf of Austrian converter Alpla has revealed that recycled PET (rPET) results in a much higher carbon dioxide saving than assumed earlier. The tests were undertaken using rPET from Alpla's subsidiary ...
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Sport closure specialist Aptar has introduces new 30/25mm sport closure, expanding its most famous range. The purity of transparency combined with the convenience of a flip top is what made our Original family successful with over a ...
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Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has worked with Viridor and plastics recycling company PET UK on a project to reprocess PET liner waste from the product packaging for its Smartwater bottled water range. CCEP worked with packaging ...
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Holland Colours once again increases the cost-effectiveness of monolayer dairy PET packaging with third-generation Holcomer UHT light blocker. Holland Colours is proud to announce the introduction of the next generation of our advanced ...
The labels division of Austria-based Constantia Flexibles has developed a pressure-sensitive label for PET bottles, SpearRC. The new cost-effective recycling solution includes clear, white and metalized film material options and is ...
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Linpac’s 16 plants throughout the world are about to get an Australian sibling. The UK packaging company is investing $22 million in its first Australian manufacturing headquarters, at Truganina, in Melbourne’s west. ...
PET to PET recycling Austria has invested about 2.3m on the upgrade of its Austrian plant based in Müllendorf to meet the increasing processing demand. A bottle-to-bottle PET recycling operation, the company is backed by Coca-Cola ...
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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 ...
Plastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 161 million pounds in 2012, edging up 6.2 percent, to reach nearly 2.8 billion pounds for the year, according to figures released jointly today by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic ...
The National Assn. for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Assn. of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR) have announced the release of the "Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity in 2012," which cites a 2012 U.S. ...
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While the flexibility and durability of plastic PET bottles have made them popular with manufacturers and consumers, recycling these bottles has proven to be a challenge. PET bottles typically require dense shrink sleeve labels that often ...
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At the PETpoint 2013 trade fair that will be held in Munich from 16 to 20 September 2013, S+S Separation and Sorting Technology GmbH in hall B3, stand 302, presents an extensive product portfolio: Sorting systems for the recycling of used ...
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PET is the largest plastic material recycled in Europe, with the equivalent of more than 60 billion bottles recycled in 2012. PETCORE EUROPE Chairman Roberto Bertaggia says: "Despite the poor economic situation in the European region, the ...
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Belgium-based trade body Plastics Recyclers Europe has called for a joint initiative to establish a separate recycling stream for thermoformed PET trays. According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, PET trays are valuable recyclable products ...
Tags: Plastics Recyclers, Packaging, Printing