PET

Sidel introduces Returnable PET - Still Water, its latest purpose-built returnable PET bottle developed specifically for the still water market. With beverage producers and retailers actively seeking innovative solutions to reduce waste and promote circularity in this high-volume category...

Indorama Ventures, a global sustainable chemical company, and AMB, one of Europe’s leading packaging solutions providers, have unveiled a next-generation PET multilayer tray designed for recycling. Helping to meet the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and accelerate true...

Although Sidel’s EvoBlow Laser blow moulding machine was launched globally only a few months ago, it has in fact already been operating for more than a year at Refresco’s Bruchsal plant (Germany), delivering a high level of efficiency in PET bottle production. When Refresco sought to lightweight their 1.5 litre PET bottle...

One of Nigeria's leading post-consumer PET recyclers, Polysmart Packaging, has announced a 60 million dollars expansion plan to build the largest plastic recycling facility in Nigeria, which is expected to become operational in two phases by July 2026. This represents an unprecedented investment for...

Petcore Europe’s Annual Conference 2026 is taking place in Rome next month from 5-6 February, under the theme “The PET value chain vs. full circularity.” Now in its 22nd edition, the conference is a key feature in the PET industry calendar gathering players from right across the PET value chain...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor) released its 2024 PET Recycling Report, the 30th annual analysis of PET plastic recycling activity, providing a comprehensive look at PET bottle collection, recycling system performance, and end-market dynamics in the United States and Canada...

The ReNova ChemPET project for PET chemical recycling developed jointly by Saipem and Garbo based on their ChemPET technology has been selected by the European Commission to receive 15.5 million euros in funding under the 2024 EU Innovation Fund call, dedicated to...

After the excellent results of its first installation in Myanmar, Circular Plastics Company (CPC) has once again chosen Italian technology from Sorema, Previero division dedicated to the global supply of plastic recycling plants. The result is the new line in operation in Vietnam, a...

Sidel's new EvoBLOW Laser technology has been developed for blow moulding lightweight containers in virgin and recycled PET for food and beverages, guaranteeing efficiency, quality, simplicity and sustainability. The new laser solution enables manufacturers to overcome the...

A new product line from Thermapet is being developed at OMG, an Italian company specialising in the construction of thermoforming machines based in Givoletto (Turin). The two companies are collaborating on the development of PET containers capable of withstanding use in...

The conference “Circularity of PET thermoforms: how to improve the collection and sorting of PET thermoforms?”, organised by the thermoforming working group of Petcore Europe, is scheduled to take place in Dijon and Beaune on 27 and 28 May. The European PET association, through...

In addition to the one in Las Vegas, Nevada, which will be commissioned in 2023, Stadler also built Republic Services' new Polymer Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. The plant, which strengthens Republic Services’ vertically integrated plastics recycling operations, is designed to process pre-sorted plastics collected...

Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) ha emanato nuove linee guida per la progettazione in funzione del riciclo di vaschette multistrato in PET, che vanno ad aggiungersi a quelle già previste per i vassoi monostrato in PET. L’iniziativa è in linea con il lavoro che il team Thermoform sta...

Amut has recently completed the commissioning of the second of three turnkey plants for the SMI Group in Bogotá, Colombia. SMI, active in the food and beverage industry, now benefits from a plant with a production capacity of 3,000 kg per hour of recycled material from post-consumer PET bottles. The facility...

Union has recently completed the commissioning of a Foam R-PET line in Asia for the extrusion of expanded sheets used in automotive interior composite panels. The project involves the use of two tandem-configured extruders, enabling high production rates with densities ranging from...

StarLite-R Nitro - Sidel’s latest distinctive high-resistance bottle base for still nitrogen-dosed products in 100% rPET bottles - offers manufacturers of nitrogen-dosed still beverages and edible oils increased creative scope, greater sustainable manufacturing, and proven performance...

The ninth edition of the “Injection, Blow Moulding & PET international” summit, organised by ElitePlus++, will take place in Mumbai on 26 and 27 June. With approximately 60 speakers from around the world, the event will provide an opportunity to discuss and update on the latest innovations...

Petcore Europe Thermoforming Conference 2024, scheduled to take place in Granada (Spain) on 25 and 26 June, will be dedicated to the circularity of PET thermoformed packaging. The objective of this event is to promote thermoforms collection and recycling and specifically tray to tray circularity...

Icis, a global source of commodity intelligence, together with Plastics Recyclers Europe, Petcore Europe, Unesda Soft Drink Europe and Natural Mineral Waters Europe, launched the “State of Play 2024” study, offering a detailed examination of the PET market in Europe in 2022. The comprehensive study includes...

Ganesha Ecopet, a division of the largest Indian PET recycler, Ganesha Group, entrusted Sorema, the division of Previero Srl specialized in the construction of plastic recycling plants, with the realization of a PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant in India. It is a pioneering project, the first of its kind in the...