3:30 min Staple fibers, fibers, filaments, Biobased Material
Fibre bottle

Carlsberg makes bio-based and fully recyclable bottles available to consumers in its largest ever trial

In its largest pilot to date, Carlsberg Group has revealed the trial of its new ...
2:30 min Staple fibers, fibers, filaments
Fibre-to-fibre recycling

New technology enables easier recycling of polyester by deploying carbon dioxide and separating dyes from fibre - Revolutionary dyeing process wins Circular Future Fund prize

A ground-breaking project to develop a new polyester dyeing technology has beaten more than 240 projects in a competition to win a share of the Circular Future Fund.
1:21 min Fiber, filament, woven, strapping, PET processing
New PET plants

thyssenkrupp to build three major polymer plants for SASA in Turkey

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer signed a contract to build three ...
1:28 min Fiber, filament, woven, strapping
Alternative rPET application

ŠKODA AUTO uses seat covers made from recycled PET bottles

ŠKODA AUTO consistently focuses on sustainability along the entire value chain ...
1:80 min Facts & Figures, Fiber, filament, woven, strapping, Extrusion lines
Recognition

CONSENT & Gneuss: Largest producer of PET Strapping in UAE receives Middle East Waste & Recycling Award

CONSENT, based in Dubai collects over 6.000 tonnes of PET bottles from waste sites ...
0:47 min Facts & Figures, Fiber lines
Shutdown

Closure of staple fiber operations at DAK Americas' Cooper River Site

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced its plan to close the Polyester Staple Fiber(PSF) manufacturing operations at its Cooper River Site, near Charleston, SC. The site will continue to produce PET Resins to serve the bottle and packaging markets on its newer capacity installed in 2003.
1:20 min Facts & Figures, Staple fibers, fibers, filaments
Acquisition

Indorama Ventures completes acquisition of Brazil’s Largest polyester fibers plant

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced the completion of its acquisition of M&G Fibras Brasil, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil. The Cabo plant manufactures and supplies Polyester Staple Fiber, with total polymerization capacity of ...
1:46 min Fiber, filament, woven, strapping, Recycling & Compounding, PET recycling systems, …
PET Recycling

GNEUSS and CONSENT Plastic: Innovative production of PET strapping tapes made of bottle flakes, without pre-drying or crystallisation

CONSENT Plastic, a company of the Arabian CONSENT GROUP which was founded in 1975, ...
1:55 min Fiber, filament, woven, strapping, Melt filtration, screen changer, PET recycling systems, …
PET strapping

CYKLOP® uses high-efficiency screen changer from Nordson to boost productivity and cut costs in extruding PET strapping tape

Nordson’s BKG® HiCon™ V-Type 3G screen changer reduces number of screen changes and ...
3:34 min Staple fibers, fibers, filaments, Fiber lines, …

A new playground for PET

Polyester is a widespread polymer: PES fibers have been used for decades in textile ...