0:58 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Additives
Additives

New black colorants: Polyone support circular economy, turn former waste into recyclable packaging

PolyOne launched a new portfolio of infrared- detectable black colorants for plastic ...
1:50 min Colorants, PET materials
PET trays

Waitrose: Colour is the new black

Waitrose & Partners is launching coloured packaging made from recycled plastic ...
0:49 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Additives
Investment

Lifocolor Masterbatches: New production plant in Lichtenfels, Germany

Thermoplastic masterbatch manufacturer, Lifocolor Farben GmbH & Co. KG is investing EUR 20 million in the expansion of its parent plant in Lichtenfels. Ground was broken in July 2019 and the planned construction schedule is 18 months.
0:37 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
New PET plant

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt

Morssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt, in the Leipzig-region in Saxony, Germany. From recycled PET raw material PET granulate will be produced, which also can be used for food packaging.
1:47 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET

Pact Group receive New Zealand Government funding to transition to 100% recycled rPET in its food packaging range

Pact Group announces with funding received from the Waste Minimisation Fund (WMF) it ...
1:37 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET

EconCore Teams up with Ultrapolymers and DuFor for Recycled PET Honeycomb Development

EconCore, the leader in thermoplastic honeycomb core production technology, ...
2:11 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials
rPET

VALVERT launches water bottle made of 100% recycled plastic…and still 100% recyclable

An important milestone that meets Nestlé’s innovative approach to tackling packaging ...
3:80 min Global themes, Sustainability & Circular Economy, Materials, Processing & Handling, …
Additives

Clariant Masterbatches initiative seeks to help make plastics packaging more sustainable

Offering solutions to modern challenges in packaging industry Four distinct ...
1:13 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Additives
Partnership

XG Sciences and Niagara Bottling Partner to drive Graphene enhanced PET innovations in the Food & Beverage Packaging Industry

XG Sciences, Inc. (XGS), a market leader in designing advanced materials using xGnP® graphene nanoplatelets, announced that it has entered into an Intellectual Property License, Joint Development and Commercialization Agreement with Niagara Bottling, LLC, a market leader in beverage ...
2:50 min Materials, Processing & Handling, PET materials, Recycling & Compounding, …
Recycled Resins

SABIC introduces LNP™ ELCRIN™ iQ upcycled compounds to extend useful life of PET bottles and help reduce plastic waste

SABIC today introduced its LNP™ ELCRIN™ iQ portfolio of polybutylene terephthalate ...