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Following nine record years, global crisis puts Krones in the red
The year 2009 was dominated by the global economic crisis. As a consequence, the 2009 business year was for Krones AG, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, probably the most difficult in the company’s 59 years of existence. Demand in the packaging ...
1:51 min
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Bioplastic industry defies economic crisis
“Coca-Cola does it, Frito-lay does it and so too do Samsung and Hyundai.” This is how Andy Sweetman, Chairman of the European Bioplastics! Board summarises the fact that an increasing number of renowned brand owners are turning to bioplastics to enhance their products! image. While ...
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New study: Global demand for bioplastics to reach& 900,000 metric tons in 2013
World Bioplastics (published 11/2009, 272 pages) is available for $5,800 from The Freedonia Group, Inc., 767 Beta Drive, Cleveland, OH 44143-2326. © 2009 by The Freedonia Group, Inc.Global demand for bioplastics, plastic resins that are biodegradable or derived from plant-based ...
3:43 min
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2008 Recycling Rate Report: NAPCOR and APR report highest PET recycling rate since 1997
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), and the PET Resin Association (PETRA) announced today the release of the “2008 Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity” and a 2008 Polyethylene ...
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Petcore publishes PET collection figures for 20081 - European PET bottle collection increases by more than 11%
Petcore announced today that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.26m tonnes in 2008, an increase of more than 11% on 2007. The overall collection rate in 2008 rose by nearly 5%, from over 41% to 46%, of all PET bottles on the market. The overall share of fibres as an end ...
7:43 min
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Strong drinktec boosts confidence and investment
Top decision-makers from all over the world – a full turn-out Around 60,000 trade visitors from 170 countries Proportion of international visitors rises to 55 percent Exhibitors: Life is coming back to the sectordrinktec 2009 has gathered together the top decision-makers in the ...
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Position paper on so-called oxo-biodegradable plastics launched
European Bioplastics today published a position paper distancing itself from the so-called oxo-biodegradable” industry. The paper sheds some light on the technology behind the so-called oxo-biodegradable industry, its failure to live up to international established and acknowledged ...
