Petainer brings all the benefits of PET to the food industry with the new petainerJar™
April 18, 2014
The new petainerJar can be supplied with short lead times either as a fully blown jar or as a PET wide mouth preform, ready to be blown by food manufacturers on their own premises as and when needed.
MicroGREEN recognized for improvements to performance and sustainability without raising costs
January 7, 2014
The Performance Innovation Award is for design innovations that improve product performance, and was awarded to the InCycle cup for its insulation and durability, and the vast increase in functional temperature range MicroGREEN’s proprietary technology gives to recycled PET.
Equipolymers’ “BISNEINEX” outperforms traditional PET and provides a practical alternative to PC
December 11, 2013
Equipolymers unveils its new BISNEINEX™ polyethylene terephthalate resin, an innovative Bisphenol-A free solution that is designed for large bottling applications including the home and office delivery water bottle market.
Anchor Packaging, Inc. announces the addition of a new series of 6” square RPET containers and lids to meet the market demand for small salads, sides, and reduced portions.
Packaging solutions manufacturer APPE’s ThermaLite pasteurisable PET jar is being used for a range of Marks & Spencer pickles supplied by food manufacturer G’s.
NAPCOR and APR report highest domestic RPET production and end use to date
November 7, 2013
The total volume of postconsumer PET bottles collected was the highest reported to date at 1.718 billion pounds, as were both the total amount of RPET produced by U.S. reclaimers, 930 million pounds, and the amount used across major end-use domestic market segments at 1.3 billion pounds.
App designed to help users determine package impact on recycling stream
October 24, 2013
PTI has developed the PET Packaging Recycling Calculator app so that users can see how the material, barrier, additive, closure, labels, etc. decisions they make can potentially impact the next generation of PET.
