We are delighted to announce that Husky and Avery Dennison have joined Petcore Europe.

About Husky

Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. is a leading supplier of injection molding equipment and services to the plastics industry. We design, manufacture and integrate the industry’s most comprehensive range of injection molding equipment, including machines, molds, hot runners, auxiliaries and integrated systems. Our value‐added services include preform development, factory planning, customer training, systems integration and complete asset management.

With over 1.8 million tonnes of collected and recycled PET bottles, the 2015 European PET collection and recycling volumes have increased by 5% compared to 2014. This means that nearly 59% of all bottles placed in the European market have been collected for recycling in 2015, outlining an increase of 2% points compared to the 2014 collection rate.

These conclusions come from the annual PCI Wood Mackenzie report on post-consumer PET collection and recycling in Europe, which has been recently published.

PLASTICS RECYCLING SHOW EUROPE IS CANCELLED DUE TO SERIOUS EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE IN BRUSSELS ON MARCH 22ND, THE ORGANISERS OF THE PRSE SHOW HAVE HAD NO OTHER OPTION BUT TO CANCEL THE SHOW.THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR EXHIBITORS, VISITORS, STAFF AND SUPPLIERS REMAINS OUR ABSOLUTE PRIORITY.

The demand for PET and other polymers in fresh food rigid packaging is growing fast. Mono-layer trays for e.g. packing fresh fruits and vegetables, and multi-layer sealed trays with lids as seen for fresh meat or food preparations are providing the best packaging assets for the packing, distribution, shelf displays, consumer handling and food conservation at home. But what happens to these thermoformed packaging when they have been used and tossed into the bin?

Petcore Europe article on thermoforms_April 2016.pdf 

Our association membership is growing and we are delighted to welcone two new members: Eco-Emballages and NGR Recycling Machines.

Eco-Emballages pilots the French scheme to sort and recycle household packaging waste set up in compliance with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) principle. Eco-Emballages is a private company, invested with a general interest mission serving the consumer/citizen and as such, is accredited by the State. Its objective is to enable member companies to fulfil their EPR obligations and to ensure an environmentally- and socially-efficient implementation of the scheme at an optimal cost.

Petcore Europe welcomes its two new members: Clariant and Sleever International.

About Clariant

Headquartered in Pratteln near Basel, Switzerland, Clariant is represented by 110 group companies and employs more than 17,000 people globally. The Clariant Group has 4 business areas: Care Chemicals, Catalysis & Energy, Natural Resources and Plastics & Coatings. The sales in 2015 were approximately 5.8 billions CHF.

We are delighted to welcome UPM Raflatac as new Petcore Europe member in 2016.

UPM Raflatac is one of the world’s leading producers of self-adhesive label materials. It supplies high-quality paper and film labelstock for consumer product and industrial labelling through a global network of factories, distribution terminals and sales offices. The company employs around 2,800 people and made sales of EUR 1.2 billion (USD 1.5 billion) in 2014.

160 experts and leaders from the entire PET value chain in Europe and beyond met at the 2016 Petcore Europe sold-out conference in Brussels on 23 February.

“This huge success of our annual conference outlines the importance of this event for participants from all sectors of the PET value chain,” explains Roberto Bertaggia, Petcore Europe President. “We were delighted to welcome so many representatives, from PET resin manufacturers to packaging designers and converters, leading brand owners using PET, waste management organisations and PET recyclers, other related components and machinery equipment as well as the media.”

Petcore Europe - in collaboration with Procter & Gamble - brought together 100 participants from the PET industry, research facilities and the media for its first Tracer Workshop in Brussels. The event gave an overview on current active tracer projects and intended to stimulate a cross-industry discussion on how to harmonise the use of tracers in plastics packaging materials. The focus lied on PET as a start, intending to create a precedent for other plastics later on.

24-02-2016 Tracer WS_agenda.pdf 

 

We would like to thank you all, our Petcore Europe members and partners, for your confidence and support, and look forward to continue working with you in the New Year.

 

 

 

 

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