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The PETCORE EUROPE Conference will be sponsored by organisations or individual companies, and we invite you to contact us should you wish to join this growing list.

As sponsor, your company's name and logo will be displayed on all our communications material (including invitations, agendas, press releases and website) as well as promoted during the event.

The sponsorship package is available for 1000 EUR (VAT excl.). If you are interested, please contact Eva Schneider at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

PETCORE EUROPE invites to its ODR Workshop on Opaque and Difficult to Recycle PET Containers taking place on 2 February 2017 in Brussels, one day after the PETCORE EUROPE Conference 2017. This Workshop is reserved for industry practitioners.

We are delighted to welcome Hordijk Verpakkingen as new member to our association.

For decades Hordijk Verpakkingen has designed and produced plastic packaging for the various national and international company branches and has specialised in the packaging for food products and personal care products. The organisation has two production plants: a thermoform plant in Zaandam and an injection moulding and extrusion blow moulding plant in Zevenhuizen.

More information: http://www.hordijkverpakkingen.com

Casper van den Dungen, Managing Director of Poly Recycling, accepted his appointment as PETCORE EUROPE Vice President. He is also Vice President of the Plastics Recyclers Europe and Chairman of their PET Working Group. Within Petcore Europe, he holds the position of TC Chairman and is also Board member.

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.