PETCORE EUROPE NEWS

We are delighted to welcome our three new members: McBride, Penn Color and DuPont.

For an overview on all our members, please visit our member section here.

If you are interested in joining our association or receiving more information about it, please have a look at our membership package here.

What are the latest developments in the recycling of PET thermoforms in Europe?

Don't miss this opportunity and join us for the latest update on the developments of PET thermoforms recycling in Europe.

The PETCORE EUROPE Working Group on PET Thermoforms organises its free Workshop on 19 September 2017, 10:00 - 12:30. You can choose to participate online via webinar or attend the event in person at our offices in Brussels (Avenue de Cortenbergh 71, 1000 Brussels).

A big welcome to our new member Holland Colours.

Holland Colours is a global producer of colorants for the polymer industry. It imagines, creates and manufactures the highest quality solid and liquid colorants and additives. The products are designed to be ideal for coloring PVC, PET and other polymers.

Check out our complete membership here: www.petcore-europe.org/members

On 30 May 2017, the final Polymark review meeting took place at the Research Executive Agency (REA) of the European Commission. The Polymark Consortium comprising all partners met with the REA project officer and the technical expert.

We are delighted to welcome our new member CARBIOS.

CARBIOS is a green chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers. The company creates a new generation of fully biodegradable plastics with a controlled lifespan, a process enabling infinite biorecycling of plastic waste (PET) and a new biological pathway for the production of competitive biosourced polymers.

PETCORE EUROPE, the Brussels based association representing the complete PET value chain in Europe, welcomes eight new members in 2017: Hordijk, Sukano, Pellenc ST, M&G, SUEZ, Plastipak, Sidel and L’Oréal.

“Gaining additional support from these eight leaders in their respective market sectors is a real asset for PETCORE EUROPE,” outlines Christian Crépet, Executive Director of PETCORE EUROPE. “It clearly reflects how our association aligns the complete PET value chain in Europe in order to work together and speak with one voice."

We are delighted to announce that L’Oréal has become new PETCORE EUROPE member.

L’Oréal has devoted itself to beauty for over 100 years. With its unique international portfolio of 34 diverse and complementary brands, the Group generated sales amounting to 25.8 billion euros in 2016 and employs 89,300 people worldwide. As the world’s leading beauty company, L’Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, hair salons, travel retail, branded retail and e-commerce. Research and innovation, and a dedicated research team of 3,870 people, are at the core of L’Oréal’s strategy, working to meet beauty aspirations all over the world. L’Oréal’s sustainability commitment for 2020 “Sharing Beauty With All” sets out ambitious sustainable development objectives across the Group’s value chain.