PCEP

Polyolefins recycling organisation expands steering board / New members include PepsiCo manager

PLASTIC PACKAGING

German processors straining under current raw material situation / Covid challenges: winners and losers / Consumer preferences vs. the power of trade / Composite packaging as a problem

AVANTIUM

Carlsberg brewery strengthens PEF collaboration / Covid-19 negatively affects 2020 financial results / Delay in negotiations on FDCA plant construction

ALPLA

Partnership in UK with Biffa for rPET supply / Expansion of recycled content in household products

COCA-COLA

Beverage behemoth to test paper bottles in Hungary / Cooperation with Alpla and BillerudKorsnäs

ALPLA

EUR 250m to be spent for recycling operations / Expansion and international push

WERNER & MERTZ

Some 5,000 t of recyclate for packaging / Top selling “Frosch” brand grows faster than market / Cleaning material supplier seeks better sorting with dual systems

ALPLA

Packaging producer spends over EUR 5m on rPET extrusion system in Italy

COCA-COLA

Drinks giant increases disposable bottles' recycled PET in German market / Environmental action group terms throw-away bottles "show products"

ALPLA

Philipp Lehner selected new CEO from January 2021 / Third generation at helm of packaging manufacturer

ALPLA

Acquisition of Indian PET preform facility

ALPLA

New HPDE recycling plant in Mexico to open in H2 2021

AUSTRIA

Climate action minister unveils three-point plan for plastics waste / Proposal includes rising refill rates and deposit model for single-use bottles

POLAND

Economic mood appears to be at all-time low / Coronavirus puts the brakes on automotive industry / Hard times for suppliers / Investments in packaging sector on schedule

ALPLA

Takeover of Spanish blow moulder Bopla / Plastic bottles for cosmetics and personal care products

ALPLA

Expansion of PET recycling facility in Poland / 30,000 t recyclate for packaging

PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA

Platform launched to promote packaging debate / Focus on circular economy

PCEP

Polyolefins recycling organisation elects board members / Mark Vester new chair

ALPLA

Construction of new packaging facility in South Africa

ALPLA

Envicco JV with PTT Global finalised / Recycling plant due online in late 2021

CHEMICAL RECYCLING

Cross-industry consortium to advance technology targeting hard-to-recycle PET waste / Alpla, Britvic, BP, Danone, Remondis and Unilever

ALPLA

Austrian packaging group acquires two HDPE recycling plants in Spain / Plans for capacity expansion

ALPLA

Pharmaceutical services combined into "Alplapharma" brand / Launch of childproof closure at "CPhI"

ALPLA

Plans progress with PTT to build rPET and rHDPE plant in Thailand / JV Envicco established

HENKEL / ALPLA

Partnership to construct new bottle production operation in US