PLASTIPAK

US packaging maker to supply Kraft Heinz with 100% food-grade rPET containers

PLASTIPAK

Captured carbon becomes PET feedstock / Partnership leverages LanzaTech process

GARBO / SAIPEM

Italian partnership for chemically recycling PET / Industrial scale plant to use ChemPET process

PLASTIPAK

20,000 t/y rPET facility opens in Spain / Solar panel power plant significantly lowers carbon emissions

PLASTIPAK

Expansion of the PET reclaim plant in Luxembourg / Recyclates for in-house preform and container production

PLASTIPAK

US packaging giant building new rPET plant in Spain / Start-up of 20,000 t/y facility set for 2022 / Facility part of bottle-to-bottle strategy

SHARE

PET reusable bottles with 35% recyclate for German railway company Deutsche Bahn / Up to 38 t fewer plastics

PLASTIPAK / GARBO

PET chemical recycling partnership in Italy

PET

Petcore Europe and European Aerosol Association establish working group for plastic aerosols recycling / Containers over 220 ml potentially allowed from 2020 onward

AIMPLAS

"MIPLASCOE" project to turn waste from oranges into biopolyesters / Collaboration with industry and academia

ASSOCIATIONS

Eight more members join Petcore Europe

PLASTICS PACKAGING MARKET

German manufacturers very positive about economic situation shortly before "interpack" trade fair / High feedstock prices still dampening sales and profits / Further consolidation on the European market

EVOLVE POLYMERS

US blow moulder Plastipak acquires UK recycler / Former ECOPlastics Recycling sold by investor Aurelius

APPE

Plastipak completes takeover as EU approves / Rebranding as Plastipak Packaging

APPE

EUR 14m investment in UK preform production / Equipment from Husky and Piovan

LA SEDA / APPE

Ex-CEO Espanol pleads guilty to misappropriation / Sentence to be slashed / APPE sale to Plastipak near

YEAR IN REVIEW 2014

Part 3 – Packaging: M&A activity in the plastics packaging sector continues / Global competition changes the landscape / La Seda bankruptcy sale almost wrapped up / Coca Cola's sustainability drive hits a snag

PLASTIPAK

US blow moulder puts in largest bid for PET processor APPE / Last remaining La Seda business to be sold off

CONSTAR

Sales crumble in Europe and US / More cost reductions planned