The global PET packaging market is worth $48.1 billion in 2014, amounting to almost 16 million tonnes according to a new market report from Smithers Pira. Demand for PET packaging is expected to increase by an average of 4.6% annually over the next five years, and will amount to 19.9 million tonnes worth $60 billion by 2019.

Sustainable Films: Microsoft maps road to success with recycled PET

LyondellBasell Industries will feature its world-class polyolefins technology, production and marketing offerings at Interplastica 2008, Russia’s premier trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries. Interplastica will be held January 29 through February 1 at Moscow’s Exhibition Center in Krasnaya Presnya. Visit LyondellBasell at stand 1D 28/E29 in Hall 1.

CREON invites you to take part in the IV Moscow International Conference "PET 2008", which will be held on February 11, 2008 at "Baltschug Kempinski Moscow".

At Interplastica 2008 for the very first time the Brueckner Group is present with a joint booth

Amcor PET Packaging commercializes the first custom application of its PowerFlex™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle. Welch’s, Concord, Mass. recently launched six varieties of its 100% juice in Amcor’s 14-ounce custom PowerFlex™ bottle.

Finest Swiss spirits from Lateltin Lanz Ingold in PET bottles from kavo by greiner packaging

The companies of the SIG Beverages Division will once again be present at BRAU Beviale in Nuremberg from 14 to 16 November.

As an increasing number of brand owners begin to evaluate their product packaging for sustainability—whether to meet mandatory retail initiatives or to reap some of the rewards associated with greater environmental stewardship—one area of great interest is the use of bioplastics as a replacement for traditional, petroleum-based polymer packaging. But what exactly constitutes a bioplastic?