Plastic packaging is available in the most diverse forms and applications; they increasingly replace traditional materials such as glass or metal. Ceresana now publishes the first study on the global market for rigid plastic containers. For this study, analysts have analyzed all relevant market data from 2005 onwards. They forecast demand for rigid plastic containers to amount to 46.2 million tonnes worldwide in 2021.
In China sales of ethylene more than doubled in recent years. Chinese ethylene producers try to become independent from crude oil imports.
Muscat, May 2014 – OCTAL, the world’s leading clear rigid packaging material supplier, will be showcasing their high performance DPET sheet at the Interpack trade fair (Hall 09 Stand A21) taking place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 8-14 May 2014. OCTAL’s unique-to-the-world patented DPET sheet allows the company to continue meeting global demands of the rapidly-expanding packaging industry in high volume applications for food and consumer packaged products.
Muscat, April 29, 2014 – OCTAL, one of the world’s largest PET producers and a global leader in the packaging industry, has surpassed the US$ 3 billion dollar mark in sales, a record in the company’s six-year history.
Plastic bottles are an important packaging material in many sectors. Beverages, foodstuffs, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals as well as household and industrial chemicals can be packaged and sold in plastic bottles. Market analysts at Ceresana expect the volume of the European market to increase to approx. 170 billion units in 2020.
Grafenberg, 13.10.2010 – Ecology, Efficiency, Innovation – This is the promising trio that RAMPF Tooling GmbH & Co. KG will be presenting at this year‘s Euromold exhibition in Frankfurt. The material specialist will be showcasing the first working board for the foundry industry made from recycled PET flakes at its booth L128 in hall 8. This particularly robust material can withstand strong mechanical impact.
Cooking allowed…at over 120°C (250°F)
The direct way from PET bottle flake to flat PET sheet – approved for direct food contact
Vacurema inline sheet technology going from strength to strength
