Issue 240, October 2021
ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY
International news
Total Corbion PLA claims commercial first; Swedish recycler set to stretch to all plastics; Berry bpi breaks ground on recycling plant; Amcor achieves earnings record; RKW ramps up recycled films production; Revenue up at Avantium; Borealis and Greiner partner on chemically recycled PP cups; Nestlé and Coca-Cola top global brand rankings
Russia review
How a Perm firm is styling out its stretch films business
Price check
A monthly review of European polymer prices
Editor’s comment
Building a better mousetrap
Asiaphile
Japan targets full circular economy with law changes
Products
Machinery: Side, Ulma Packaging,
PET Technologies
Packaging: Starlinger viscotec, Klöckner
Pentaplast, Airnov Healthcare Packaging,
KM Packaging, Kureha Corporation
Events diary
Your guide to the places to be this month
PlasticScene
Businesses boom on back of the global pandemic
The view from the back
Printz Holman takes an alternative look at the news
FEATURES
Flexible packaging
Pim Vervaat discusses his first year in charge of Constantia Flexibles with Steven Pacitti
Polystyrene
Much maligned and misunderstood of late, producers are celebrating 90 years of commercial polystyrene production by showcasing the polymer’s unique qualities
Plastics bans
In the second of two articles, Paul Gander asks what common ground – if any – lies between more entrenched pro- and antiplastics opinion
Beverages
Could PET gain a more significant foothold in alcoholic beverages?
Chewing gum packaging
Could a minty fresh packaging idea end the days of anti-social chewing gum litter?
Bio-based testing
How to determine the bio-based content of packaging materials
Food-grade recycled resins
How to reach sustainability targets while abiding by regulations
Aseptic filling
A market on the rise