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21 Sep 2026
21 Sep 2026 -Carbios and Wankai New Materials have postponed the expected commissioning of their planned PET biorecycling plant in Haining, Zhejiang Province, China, to the first half of 2028.
The companies said the project is continuing to progress, with preparatory work for construction coordination underway and locally available PET waste streams being validated.
However, Carbios said additional technical work is ....
07 Sep 2026
Indorama Ventures, through its packaging business Indovida, is partnering with Suntory, Suntory PepsiCo Beverage Thailand and Iwatani Corporation to introduce Flake-to-Preform technology in Thailand.
7 Sep 2026 -Indorama Ventures will produce recycled PET preforms in Thailand through Indovida (Thailand) Limited, its joint venture with Iwatani Corporation, as part of a new partnership with Suntory Holdings and Suntory....
03 Sep 2026
1 Sep 2026 – Pakistan PET producer Novatex has expanded into bottle-to-bottle recycling, adding more than 24,000 tonnes a year of food-grade recycled PET (rPET) capacity at its facility near Lahore.
The new Starlinger recycling system was commissioned in November 2025 and can process up to 3,000 kg of PET per hour. It uses predominantly post-consumer PET bottles collected through municipal kerbside collection i....
06 Aug 2026
4 Aug 2026 – Vietnam is entering a new phase of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) implementation, with updated regulations and evolving compliance requirements requiring packaging producers and importers to prepare for new recycling obligations. The latest developments have also sparked discussion among industry stakeholders and environmental groups over how recycling contributions should be calculated, re....
30 Jul 2026
28 July 2026–Japanese food group Meiji Holdings has agreed to sell its dairy and business-to-business (B2B) operations in China to Shanghai AustAsia Food for RMB320 million (approximately US$47.2 million), marking a strategic shift in its China business after several years of changing market conditions.
The transaction covers Meiji’s drinking milk, yogurt and B2B operations through Meiji (China) Investmen....
29 Jul 2026
27 July 2026 – Italian equipment manufacturer SACMI has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities for its Computer Vision Systems (CVS), expanding the use of AI in quality inspection for rigid packaging production.
The new capabilities are designed to enhance automated visual inspection by improving defect recognition and supporting greater flexibility across production environments. According to....
