{"id":11508,"date":"2019-02-14T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/php8.plastv.de\/?p=11508"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:22:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T14:22:33","slug":"petcore-europe-conference-2019-eu-plastics-strategy-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/?p=11508","title":{"rendered":"Petcore Europe Conference 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Each year\u00a0the European PET value chain\u00a0meets in Brussels for the annual Petcore Europe Conference. Due to its continued success over recent past, this year the two day conference was held at a new venue to welcome more than 280 industry delegates<\/p>\n<\/header>\n

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On 6 and 7\u00a0February, more than 280 delegates from the entire PET value chain from Europe and beyond gathered\u00a0in the Renaissance Brussels Hotel, adjacent to the European Parliament Area of Brussels.<\/h3>\n

Under the theme \u201cEU Plastics Strategy 2.0 – Taking the PET industry to the next step\u201d, the <\/strong>complete PET industry sector<\/strong>shared perspectives and strategies for a succesful and even more circular future.\u00a0From\u00a0PET resin producers, masterbatch producers, packaging designers and manufacturers, equipment manufacturers, label producers to major brand owners, EPR schemes, waste management organisations, recyclers, waste sorting and recycling machinery manufacturers – the entire value chain was represented. Additionally, speakers and participants\u00a0from the European Commission (DG GROW), the European Parlimanet as well as ICIS shared their thoughts on the PET market as well as the plastics industry in the European Circular Economy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Petcore Europe represents\u00a0the entire PET value chain since 1993. The strength of the organisation is the engagement of over 65 participating members<\/strong>, who are actively participating in working groups and projects”, emphasised Christian Crepet,\u00a0Executive Director of Petcore Europe, when opening the conference.<\/em><\/p>\n

“This engagement of all members, in combination with Petcore Europe’s commitment to recyclability and circularity, is a great value for the entire industry. Petcore Europe’s growth over the past years is remarkable, in 2018 we could welcome 17 new members, in the first month of 2019, another 10 companies joined the association”,\u00a0added Stephen Short, newly elected\u00a0President\u00a0of Petcore Europe<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Day 1 – PET Market & Strategy<\/h3>\n

2017 PET market, collection & recycling rates<\/h3>\n

The focus of the first day\u00a0was to set the stage of the present PET market status, collection and recycling rates.<\/p>\n

Susan Mair\u00a0from\u00a0ICIS<\/a>\u00a0gave an overview of the \u00a0PET collection and recycling rates for 2017<\/strong>\u00a0as well as the key drivers of the market. According to ICIS “there is an\u00a0under utilised PET recycling capacity of 300.000 tonnes<\/strong>\u00a0due to a lack of material coming from collection processes”<\/p>\n

Following the market assessment by ICIS, Alessandra Funcia, Head of Sales and Marketing\u00a0Sukano<\/a>, presented PETCore Europe\u2019s programs of tow major \u00a0working groups:\u00a0PET Thermoforms and Opaque & Difficult to recycle PET containers<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Viewpoints from the value chain<\/h3>\n

After the \u00a0introduction, experts from the PET value chain gave presentations detailing the market overview.<\/p>\n