Biobased plastic bottles have enjoyed a recent surge of interest, thanks to major brand owners announcing new breakthroughs and developments in the packaging. Coca-Cola’s PLANTBottle made of up to 30% sugarcane-based ethanol has already been launched into markets in 2010, and the company has also tied-up with H.J. Heinz to introduce Heinz ketchup in PLANTBottle
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UNESDA – the Union of European non-alcoholic beverage associations together with EFBW – the European Federation of Bottled Waters, recommend their respective membership to adhere to specific design criteria for PET bottles in order to improve their recyclability. “We are encouraging all our member companies and the wider industry to review their current and new
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José María Calderó has a degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of Zaragoza in Spain, and has an MBA and a PDG from the IESE Business School of Barcelona (Spain) as well. Mr. Calderó has a wide experience in different sectors. Started his career as Senior Consultant in Arthur Andersen & Co.. He has
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Sonny Hansen has a degree in Market Economics and Business Administration from Universities in Denmark and UK, as well as MBA in International Business from the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has been involved in the development of the concept of an integrated polyester plant in Brazil since 2003 where the first business plan
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Raul Arias is a Senior Consultant and Manager for Latin America at Nexant’s Energy and Chemicals Consulting practice, where he has managed and collaborated in projects across diverse petrochemical value chains. His fields of expertise include strategic planning, market intelligence, feasibility studies and competitiveness analysis. During his more than fifteen years of professional experience in
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Damon Kim graduated from KOREA University with a master degree in Chemical Engineering. He is now responsible for all PET business in LG International as General Manager. He’s been with LG group for 10 years dealing with PET business. He has 7 years experience of exporting PET from Asia to S. America. He is now
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George Xue graduated from NANKAI University with a Degree in Chemical Science. His area of academic specialization was in Organic Chemistry. He has worked in SanFangXiang Group for over 22 years. And now he is in charge of all the export business of the whole group. 2nd SAPET 2011 Sao Paulo Speaker Day 1 –
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Stefan Bartz joined Uhde Inventa-Fischer in 2001. Currently, he is holding the position of a Vice President Sales and is in charge of sales in Eastern Europe and South America. Stefan Bartz has more than 17 years of experience in plant engineering and construction, starting his career in R&D with a worldwide active engineering company. Later
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Mrs. Ligia M Campos graduated in Food Science from University of São Paulo (USP). Her area of academic specialization was Strategic Management of Packaging in ESPM, São Paulo. Since the beginning of her career, she has worked with PET as a bottler, her main areas are Production and Packaging Development. She is currently Packaging &
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Jesus Roberto Colin has a degree in Chemical Engineering with a major in Business Administration from the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, as well as a Diploma in Industrial Marketing from the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico – ITAM. He has been involved in B2B for over 25 years in the Petrochemical, Plastics and Packaging
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