The European Plastics Converters association (EuPC) has established a new group to represent and promote the interests of the European PET film and sheet production industry on EU level.
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The PET Sheet Europe group met for the first time on January 10th 2017 where Paolo Glerean from Aliplast was elected as President, Giles Peacock from Klöckner Pentaplast as Vice-President and Lubna Edwards from LINPAC as Treasurer.
"We aim to improve the use of PET sheet, advocating its circularity and environmental benefits in terms of LCA," said Glerean. "We also aim to become a reference for the industry, packaging designers, brands and retailers to support them in more effective use of PET in thermoforming applications."
In oining Glerean, Peacock and Edwards on the board are Philippe Kruschitz (Kruschitz Plastics & Recycling) and Francesco Polano (AFG Packaging).
In total, the group comprises of 10 major producers in Europe including 4PET Holding, AFG Packaging, Aliplast, Coexpan Montonate, ERGIS, Klöckner Pentaplast, Kruschitz Plastics & Recycling, LINPAC, MP3 and SKY-LIGHT.
