published on 05/03/09
A new line , which is due to be installed by a team of contract engineers, enables commercial production of a recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) food grade resin that overcomes the typical performance challenges of this type of packaging material, claims Phoenix Technologies.
The US based resin manufacturer said that the new modular line, consisting of a grinder, compactor and resin dryer, is being built in response to increased demand for post-consumer, food grade rPET for a variety of blow moulding, injection moulding and thermoforming applications. The company said that the contract engineers that are selected to install the line have years of experience and the contract engineers are able to with the minimum of disruption to the customer.
According to the company, the line will be operational within the next two months.
Lori Carson, sales and marketing manager at Phoenix, said that rPET packaging was the fastest growing packaging segment in the US in 2008.
She explained that Phoenix teamed up with Conair to build the processing equipment:
“They are a key supplier to the PET market, and have a global presence with international manufacturing and service locations. They are a premier systems integrator so this fits company strategy, also the contract engineers are able to offer whichever maintenance procedure suits the customer either pro-active or re-active” and adds “in the current climate many companies are looking to cut overheads while still making profit so using contract engineers does this as they are only in when needed, while the customer has the reassurance of knowing the contract engineers are fully knowledgable”.

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