Development goals achieved thanks to the Veneto Region

A company specialized in the design and industrialization of PET containers, PET Engineering successfully concludes the project Suspack “Sustainable packaging through PET reduction and alternative materials”. Thanks to the contribution of 180 thousand euro received from Veneto Region (Italy) for the financing of industrial research and experimental development (CRO part POR FESR 2007-2013 Action 5.1.1) and the cooperation of international partners such as Novapet, PET Engineering has been able to work on the study and industrialization of lightweight preforms with barrier materials and bioPET. The reduction of the environmental impact was assessed by comparing the life cycle of the products developed with the existing ones: the LCA savings showed, depending on the size, between 10% and 30% in terms of kg CO2 eq. PET Engineering is thus consolidating its leadership in the development of preforms and ultra-light containers with both standard PET and recycled and bio materials; in support of this commitment the company has also purchased an injection moulding machine that will allow to make preform prototypes in house to support this process.