"The Switch to PET as the
New Packaging Option" 
Headlines on SCAPET markets: "The Dominican Republic's powerful Grupo Corripio inaugurated a new $20 million Gatorade bottling plant that will supply the beverage to the rest of the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico." "Empresas Polar, a leading Venezuelan food and beverage manufacturer, has broken new ground with the commercial launch of the first ambient stored yogurt in Venezuela. The non-refrigerated pourable yogurt, called MiGurt, is packaged in an aseptically filled, 750-gram barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle from Amcor Rigid Plastics." The emerging region of South/Central Americas, Andean and the Caribbean isles has enormous potential to strengthen its PET applications – shifting from glass to PET bottles and packaging. With its estimated population of 500 million people, strong consumerism pattern and growing economies, this region is looking at PET as the material of choice to replace traditional pack formats. As packaging trends move toward light-weight and used for products with extended shelf-life, PET bottles, sheets and jars are becoming the new packaging option. The growing applications of PET have also triggered PET capacity expansion globally, shifting trade dynamics in the region and globally. As the regional market matures to meet sustainable packaging, recycled PET is also taking precedence and finding its niche in the Central America & Caribbean markets.
Join CMT’s 3rd SCAPET to gain valuable market information on the bottling and beverage sector, vital packaging and technology trends and recycling developments!
Highlights: - Identifying growth markets Central America, Andean & Caribbean
- Brand owners panel: Bepensa & Planeta Azul perception’s on packaging approaches
- Packaging challenges in Colombia for Personal Care & Cosmetics
- Assessing polyester intermediates: PX, PTA & MEG outlook
- The case for PEF and bio-based PET for the LATAM markets
- Food contact legislation for MERCUSOR & panorama in Central America (SICA) and the Caribbean (CARICOM)
- Competitiveness of PET market: Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Colombia
- Consumer behavior and market trends in the SCAPET region
- Growing recycled polyester industry – which region is leading the way?
- Snapshot of recycling technologies: rPET for sheet production and recycling for packaging & textile
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| | PLUS Exclusive Site Visit to Planeta Azul (6th May, 14:00 hrs) Agua Planeta Azul, the first company in the Dominican Republic to introduce the reverse osmosis water purification process, also remains the largest distributor of reusable bottled water throughout the country, supplying water to households and businesses. |
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Separately Bookable Post Conference Workshop : 8th May (14:00 hrs) Barrier Technology & Properties - Need for barrier driven by packaging lightweight
- Need for barrier driven by RTD trend for carbonated juice, dairy, etc.
- Different barriers, requirements, shelf life per barrier, etc.
- Barriers for PET and Its performance
- Types of machine and investment
- Complementary to barrier - Closures, Labels
- Business case studies - (Food: MiGurt & Ketchup, Beverage: RTD, juice, beer, etc.)
- Barriers and Sustainability
Workshop Leader Chris LaBombarbe Senior Technical Manager Amcor Rigid Plastics Latin America |
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| Confirmed Speakers | - Colgate-Palmolive
- Planeta Azul
- PCI PET Packaging, Resin & Recycling Ltd
- Nexant, Inc.
- Ravago Americas
- Inti-Plasticos
- Caiba
- Graham Packaging
- Krauss Maffei
- Starlinger
- Gnuess
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