Brussels-based industry organisation Petcore Europe (Belgium; https://petcore-europe.org) has welcomed 11 new members in the first quarter of 2018. The new member companies are BASF (Ludwigshafen / Germany; www.basf.com), CCL Label (Toronto, Ontario / Canada; www.ccllabel.com), Coca-Cola (Atlanta, Georgia / USA; www.coca-cola.com), Danone (Paris / France; www.danone.com), DuPont Teijin Films (www.dupontteijinfilms.com), Fuji Seal Europe (Tokyo / Japan; www.fujiseal.com), Graham Packaging Europe (Rueil-Malmaison / France; www.gpceurope.eu), Henkel (Düsseldorf / Germany; www.henkel.com), LSDH (Saint-Denis-de-l'Hôtel / France; www.lsdh.fr), Logoplaste (Cascais / Portugal; www.logoplaste.com) and MacDermid (Waterbury, Connecticut / USA; www.macdermid.com).

Regarding the newest members, Petcore Europe executive director Christian Crépet says the companies are "important players in different fields along the PET value chain." He says that with each new member, the association and PET industry gets "a little bit stronger." After its conference in February – see Plasteurope.com of 20.02.2018 – Petcore Europe launched the "Plastic Aerosol Recycling Special Industry Group" in partnership with the European Aerosol Federation (FEA, Brussels / Belgium; www.aerosol.org) – see Plasteurope.com of 15.02.2018.