FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal – July 2019

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NVIRONMENTAL protection has been at the core

of Chang Woen Machinery Co. Ltd’s business

since it was established more than four decades

ago. With its years of experience and technological

expertise, the company is collaborating with

manufacturers from different industries in embracing

sustainability.

Chang Woen has been working with Indorama Ventures,

one of the largest PET material supply enterprises, providing

the latter with recycling equipment and technology for its PET

requirements for F&B packaging.

FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal recently talked to

Chang Woen Marketing Manager Ted Kao and Indorama Senior

Manager for Recycling Division Henry Swaters on how their

partnership enables both companies to achieve recycling goals

and how recycling is reshaping food packaging.

How are recycling and other sustainable practices

penetrating the F&B industry?

Mr Kao: PET recycling has been going on for long, even

before 2015. But in the early years, the majority of recycled

Leading recycling equipment maker Chang

Woen works with largest PET material

supplier Indorama.

Chang Woen sees rPET gaining

traction in food packaging

materials went into the textile industry. Most PET recycled

materials, for instance, were used as staple fibre in the textile

industry, with big brands in the textile and sportswear segments

having up to 12.6 million tonnes capacity per year.

But since 2016, trends in rPET started shifting to food

packaging. As total PET bottle collection increased, the share of

blow moulding also grew over the years. Demand for rPET in

food-grade packaging is expected to reach 2.85 million tonnes

to 3 million tonnes by 2020. In fact, big brands have set their

goals for using plastic in the circular economy. For example,

Evian is looking to use recycled plastic for 100% of its plastic

bottles by 2025. Coca Cola hopes to collect and recycle 100%

From left, Indorama Senior Manager for Recycling Division Henry Swaters and Chang Woen Marketing Manager Ted Kao