RETAL demonstrates and boosts its strong commitment to sustainability with the appointment of its first Sustainability Director.
Experienced sustainability and CSR specialist Emmanuel Duffaut joined RETAL on 1st March 2018 and he is already making a positive impact. With a strong background gained across R&D, production and sustainability positions in the food industry, Emmanuel also brings with him an understanding of the needs of RETAL’s customers - the food and beverage companies that use PET.
Duffaut says, “RETAL is a responsible business with a priority objective to improve its sustainability performance across its entire value chain, and I am very excited to be leading this project.
Aligning our effort with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, our main objective will be to reduce our products’ environmental footprint, with special focus on climate change mitigation, and to ensure the highest level of compliance on the social and working conditions aspect, both in our factories and in our suppliers’ facilities.
To that end, after a complete due diligence, we will define realistic but ambitious goals and report publicly on our progress.”
As a major player in the PET value chain, RETAL is looking forward to taking on the challenge and the responsibility of creating a Plastic Circular Economy. The company will continue to reduce plastic pollution and foster the reuse and recycling of plastic material.
RETAL pays special attention to the local communities where it operates and, in addition to the economy generated around the company's activity, it seeks to help and participate to their sustainable development.
RETAL's largest closures production facility has been rewarded for its focus on consistent quality, continuous innovation and ongoing investment with an industry-recognised quality assurance certification from one of the world's most famous beverage brands.
This Certification Program is widely acknowledged as an industry standard for packaging manufacturers, rewarding reliable and quantifiable quality through approved high-level testing and evaluation of trusted global suppliers.
RETAL's state-of-the-art facility in Lithuania serves Europe with a wide range of closures and films. This quality certification has been specifically awarded to the plant’s R&D laboratory for the manufacture of plastic closures.
On the 8th December 2017 the leading global drinks brand awarded RETAL the certificate, which is valid for five years. It represents the ongoing RETAL focus on delivering multi-national quality control for its customers by providing them complete packaging solutions and proven service. As one of very few European packaging manufacturers to be given this certification, RETAL is proud to work to the strict standards this demands.
Dr. Naglis Svickus, Quality Manager for RETAL Baltic, says, “This certification is a great representation of RETAL's commitment to quality and rigorous testing, as well as recognition of our investment in the latest equipment.”
The investment saw RETAL purchase advanced testing equipment, including the highly-respected precise geometry measurement O-Inspect device from Zeiss. Svickus adds, "We are able to skillfully perform measurement testing both by the contact method and optically. RETAL closures deliver verifiable and reliable results and this certification is our guarantee.
RETAL is pleased to announce its participation at NPE2018: The Plastics Show on May 7-11, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. RETAL welcomes visitors to stand S14059 in the Bottle Zone to share its latest packaging solutions across an extensive portfolio of preforms, closures, containers and films. RETAL is keen to understand the needs and challenges of customers and can even prepare a customized offer for your business at the show.
RETAL Lithuania will install solar panels on the roof of its factory buildings following its successful grant from European Union Structural Funds, with the construction completing in 2018.
The panels will be installed on RETAL's administration, warehouse and production buildings in Lentvaris, LT, covering an area of 15,000 m2 – making this the largest solar roof project in Lithuania to date. The panels are expected to meet the yearly electricity demand of the administration and warehouse buildings by generating over 1,200 MWh per year.
Giedrius Viederis, General Manager of RETAL Lithuania, comments, “This technology fits perfectly with our responsible approach to the environment, and we expect our customers will appreciate that the zero CO2 energy from the solar panels will contribute to producing their products.”
RETAL Lithuania is implementing the project “Solar power plant by RETAL Lithuania” (project identification code No. 04.2.1-LVPA-K-836-01-0028) under the Operational Program for the European Union Funds Investments in 2014-2020 priority axis 4 “PROMOTING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTION AND USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY’” measure No. 04.2.1-LVPA-K-836 “Renewable Energy Sources for industry LT+”. Project sum 1 007 635 EUR, (469 581 EUR European Regional Development Fund).
The ceremony of awarding the best companies in the region in 2016 was organized by Vilnius Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts (Vilnius CCIC) on December 8. As the result of competition, Lithuanian company of RETAL was included in the winners list.
Vilnius CCIC is the largest Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania. Management of this organization brings together its members annually to summarize the outcome, and encourages the best representatives of the business community who have made the greatest contribution to the development of the region and the country’s economy.
This year, UAB RETAL Lithuania has been recognized as the best export-oriented com-pany in the region. The company has successfully been producing PET preforms in Lith-uania since 1997, and it involves about 200 employees in the modern plant in Lentvaris.
The traditional award of CCIC, the statuette of the Roman god of trade, Mercury, was presented to Giedrius Viederis, the General Director of UAB Retal Lithuaina, in the presence of Evaldas Gustas, Minister of Economy in Lithuania, Šarūnas Kliokys, Association of Lithuania Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Crafts president, Dr. Almantas Danileviči-us, CCIC president, Vilnius authorities representatives, and top management of leading companies in the region.
The jury members, CCIC management and distinguished guests paid tribute to the successful annual performance of UAB Retal Lithuania export and to the importance of pres-ence in the region a major manufacturer of modern and technologically advanced con-tainers and packaging.
The international exhibition ALL4PACK-2016 took place in Paris from 14 to 17 November. It becomes a major industry event for producers of packaging technologies, equipment and materials every second year. RETAL participated in this specialized forum for the first time.
ALL4PACK is gathering pace with each new event. This year, the total number of participants exceeded 90 thousand. Exhibition organizers have increased exhibition space specially for ALL4PACK-2016, and the forum’s slogan was Let’s be creative.
RETAL modernized stand was totally able to fully comply with a given concept. The latest development of the company - containers for dairy products (their success has been recently highlighted by award from DANONE), stirred a particular interest.
Through participation in ALL4PACK, RETAL presented their products to more than 400 potential clients from Benelux countries, France, Southern Europe and North Africa.
RETAL traditionally became a participant of the largest European BrauBeviale exhibition for the beverage industry, which took place in Nuremberg in November. This year RETAL presented an updated product range to their European colleagues.
BrauBeviale exhibition has been regularly held since the late 70s of the last century, with its scale growing every year. In 2016, BrauBeviale has set another record by hosting in three days about 38 thousand specialists from all areas of the beverage industry: distributors, suppliers, manufacturers of equipment, technologies, services, raw materials, packaging materials and finished beverages. Most of participants are companies from Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.
RETAL stand enjoyed great popularity among other 1300 exhibitors. Exhibition guests appreciated the stylish futuristic design of the site. RETAL brought to Germany the whole range of their products - preforms, caps, and containers. New developments of the company were of a particular interest among the visitors: containers for dairy packaging and the cap 1881 Xlight SF. By the way, the latter has been already actively used by European partners as a modern solution on the market of packaging of carbonated beverages.
RETAL has been constantly improving in promoting their brand and reputation, therefore the preparation for the next BrauBeviale has already begun.
In each of the past three years, RETAL’s annual growth has been more than 10%. RETAL is strengthening its position in the markets of Benelux, Germany and France which is one of RETAL’s strategic goals.
RETAL has announced the opening of a new North American headquarters in Donora, Pennsylvania.
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades described RETAL's new factory as the most advanced facility and an indication of confidence in the Cyprus’s technological development.