RETAL Baltic Films offers full mono solutions of APET rigid and top lidding films, with performance analysis for customers.
The decision to promote RETAL Baltic Films as a dedicated company with its own website coincides with its increased portfolio in flexible and rigid films, thanks to considerable investment at its Klaipeda, Lithuania location, including sales increasing by 100% over the last five years.
Viktorija Griziene, General Manager, RETAL Baltic Films, says, “RETAL has long been a well-known name in rigid packaging across the Baltic region, and we have been increasingly adding to our flexible film capabilities in recent years. Now, RETAL Baltic Films has our own website, and we can highlight how our place in the stable RETAL Group is perfectly complemented by our nimble approach to flexible film packaging development.”
RETAL Baltic Films will be participating at Fachpack, the European trade fair for companies that produce and use packaging, held in Nuremberg, Germany from 27 – 29 September, and Scanpack in Sweden from 4 – 7 October. The team of rigid and flexible film experts will be on hand to talk through its latest sustainable solutions for recyclable high barrier films in APET for top lidding and high barrier mono Form-Fill-Seal laminate, planned investments, and to share how the complete assessment of top lidding and bottom tray is of great value to customers.
Visit RETAL Baltic Films at Fachpack, Hall 7, stand 7-259, and at Scanpack stand number D03:37
See RETAL Baltic Films’ new website at www.retalfilms.com
For further information, contact info@retalfilms.com
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After a Covid-induced delay, the world’s leading drink and liquid food trade show Drinktec is fast approaching, with the RETAL team ready to head to Munich from 12 – 16 September 2022.
With Drinktec being the first international show that RETAL has attended for two years, the team is looking forward to presenting our latest sustainability-driven products, tethered closures and other recent developments at our stand C5 Booth 351.
Senior Marketing manage Europe and US Maria Jarrar says, “Drinktec is a great opportunity for us to meet with our customers as it’s such a popular trade show. There’s a great energy at Drinktec; we’ll be there sharing our most up to date packaging solutions and talking with customers, partners and friends from across the supply chain.”
RETAL is arranging meetings with customers, potential customers and valued contacts at our stand and is pleased to offer free Drinktec tickets directly from Maria or your RETAL contact.
With brand owners keento lightweighting packaging without compromising on barrier properties, packaging products, that understand the relationship between the materials used in top and bottom films can help reduce time to market and improve shelf life.
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Carbon footprint (CF) calculation study in Retal Baltic Films just showed that such assumption is not quite applicable to all plastics and products.
We’ve made the calculations with different types of our films and found out some interesting results.
But before that, some information to better understand the concept.
Black or brown APET film is a perfect grade for using the post industrial waste for recycling purposes. To produce it, we can collect not only our, but also client’s (brand owner, thermoformer) production waste in film or flake form and produce a new film. By doing this we can return up to 40% of plastic, used in production. It’s not something new to be done, but new is what we found out about it.
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Citing growing demand, packaging manufacturer Retal PA LLC plans to double its PET preform production to more than 2 billion annually and boost its staff by 43 percent.
Citing growing demand, packaging manufacturer Retal PA LLC plans to double its PET preform production to more than 2 billion annually and boost its staff by 43 percent. "We are buying new injection molding machines from a leading Canadian brand," Maria Jarrar, senior marketing manager for parent company Retal Industries LLC, told Plastics News in recent emails. The facility in Donora, Pa., is getting six new 500-ton presses, she said. "We've chosen these machines because they're energy efficient and will allow us to reduce our energy consumption, as well as allowing us to increase the volume of recycled PET in our preforms and increase productivity."
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The strong growth of global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL’s Pennsylvania factory continues with the confirmation of an extensive expansion program, which will see its output more than treble over the next three years.
Thanks to an increase in demand and additional funding and investment, RETAL PA, based in Donora, will add additional manufacturing capabilities and hire a number of additional machine operators, lab technicians and people in production, maintenance, and other functions.
President and CEO of RETAL PA Darius Janulionis says, “It’s a true mark of confidence in RETAL PA; over half of the investment is a bank loan, which highlights the credibility of our expansion. We have grown continually since we established our factory here in Donora in 2016 and will commit to producing over two billion preforms a year following this latest investment. We have strategically grown in anticipation of our customers’ needs and we are well-positioned to deliver on their growing demands today and tomorrow. As a proud partner to our customers, we create solutions for all their packaging requirements.”
Janulionis is vocal about the strength of the team being the driving force in the continued expansion at RETAL PA. He adds, “We all stand on each other’s shoulders to keep succeeding and, as we grow rapidly, we continue to rely on each other. I can happily say that our team is motivated, friendly and open-minded, so we’re keen to meet people that would like to join us on a permanent basis. We are increasing our local workforce and are actively looking for suitably skilled people to fill a variety of positions. We are pleased to keep serving our customers through diligence and reliability as we grow, with the additional support of valued new employees from across the Mon Valley region.”
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The strong growth of global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL's Pennsylvania factory continues with the confirmation of an extensive expansion program, which will see its output more than trebling over the next three years.
Thanks to an increase in demand and additional funding and investment, RETAL PA, based in Donora, will add additional manufacturing capabilities and hire a number of additional machine operators, lab technicians and people in production, maintenance, and other functions.
President and CEO of RETAL PA Darius Janulionis says, “It’s a true mark of confidence in RETAL PA; over half of the investment is a bank loan, which highlights the credibility of our expansion. We have grown continually since we established our factory here in Donora in 2016 and will commit to producing over two billion preforms a year following this latest investment. We have strategically grown in anticipation of our customers' needs and we are well-positioned to deliver on their growing demands today and tomorrow. As a proud partner to our customers, we create solutions for all their packaging requirements.”
Janulionis is vocal about the strength of the team being the driving force in the continued expansion at RETAL PA. Headds, “We all stand on each other’s shoulders to keep succeeding and, as we grow rapidly, we continue to rely on each other. I can happily say that our team is motivated, friendly and open-minded, so we're keen to meet people that would like to join us on a permanent basis. We are increasing our local workforce and are actively looking for suitably skilled people to fill a variety of positions. We are pleased to keep serving our customers through diligence and reliability as we grow, with the additional support of valued new employees from across the Mon Valley region.”
The post-Covid world brings with it a greater demand for products that were previously used relatively infrequently. Whereas hand sanitiser was perhaps bought by consumers once a year, now the vast majority of us expect to keep a bottle of this sanity-saving liquid with us most of the time. And it’s not just consumers that want a handy bottle of sanitiser; supermarkets, shops, offices and public spaces are now routinely stocked with bottles of alcohol gel, which are either regularly changed or refilled, with the heavy usage requiring sturdy products. For plastic packaging manufacturers, diverting existing or customisable bottles and closures suitable for this newly-crucial application is a good way to respond to this trend.
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For plastic packaging manufacturers, diverting existing or customisable bottles and closures suitable for this newly-crucial application is a good way to respond to this trend, particularly when the manufacturers have extensive experience in food safe packaging, as this can be welcome in hygiene products. For RETAL Iberia, the Girona factory for the global RETAL group of PET preforms, films and closures producers, its fast-acting team has created a range of preforms that are ideal for hand sanitiser applications, as well as other cosmetic products.
Raquel Oller Bosch, commercial manager at RETAL Iberia, explains how the long-term expertise of the team has allowed it to quickly create a viable solution. She says, “We have extensive knowledge of creating and manufacturing PET preforms that can include rPET, and we are always looking for ways to utilise our portfolio. With the increased appreciation for hygienic packaging solutions, and the greater demand for hand sanitiser and alcohol gels, we wanted to offer a cost-effective preform that was available at a range of sizes.”
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RETAL design engineer Andzejus Buinovskis presented at the AMI Plastic Closures Innovations Virtual Summit on 2nd - 3rd June, with his informative presentation provoking interesting questions in the Q&A session.
Andzejus created a video presentation highlighting his insight on the RETAL tethered closures journey and the circular economy. “I shared how RETAL has developed a series of tethered closures in accordance with the list of requirements from the leading brand owners. I was determined to add more personal insight too as everyone presenting was working to the same set of criteria.”
This smart approach lead Andzejus to highlight how collecting and recycling play a key role in the circular economy, as well as showing how reusing molds is a big contributor to sustainable development. He adds, “I was also pleased to include details of how Lithuania has integrated deposit schemes and that 80% of bottles come with the closures attached – even though they’re not tethered!”
The 'immersive virtual event' was attended by leading brand representatives, equipment manufacturers and packaging producers, with the presentations and following discussions showing how the focus on tethered closures, lightweighting and the circular economy are still at the forefront of packaging and beverage industry drivers.