RETAL earns EcoVadis silver certification

Global plastic packaging solutions provider Retal has been awarded a Silver level position from EcoVadis, the respected CSR performance and monitoring organisation.  

Retal achieved a 60% score, positioning the company in the 25% of companies assessed by EcoVadis, and in the top 18% of its industry.  

This result marks a two-point increase from Retal’s last assessment in 2021, putting the company on track to achieve its goal of reaching 65% by 2023. This, said sustainability director Emmanuel Duffaut, will be realised through the continuous implementation of actions in ‘notable areas’, including Ethics, Labour Practices, and the Environment.

“All these subcategories, as well as Procurement, are already above 50%,” he noted.

He added that Retal’s score for the Sustainable Procurement category has already reached 70%, an increase of 10 points, a tangible effect of the implementation of its Sustainable Procurement Program in 2019.  

 “Our CSR actions and mitigations are continuously improving, following the ISO 26000 standard, and ensuring the sustainable development of our company,” he concluded.

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RETAL Plastec award for strong financial performance

RETAL Plastec has received the prestigious High Budget Honor from the “Aula Magna Mario Arcelli” of the Luiss Guido Carli University.

This award recognizes the strong financial performance of Italian joint stock companies, with categories noted including managerial performance, financial reliability, and ESG values.

With over 70,000 Italian companies assessed by the dedicated Scientific Committee of the university, the Felix Industry Awards and are now in their 41st year. Data analyzed included ROI, ROE and profit, as well as the Covid impact being taken into consideration.

General Manager Giampaolo Gatti says, “We share with you our happiness, our pride and our gratitude for what we have achieved. Our company was awarded the High Budget Honor on April 28th during the ‘Central Italy’ event in Rome. We are so proud to be acknowledged for our financial performance, including stability and reliability, as this truly shows how the hard work of our team is translated into tangible results.”

RETAL Plastec is one of two facilities in Italy for RETAL Industries Ltd, a multi-national plastic packaging solutions provider for many of the world’s leading household names in food and beverages.

Dark film isn’t friendly for the environment. Or it’s just a false assumption?

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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Sustainability at RETAL is rewarded with EcoVadis Silver!

Global plastic packaging solutions provider RETAL has been awarded a Silver level position from EcoVadis, the respected CSR performance and monitoring organisation.
RETAL achieved a 60% score, positioning the company in the 25% of companies assessed by EcoVadis, and in the top 18% of its industry.
This result marks a two-point increase from RETAL’s last assessment in 2021 and shows that the company is in line with its goal to reach 65% by 2023. Sustainability Director Emmanuel Duffaut says, “We aim to achieve a score of 65% through the continuous implementation of actions in notable areas including Ethics, Labour Practices, and the Environment. All these subcategories, as well as Procurement, are already above 50%.”
Emmanuel notes that its score for the Sustainable Procurement category is already standing at an impressive 70%, an increase of 10 points, demonstrating the quantifiable work that RETAL is doing since the implementation of its Sustainable Procurement Program in 2019.
He adds, “Our CSR actions and mitigations are continuously improving, following the ISO 26000 standard, and ensuring the sustainable development of our company.”

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Retal adding US PET preform capacity

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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Careers in packaging

Authenticity is a key driver for success, with the understanding that happiness and profitability come when people – and businesses – are working in tune with their ‘why’. For Olexiy Shapovalov, appointed earlier this year as the new regional director for global plastics packaging manufacturer Retal in Europe and the US, his commitment to authenticity is his why and his how.

We may not need to answer the age-old conundrum of ‘live to work, or work to live?’ if our working self can be in tune with our true character. The ultimate goal of being ourselves while being appreciated and rewarded financially means that both elements are achievable. Of course, the challenge is in finding a career that harnesses our capabilities and our passions and pays us at the same time, but if we’re lucky enough to find that career, it creates a virtual circle in value for our employer too.

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Strategic expansion brings opportunities at RETAl PA

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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New jobs promised from RETAL PA expansion

A global plastic packaging manufacturer in Donora is growing. And with that growth will come new jobs in the Mon Valley, according to the company.

Strategic expansion brings opportunities at Retal PA

The strong growth of global plastic packaging manufacturer Retal's Pennsylvania factory will now continue with the confirmation of an extensive expansion program, which will see its output more than triple over the next three years.

Darius Janulionis, President and CEO of Retal PA called its a true mark of confidence in the company. “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,” he said.

In hs view, the driving force behind the continued expansion at the Pennsylvania site is vocal the strength of the team: “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.”

Retal develops and manufactures polyethylene terephthalate (PET) packaging solutions, including preforms, closures, containers and films. The company is a subsidiary of Retal Industries Ltd, headquartered in Limassol, Cyprus.

Globally active, Retal supplies customers in over 60 countries worldwide. Strongly focused on quality and flexibility, Retal is ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 22000 accredited.

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