OCTAL Becomes Member In The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)


Jan. 20, 2015 - PRLog -- OCTAL Becomes Member In The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)


OCTAL, a world leader in PET resin and integrated PET sheet manufacturing, continues to explore additional ways to positively impact the packaging industry. OCTAL is taking significant steps toward their goal of increasing visibility and sustainability within the PET packaging industry through its recent membership in the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR).

Founded in 1987, NAPCOR is a trade association for the PET packaging industry that advocates for the use recycling and re-use of PET packaging, promoting the features that make it an environmentally sustainable packaging material. Tom Busard, NAPCOR Chairman, Chief Procurement Officer, Plastipak Packaging Inc. states, “We welcome Octal to the NAPCOR group and look forward to having their unique perspective at the table as we navigate PET’s challenges and opportunities.”

Executive Director at NAPCOR, Rick Moore, explains that, “PET’s reputation as a highly recyclable resin has been earned through decades of investment and effort.” In light of OCTAL’s membership in NAPCOR, Moore stated, “We are delighted that OCTAL, a company with global reputation for sustainability, has joined NAPCOR and is willing to participate in the organization efforts to expand the use of PET in packaging.”

William J. Barenberg Jr., COO, OCTAL, stated that, “OCTAL is pleased to announce that the company has become a member of the National Association for PET Container Resources.” He explains that, “OCTAL views our membership in NAPCOR as an indispensable way to become involved with other PET industry leaders, collaborating to find new and improved ways to expand PET’s competitiveness.  We intend to do our part in amplifying NAPCOR’s message around PET as the most environmentally advantage clear rigid packaging material.”

OCTAL’s partnership with NAPCOR is part of an ongoing effort to increase awareness of PET as an increasingly sustainable packaging option.  As a complement to this effort, OCTAL is commencing commercial operations in the United States by opening a new extrusion facility in Cincinnati during the later half of 2014.

OCTAL has structured its operational platform to keep the DPET flake stream pure so that it can be reprocessed back into a high-quality sheet. The U.S. facility will focus primarily on recycling PET sheet flake from its customers and other manufacturers to create a new, domestically-available product line composed of both post-industrial and post-consumer flake content, including laminates for modified atmosphere packaging.

OCTAL’s new facility, as well as its membership in an organization as influential as NAPCOR, is an opportunity to make a difference in PET packaging sustainability on a global scale. Through a combined effort of leaders in the PET packaging industry leaders, the implementation of innovative ideas and recycling practices will have a positive impact on the continued of PET resin and sheet for clear rigid packaging.

About NAPCOR:

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), founded in 1987, is the trade association for the PET plastic packaging industry in the United States and Canada. NAPCOR promotes the introduction and use of PET packaging, facilitates recycling and communicates the attributes that make PET containers an environmentally sustainable package.

http://www.napcor.com/PET/index.html

About OCTAL:

Oman-based OCTAL has emerged as the largest PET sheet producer and integrated packaging company in the world.  Operating from the Salalah Free Zone, the company has successfully harnessed unique-to-the-world manufacturing capabilities, along with strategic location and favorable trading regulations, to meet the breadth and depth of customer demands across the globe.

OCTAL’s facility expansion has added 600,000 tons per annum of PET bottle-grade resin to the company’s production capacity, enabling production to reach 1 million tons per annum, making it the largest PET producer in the world on one site.

As manufacturers of PET resin and the first and only direct-to-sheet polyester sheet in the world, DPET™, OCTAL’s state-of-the-art plant was designed and built to yield superior quality products.  Facility design and practices are guided by the benefits of waste reduction and sustainability, and OCTAL considers environmental performance integral to business performance.  Through applying the most advanced technologies, OCTAL has set new global benchmarks for both product and environmental excellence.

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