This Prototype PET Bottle from Suntory Group is Eco-Focused
Michael Hemsworth — December 4, 2021 — Eco
References: suntory & packagingeurope
This prototype PET bottle has been shown off by the Suntory Group as a new packaging solution that was developed in partnership with Annelotech over the past decade. The packaging utilizes plant-based paraxylene that is converted into terephthalic acid (PTA) that is traditionally used to make up 70% of the material composition for PET. This is combined with Annelotech’s mono ethylene glycol (MEG) that's plant-based as well that has been sourced from molasses.
President and CEO of Annelotechm spoke on the prototype PET bottle saying, "The competitive advantage of Anellotech’s Bio-TCat generated paraxylene is its process efficiency (it uses a single-step thermal catalytic process by going directly from biomass to aromatics: benzene, toluene and xylene), as well as the opportunity it creates for a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as compared to its identical fossil-derived paraxylene in the manufacture of PET especially as it generates required process energy from the biomass feedstock itself.”
President and CEO of Annelotechm spoke on the prototype PET bottle saying, "The competitive advantage of Anellotech’s Bio-TCat generated paraxylene is its process efficiency (it uses a single-step thermal catalytic process by going directly from biomass to aromatics: benzene, toluene and xylene), as well as the opportunity it creates for a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as compared to its identical fossil-derived paraxylene in the manufacture of PET especially as it generates required process energy from the biomass feedstock itself.”
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