2nd JPET Returns to Tokyo on 15-18 March with Prominent Panel & Stimulating Ideas

CMT's 2nd Japan PET Resin Trade, Applications & Recycling Summit (JPET) features Japan's recycling developments and its innovative PET packaging market.

TOKYO, Feb. 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Brand owners, bottlers, supermarket chains, PET technology providers and recyclers will join the Tokyo summit on 15-18 March to share vital insights on new applications and technologies for PET as well as recent developments in PET recycling in Japan. In the lead is Japan's major supermarket chain, 7 & I Holdings, with a keynote address on its green packaging initiatives (from recyclable trays to recycled / biomass PET containers to automatic PET bottles). Japan's well-known brand, Suntory, is also a key panelist -- represented by Munehiko Takada, Executive Officer -- Packaging Material Development Department at Suntory Business Expert.

Besides a post-conference site visit to a Suntory Hakusyu Plant on 18 March, the summit includes several Japan-focused sessions:

• Case study: "PET bottles with aluminum catalyst" – Iwatani
• Bioplastics market situation in Japan, including PLA sleeve/labels for beverages -- ITI Consulting
• Far Eastern New Century Corporation's Innovative Strategy for Japan's PET Market
• Japan PET Recycling Market and Latest Developments – T-Bay International Beverage Business Consulting

PET recycling is further examined in:

• "PET packaging – Recycling for direct food contact" by Gneuss 
• "FPCO Mechanical PET Bottle-to-Tray and Tray-to-Tray Recycling" by FP Corporation

Sessions discussing the latest technologies for PET applications will include:

• David Swift, MD of PCI shares vital insights on "Global PET/ polyester market."
• "Emerging trends in cooling plants for PET, packaging and beverage industries" - Frigel Firenze;
• "Hydrolysis resistant PET film for photovoltaic power generation systems" - Toyobo;
• "New blow molding technologies opening up new market applications for PET" – Frontier Incorp, and
• Tomra's "Reverse vending machines for recycling plastic bottles & beverage containers."

Additionally, a guided tour of Kirin Beverage Company's Syonan Bottling Plant will take place on 15 March, followed by dinner. An optional post-conference workshop, "Improving RPET Quality & New Developments in PET (bottles /trays/ sheets) Recycling," will be conducted by Robert Dvorak, Technical Business Development Manager, Visy rPLASTICS.

The summit is organised by Centre for Management Technology (CMT) and is sponsored by Chang Woen (Silver Sponsor), Frigel (Luncheon Sponsor -- Day one), Erema (Luncheon Sponsor -- Day two) and Gneuss (Associate Sponsor).

View the event website or call Ms. Shiraishi at +81-090-6300-6531 for more details.

Media Contact:

Hozue Shiraishi
Mobile: +81-090-6300-6531

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