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24 June 2025
Akestra™ for hot food and beverage services
Packaging for hot food and beverage service comes with tough demands. Whether it's coffee lids, soup bowls, or trays for hot meals, packaging needs to stay rigid, safe, and visually appealing - even at temperatures approaching boiling water. Traditionally, that has meant turning to materials like PP or PS, which come with limitations in recyclability, clarity, and often a less-than-premium feel. As expectations rise for both performance and circularity, packaging needs a smarter solution.
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22 May 2025
Backed by TCEP endorsement, Akestra™ delivers a proven path to circular high-heat PET packaging.
As legislation pushes packaging circularity into sharper focus, Perstorp’s Akestra™ emerges as one of the few solutions already third-party endorsed for compatibility with PET recycling, offering a future-proof solution for hotfill and hot food & beverage applications.
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Advanced Polymer Solutions, Products
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22 May 2025
TCEP承認済みAkestra™、耐熱PET包装の循環型ソリューションとしての選択肢に
包装分野における循環性が法規制により一層注目される中、パーストープのAkestra™は、PETリサイクルとの適合性について第三者機関からすでに承認を受けた数少ないソリューションのひとつとして、ホットフィルおよび高温対応の食品・飲料用途における将来性のある選択肢となっています。
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Advanced Polymer Solutions, Products
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31 May 2018
Food compliant and Fire classified
Perstorp's key monomer in Akestra™ holds both the positive opinion of EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) and top class plastic fire classification B according to EN13501-1
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14 September 2016
Perstorp’s Akestra™ compliant for food-contact use in EU
The key monomer in Perstorp’s Akestra™ thermoplastic copolyester has been added to (EU) 10/2011 by the European Commission. This means that all components in Akestra™ are now on the list of authorized substances for food contact use which proves that Akestra™ is fully safe for use in food packaging.
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Advanced Materials
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04 October 2018
Akestra™ the new copolyester in Europe
David Engberg, product manager of Akestra gives a presentation on how you make your food packaging stand out on the shelf.
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12 October 2018
Why you should focus on the optimal carrier for your PET and PC masterbatch
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Advanced Materials
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22 August 2018
Five trends in the food packaging market by David Engberg
The current trends in the food packaging industry are both a challenge and an opportunity for the market. In this article, I take a look at five main trends that actors in the packaging industry should be aware of.
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Advanced Materials
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20 May 2019
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05 April 2023
Circular packaging based on Perstorp’s Akestra™ 100 and Akestra™ 110 announced as an endorsed solutions in Europe
The Technical Committee of the Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) of PETCORE Europe has officially endorsed the use of Akestra™ 100 and Akestra™ 110, products manufactured by leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp, for the production of heat-resistant PET trays. Furthermore, the committee has recognized that the use of Akestra™ 100 and Akestra™ 110 do not have a negative impact on current European PET recycling streams.
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Perstorp, Advanced Polymer Solutions