Klӧckner Pentaplast to add rPET/PET capacity to its Beaver, West Virginia site
The multi-million dollar investment will grow the company's sustainable food packaging capabilities in North America
Klöckner Pentaplast (KP), a global supplier of recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has chosen its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia for its multi-million-dollar production expansion, adding post-consumer recycled content (PCR) PET capacity in North America.
The expansion will further grow KP’s sustainable innovation offering in consumer health, pharmaceutical, and food packaging markets through the addition of an extrusion line and two thermoformers, delivering a total of 15,000 metric tons of new rPET/PET capacity. KP currently produces over 20% of its materials made from PCR material.