20 Dec 2019 --- This week in packaging, ALPLA Group, an international plastic packaging and recycling specialist, joined a new consortium for the chemical recycling of PET. The consortium intends to speed up the commercialization of enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, which turns opaque and difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste into recycled feedstocks. Also, diversified packaging supplier Sonoco and fiber solutions innovator Ahlstrom-Munksjö signed up to the 4evergreen alliance to advance fiber-based packaging, while Huhtamaki completed the acquisition of the majority of the business of Everest Flexibles for an enterprise value of €58 million.