GR8 Engineering Ltd is looking to undertake a proof of market study into the innovative use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for plastic containers as an alternative and more environmentally friendly packaging material to polypropylene (PP)

GR8 Engineering Ltd 正在寻求对聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯 (PET) 在塑料容器中的创新使用进行市场研究证明，作为聚丙烯 (PP) 的替代品和更环保的包装材料

• 批准号: 700066
• 金额: $ 2.82万
• 依托单位: GR8 ENGINEERING LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: GRD Proof of Market
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2012 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=700066
• 关键词: GR8; Engineering; Ltd; looking; undertake

The directors of GR8 Engineering Ltd have been successfully innovating and working in the plastic bottle market since 2007, and the company now has a number of key patents and applications related to technologies and manufacturing processes in the plastics industry. We are confident GR8’s unique technologies can also be applied to the manufacture of lightweight plastic containers; using PET as a commercially and technically viable alternative to polypropylene and thereby reducing weight and energy in the production process. Currently, the thickness of polypropylene containers cannot be reduced without compromising integral strength and performance. There is the potential for reducing thickness profiles with PET and achieving weight savings of over 15% and energy savings of over 30%, which will impact significantly on the carbon footprint of plastics packaging globally. The new manufacturing process will also reduce the volume and effect of waste currently produced by the industry, by increasing the percentage conversion rate to finished product of an equivalent tonnage of base material and, as there is an established recycling stream and high demand for (PCR) Post Consumer Recyclate, by creating a more recyclable end-of-life product.The project is designed to prove the extent of global market acceptability of the newtechnology within commercially realistic cost parameters. Objectivity and outcomes will be determined by a combination of general and customer-specific market research that will include desk research and targeted interviews throughout the industry supply chain, the identification of best marketing practice, design conceptualisation and the preparation of a draft plan for implementing proposals delivered by the project. There will be a mid-point review, which will confirm the continued relevance of terms and reference and/or any need for change.The technology area is identified as the proposed use of PET in the manufacture of plastic containers.

自2007年以来，GR 8工程有限公司的董事们一直在塑料瓶市场上成功地进行创新和工作，该公司现在拥有许多与塑料行业技术和制造工艺相关的关键专利和应用。我们相信GR 8的独特技术也可以应用于轻质塑料容器的制造;使用PET作为聚丙烯的商业和技术上可行的替代品，从而减少生产过程中的重量和能源。目前，聚丙烯容器的厚度不能在不损害整体强度和性能的情况下减小。PET有可能减少厚度型材，并实现超过15%的重量节省和超过30%的能源节省，这将对全球塑料包装的碳足迹产生重大影响。新的制造工艺还将通过提高同等吨基础材料向成品的转化率来减少该行业目前产生的废物的数量和影响，并且由于存在既定的回收流和对（PCR）的高需求消费后回收，该项目旨在证明在商业上现实的成本参数范围内，全球市场对新技术的接受程度。客观性和结果将通过综合和针对客户的市场研究来确定，其中包括案头研究和整个行业供应链的有针对性的访谈，确定最佳营销实践，设计概念化以及为实施项目提供的建议制定计划草案。将进行一次中期审查，以确认条款和参考的持续相关性和/或任何变更的必要性。技术领域被确定为在塑料容器制造中使用PET的建议。