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)

自2007年以来，GR8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，目前公司拥有多项与塑料行业技术和制造工艺相关的关键专利和申请。我们相信GR8的独特技术也可以应用于制造轻质塑料容器；使用PET作为商业和技术上可行的聚丙烯替代品，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影响整体强度和性能的情况下减少。PET有可能减少厚度，实现超过15%的重量减轻和超过30%的能源节约，这将对全球塑料包装的碳足迹产生重大影响。新的制造工艺还将减少目前由该行业产生的废物的数量和影响，通过提高等效吨位基础材料的成品转化率百分比，并且由于存在既定的回收流程和对（PCR）消费后回收的高需求，通过创造更可回收的报废产品。该项目旨在证明在商业上可行的成本参数范围内，全球市场对新技术的接受程度。客观性和结果将由一般和特定客户的市场研究相结合来确定，包括案头研究和整个行业供应链的目标访谈，最佳营销实践的确定，设计概念化以及为实施项目交付的提案准备计划草案。将进行一次中期审查，以确认术语和职权范围的继续相关性和/或是否需要进行更改。该技术领域被确定为建议使用PET制造塑料容器。

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.