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Teknor Apex Launches Its Monprene® CP- ALPLA & Henkel's

16500 TPE Recyclable Packaging

ustria-based packaging and
Arecycling company ALPLA
has partnered with consumer
goods company Henkel to develop
recyclable packaging for Henkel’s
Somat dishwashing gel products.
Somat Excellence Duo Gel and All in
One Gel are now packaged in bottles
made from 50% recycled high-density
polyethylene (rHDPE). The bottles
for the gels are produced using up to
100% post-consumer recyclate (PCR).
ALPLA said they do not compromise
the products’ appearance, stability and
mechanical properties.The rHDPE
eknor Apex has recently launched durability promise, and help our partners recycled material was supplied by
Tits Monprene® CP-16500 TPE the succeed,” said Hilarie Rubin, Senior PET Recycling Team, a subsidiary of
new one in the series. The Monprene Market Manager for Consumer Products. ALPLA.The products will be sold in
CP-16500 series is formulated with “Made in the USA” Monprene CP-16500 the new bottles in Italy, Spain, Central
only FDA listed ingredients and is not Series are manufactured in several ISO- and Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle
formulated to contain PVC, BPA, latex, 9001 certified facilities in the USA, but East and Africa. Somat All in One Gel
phthalates or metals, nor REACH SVHC are also manufactured in Singapore and is also sold as a Pro Nature product
or Prop 65 listed substances. These Germany to serve local markets– all
grades are also classified and suitable for with strict formulation control and
use in Children’s Toys per the following traceability. Monprene® CP-16500
regulatory standards: Consumer Product series of thermoplastic elastomers
Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA), (TPEs) are durable and sustainable
European Product Safety Standard alternatives to thermoset rubber for dog
EN 71,and the ASTM International's toys, with a broad range of performance
Standard Consumer Safety Specification and aesthetic characteristics. This series
for Toy Safety (F963). Monprene is includes clear, translucent and opaque
also recyclable, offering a sustainable grades with low, medium and high gloss.
alternative to thermoset rubber dog All grades exhibit excellent colorability in bottles made from up to 100%
toys. Scrap recovered from any step and are easily moldable. This extensive recycled material. The caps for these
in the manufacturing process can portfolio includes specialty grades that bottles are made from 50% recycled
be re-introduced into the process or offer improved durability with superior polypropylene (rPP). ALPLA global
used in the production of new parts. resistance to puncture and tear—ideal key account manager Herwig Schrank
Additionally, used chew toys can be for the demanding applications of dog said: “This project is a milestone in the
recovered, shredded, and recycled into chew toys. Teknor Apex designed a “bite successful sustainability partnership
new ones.“The pet industry has been resistance” laboratory test to simulate between ALPLA and Henkel and is
growing for years, especially recently the forceful action of a dog biting a toy. playing a substantial part in promoting
with the rise in pet ownership during the Based on the ASTM test method F1306 the bottle-to-bottle loop in the
pandemic. As a pet owner, I know what for flexible films, the Teknor Apex Bite market.”The packaging is designed to
an important part of the family they are. Resistance test measures the puncture help Henkel in its efforts to create a
We are excited to be an integral part of resistance, or the force required to circular economy.
creating products that are safe, fulfill the penetrate an injection molded specimen.

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