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Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Reduction in environmental pollution and emissions as waste is reused
Material for insulation purposes
High durability
Easy to store and transport
Simple and low-cost technique
This product intends to offer a recyclable solution for heat shrink sleeves that is practically unique in the market; hence it will be well received and have a long life, eventually contributing to a closed loop economy that brings several positive impacts.
Life cycle studies prove the following environmental benefits of recycling: the total energy required to produce rPET resin is at least 75% lower than the total energy demand for virgin PET (which includes raw material feedstock energy). The process and transport energy required to produce rPET is 40% lower than that of virgin PET resin. Replacing use of virgin PET with rPET reduces greenhouse gas emissions by almost 60%.
Selenis’ Eco sleeve product line is a solution developed under their Circular Economy pledge. Selenis is aware that the fulfillment of their ESG responsibilities is essential to maintain a positive impact and they work towards complying with a sustainability roadmap. In this regard, they develop objectives, programs, and actions to drive sustainable development throughout their sustainability model, based on 5 pillars: Governance, Circular Economy, Innovation, Environment and People.
More than 14 communities and 128 families participated
1,725 eco-bricks were recollected
8,000 USD in vouchers for supermarkets were distributed to the families who participated – a huge relief in COVID times
110,350 m2 of waste was recycled
More than 110,350 m2 of constructions will be built
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
This product intends to offer a recyclable solution for heat shrink sleeves that is practically unique in the market; hence it will be well received and have a long life, eventually contributing to a closed loop economy that brings several positive impacts.
Life cycle studies prove the following environmental benefits of recycling: the total energy required to produce rPET resin is at least 75% lower than the total energy demand for virgin PET (which includes raw material feedstock energy). The process and transport energy required to produce rPET is 40% lower than that of virgin PET resin. Replacing use of virgin PET with rPET reduces greenhouse gas emissions by almost 60%.
Selenis’ Eco sleeve product line is a solution developed under their Circular Economy pledge. Selenis is aware that the fulfillment of their ESG responsibilities is essential to maintain a positive impact and they work towards complying with a sustainability roadmap. In this regard, they develop objectives, programs, and actions to drive sustainable development throughout their sustainability model, based on 5 pillars: Governance, Circular Economy, Innovation, Environment and People.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Rationalising the use of energy and natural resources and act on the processes in order to optimise and reduceconsumption.
Reducing the production of waste by increasing and promoting recycling and recovering material wheneverpossible.
Ensuring that materials and procedures used don’t present any risk to the health of workers and to the environment.
Making sure that the use of materials, resources and the incorporation of safe and innovative technologies promoteenvironmental protection and minimise the environmental impacts.
Coaching and engaging employees to perform in a conscious and responsible manner, for the importance ofeveryone in guaranteeing product safety and for improving environmental performance.
Implementing good practices in order to comply with applicable legislation and other requirements that will leadto the environmental preservation.
This product intends to offer a recyclable solution for heat shrink sleeves that is practically unique in the market; hence it will be well received and have a long life, eventually contributing to a closed loop economy that brings several positive impacts.
Life cycle studies prove the following environmental benefits of recycling: the total energy required to produce rPET resin is at least 75% lower than the total energy demand for virgin PET (which includes raw material feedstock energy). The process and transport energy required to produce rPET is 40% lower than that of virgin PET resin. Replacing use of virgin PET with rPET reduces greenhouse gas emissions by almost 60%.
Selenis’ Eco sleeve product line is a solution developed under their Circular Economy pledge. Selenis is aware that the fulfillment of their ESG responsibilities is essential to maintain a positive impact and they work towards complying with a sustainability roadmap. In this regard, they develop objectives, programs, and actions to drive sustainable development throughout their sustainability model, based on 5 pillars: Governance, Circular Economy, Innovation, Environment and People.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
This product intends to offer a recyclable solution for heat shrink sleeves that is practically unique in the market; hence it will be well received and have a long life, eventually contributing to a closed loop economy that brings several positive impacts.
Life cycle studies prove the following environmental benefits of recycling: the total energy required to produce rPET resin is at least 75% lower than the total energy demand for virgin PET (which includes raw material feedstock energy). The process and transport energy required to produce rPET is 40% lower than that of virgin PET resin. Replacing use of virgin PET with rPET reduces greenhouse gas emissions by almost 60%.
Selenis’ Eco sleeve product line is a solution developed under their Circular Economy pledge. Selenis is aware that the fulfillment of their ESG responsibilities is essential to maintain a positive impact and they work towards complying with a sustainability roadmap. In this regard, they develop objectives, programs, and actions to drive sustainable development throughout their sustainability model, based on 5 pillars: Governance, Circular Economy, Innovation, Environment and People.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
In accordance with California Act Assembly Bill 906 and ASTM D7611/D7611M - Standard Practice for Coding Plastic Manufactured Articles for Resin Identification. Products comply with the compositional requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation and European Regulation 10/2011.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
This product intends to offer a recyclable solution for heat shrink sleeves that is practically unique in the market; hence it will be well received and have a long life, eventually contributing to a closed loop economy that brings several positive impacts.
Life cycle studies prove the following environmental benefits of recycling: the total energy required to produce rPET resin is at least 75% lower than the total energy demand for virgin PET (which includes raw material feedstock energy). The process and transport energy required to produce rPET is 40% lower than that of virgin PET resin. Replacing use of virgin PET with rPET reduces greenhouse gas emissions by almost 60%.
Selenis’ Eco sleeve product line is a solution developed under their Circular Economy pledge. Selenis is aware that the fulfillment of their ESG responsibilities is essential to maintain a positive impact and they work towards complying with a sustainability roadmap. In this regard, they develop objectives, programs, and actions to drive sustainable development throughout their sustainability model, based on 5 pillars: Governance, Circular Economy, Innovation, Environment and People.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Reassure consumers & provide trust to end-users (B2C), increasing public interest in recyclability and recycled content
Demonstrate compliance with legislation (B2B) & verify claims via third-party assessments
Show transparency about recyclability and waste origin and source
Support corporate sustainability claims about recycled content and recyclability of plastics
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Excellent chemical resistance
Good barrier properties
Exceptional clarity
High brightness
Design flexibility
Easy to process
Excellent decorative ability
Processing flexibility
Fast cycle times
High impact resistance
Heavy wall capacity
Ease of secondary operations
Free of BPA and additives
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The UPM life cycle assessment was carried out in accordance with ISO 14040 and based on cradle-to-gate systemboundary. As the biorefinery is currently in the process of being built, the LCA will be gradually updated with primary data.The study has been critically reviewed by an independent third party according to ISO 14044.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
Selenis’ achievement in developing a recyclable solution for the PETG heat shrink sleeve market has been recognized by APPE (Associação Portuguesa de Ética Empresarial) for their Eco Sleeve product, and the Portuguese-based group has been awarded for their efforts towards SDG 12 and the Circular Economy.
APEE was founded with the objective of promoting the development of ethics in organizations, with full integration in their management practices and, consequently, in their environment. APEE believes that the combination of ethics and social responsibility in the management system favors the sustainability of businesses.
APEE and the United Nations Global Compact Network Portugal have jointly launched the 15th Edition of Social Responsibility Week, addressing how Portugal can take the next ten years as an opportunity to build a more sustainable future from an economic, social and environmental perspective and settling “2020-2030 as the decade of sustainability”.
Several partners, public-private institutions, and companies have actively contributed to a week of in-depth reflection on sustainability, within the scope of the United Nations Agenda 2030. Themes such as Sustainable Finance, Smart Cities, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Decarbonization among others, have been highlighted. During this week, the association aimed to distinguish organizations from the public and private sectors, with and without profit, for their practices on Social Responsibility and Sustainability.
Nowadays the PETG shrinkable films used in labels for bottles and jars can’t be recycled in PET stream together with the rest of PET packages classified with the recycling code #1.
PETG is completely amorphous due to its chemical composition, characterized only with glass transition temperature (Tg) and without the ability to crystallize. Therefore, when mixed with PET flakes at temperatures above its Tg, they will stick together forming hard clumps and decreasing the rPET yield.
The objective of Selenis’ project is to produce a special PET shrinkable film that doesn’t cause a sticking issue in the final product during the recycling process and can therefore be recycled in the same stream as other PET packages.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
