February 26 (prw) -- AWS Eco Plastics has increased production of its rPET pellet (purePET 78). The move follows an announcement from Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE) that it is investing to boost UK use of post-consumer recycled PET.
AWS and APPE agreed an exclusive contract for 13,000 tonnes of rPET per annum in 2008 and despite a major fire in August 2009 at its Hemswell site AWS has continued to supply on the contract.
The company is pleased to announce that increasing demand for its purePET 78 from additional customers, as well as APPE, has led to the increase in production from the manufacturing line.
Hemswell site manager, Tony Hayes, said: ⌠I am delighted to see this uplift in tonnage and sales, this compliments the recent increase in output from the plant, largely due to the efforts of my production and engineering teams.
⌠We are now fully operational, 24/7, and if we could run 30 hours a day the output would be sold.