Akestra™ - Upgrading recycled PET with irresistible resistance
Perstorp's solutions enable customers to enhance recycled PET by adding heat resistance performance and also achieve sustainability targets by increasing recycled material content and enabling design for circularity.
Through value-driven and customer focused innovation Perstorp develops competitive alternatives for the packaging industry. We offer a circular packaging solution, that reduce carbon footprint and ensure food safety as well as enable resource efficiency. This solution gives you the possibility to achieve your present and future sustainability targets.
Akestra™
Boost recycled PET by adding Akestra™* and get glass-like appearance and heat resistance up to 90°C. By upgrading RPET, food packaging applications no longer need virgin plastics like polystyrene. By enhancing the usability of recycled PET Akestra™ makes your products more circular and sustainable. Akestra™ can be used in food contact applications and complies both with FDA and EU regulations for direct food contact.
*Akestra™ is currently available in Europe only.