The Resource Hub
Our resource hub has resources featuring classroom-based training for PET professionals, industry articles, white papers, and much more. Developed by experts for professionals to expand their skills, and explore trends and perspectives that permeate the plastic industry.
Enhance Your Technical Knowledge
Our plastics and packaging industry experts with extensive years of experience designed a catalog of courses to provide industry professionals with training on a variety of subjects from materials to recycling. Most courses are conducted in small groups to encourage interaction, networking and practical application sessions.
Scheduled classes are offered at PTI locations in the U.S. and Europe. We can also host off-site courses at your location, or tailor a specialized course based on your company’s needs and objectives. Keep checking back for new trainings in the resource hub.
Technology and Application of PET Training
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Blow Mold Operator Training
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Injection Mold Operator Training
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Plastic Packaging for Hot-Fill & Aseptic Beverages Training
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IV Calculator
Looking for an easy way to measure the resulting IV of a resin? Check out our IV Calculator, available for use on a PC or a mac – or via app on your smartphone for when you are on the go.
When the user inputs the IV values of the specific resins being used for the blend, the app will instantly display the resulting IV. The calculator also provides the molecular weight of the individual resins.
Proper drying is required for good melt processing of PET. At melt processing temperatures, hydrolytic degradation occurs as a reaction of PET with moisture in the resin pellets.
DePoly and PTI collaborate to create closed loop recycled PET bottle
Sion, Switzerland, January 22nd 2025 – DePoly, a Swiss award-winning CleanTech company which specializes in advanced recycling of PET/polyester plastics, today announced their collaboration with PTI (Plastic Technologies Inc) a leader in sustainable plastic...
Can Simulation Harness Creative Energy?
The need today is more creative package design. Gone are the days of an engineered container that brand owners design a colorful label and fight for prime space on store shelves. The need now is to create a brand image or shape that is iconic and distinguishable just...
Structure Is King
Like many things, design tends to follow cycles. The pendulum swings from intricate and ornate to simple and sleek and back again. Simple and sleek is currently en vogue, thanks at least in part to the success of Apple® products. However, simple and sleek does not...
Can FEA Determine Quality of a CAD Plastic Container Design?
In today’s fast paced development cycle, the role of employing a digital design solution cannot be minimized. At almost every design step, from creative rendering to the 3D printed consumer testing prototypes some electronic version of the package geometry is...
Can Your Choice of Design CAD Tool Limit Your Creativity?
Today there are many affordable entry level design tools available to the novice designer, the inventor or companies who do not have the budget for high end Computer Assisted Design (CAD) tools. With most CAD tools, you can achieve 80% of the way to a successful...
Understanding the Value of an EIEMP
An Experienced Independent Engineering and Manufacturing Partner can be a valuable asset to any company. Utilized correctly it becomes an extension of your own internal resources. Many of these EIEMP solution providers have years of industry experience that reach...
Why Do Package Developments Take Longer and Cost More Than We Want?
There are many reasons for timing and cost overruns, but often it is due to a lack of information earlier in the process. Here are a few key points to help minimize issues: Not enough information. Too often people think they are ready to start the design work, when...