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.
Permeation Testing
Package Shelf-Life Evaluation Case Study The Opportunity One of our customers faced unexpected quality issues with their packaged product, affecting its taste, color, and long-term shelf-life. However, their usual quality control tests did not highlight any...
Preforms: what you need to know about storage/time conditions
PREVIEW: In this paper, we share proprietary research on how both time and storage conditions can impact the performance of your preforms. If you are blow molding bottles from stored preforms, this white paper will help you improve your process. Download the full...
Amber PET Bottles: Recycling Challenges and Opportunities
PREVIEW: The use of poly polyethylene terephthalate (PET) for packaging has seen tremendous growth that can be attributed to the material’s ability to offer light weighting options, unique container designs, clarity, long shelf life (using special additives and/ or...
Phoenix Technologies Acquisition: A letter from PTI President, Thierry Fabozzi
To our valued clients and company partners, In 1991, PTI recognized an opportunity to leverage its expertise in plastic and material science to create Phoenix Technologies. Over the past 28 years, PTI has helped pioneer the development of recycling technologies at...
Packaging Digest: 7 steps to harnessing Big Data in your packaging operations
By: Sumit Mukherjee, Chief Technology Officer at PTI Most of us lead a data-driven life via our phones, watches and other devices. However, most of the time, we don’t harness much of the information that’s available to us. It’s either overwhelming or we don’t have the...
Plastics Today: The gorilla in the middle of the recycling room
By: Thierry Fabozzi – President and CEO of PTI On the ever-present topic of sustainability, there’s been a gorilla in the proverbial room that up until recently wasn’t even acknowledged. Major leading brands, retailers and packaging suppliers have gone on...
Charge of the light brigade: how rPET is driving innovation in the hot-fill market
PTI’s Barb Balyeat and Tracy Momany were featured in a recent feature produced by Plastics in Packaging regarding how recycled rPET is driving innovation in the hot-fill market. Click here to login and view the article featured in the April 2019 issue of...