Can the trend toward plastics bottle lightweighting continue to escalate or will it soon reach a peak where not much more weight can be removed?

 

 

What are your primary reasons to attend NPE2009 this year?

 

What does the PET packaging industry need to do to fight the consumer and media backlash against the landfilling of plastic bottles?

Can the PET industry as a whole collaborate on universal metrics to measure sustainability claims and market PET bottles as a sustainable alternative?

 

 With new work underway to use recycled PET by Coca-Cola, ConAgra, Method, and others, will we see an increase in supply to match the growing demand?

 

Do you expect a breakthrough PET barrier technology to propel growth in new or existing markets for PET bottles in the next three to five years? 

What is more critical right now to the plastics packaging industry, generating higher demand across categories or finding ways to enhance profits?