Powder recovery and recycling lets unused and residual metal powders be reprocessed, lowering waste and input costs and supporting circular flows on-site.
As chemical recycling projects across Europe grapple with scalability, energy intensity, and cost competitiveness versus virgin polymers, the ownership change arrives.
Reinforcing JK Paper’s packaging growth push, the acquisition adds Radhesham Wellpack, a corrugated and protective packaging player serving industrial and consumer goods customers.
Built on a closed-loop model returning used bottles to raw material, the Odisha plant will produce food-grade resin and preforms, addressing India’s shortfall in food-contact-compliant recycled PET.
At Ain Sokhna, printing through final packaging, inspection, extrusion lamination, slitting, and material handling, runs as one continuous process, equipped with machinery from Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Italy.
A dedicated facility will size, cut, and process coil packaging steel, with output sold as sheets and printed sheets in domestic and international markets.
The park’s placement responds to India’s rising sustainable-packaging demand, while co-locating production with Paradip petrochemical feedstock to lower logistics costs and supply-chain fragmentation across eastern India.
Advanced manufacturing, operational efficiency, and leading sustainability practices will be built into the facility.
Cooperation between the two countries will create opportunities in investment, tech transfer, and training, strengthening Africa’s production of essential medicines and equipment.
The initiative shows textile-to-textile recycling can scale from trials to commercial production, offering a blueprint for brands to adopt next-generation fibres.