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Selenis sees clear future in kitchen bins, containers

Materials maker Selenis has launched a line of copolyesters aimed at the kitchenware market.

In a news release, officials with Selenis in Portalegre, Portugal, said that the materials for aesthetic kitchenware were made in response to recent trends in kitchen style, where refrigerator and pantry organization and appearance have become more important.

Selenis Kitxen-brand copolyesters have been developed for refrigerator bins, pantry storage containers and similar uses. Officials said these resins are suitable from thin to thick wall injection molding of highly transparent parts with blue edge effect.

Injection molded bins made from Selenis resins combine excellent clarity and gloss, with superior toughness and durability, they added.

The Kitxen portfolio is fully recyclable and is in line with the U.S. Plastics Pact and European Plastics Pact, as well as the business call for a United Nations Treaty on Plastic Pollution. The materials can be made with up to 50 percent post-consumer PET, officials said, for brand owners who "are looking to rethink plastics and supply more ecofriendly products."

Earlier this year, Selenis reached full production on glycol-modified PET resins with recycled content. Selenis began limited production of recycled-content resins at its plants in Portugal and Italy in late 2019. Those materials — under the ECO Series — can have up to 50 percent recycled content.

Selenis is owned by investment firm IMG Group of Porto, Portugal. IMG also owns global polyester film producer Evertis and is a 50-50 partner with Alpek Group of Mexico in a PET bottle resin plant in Montreal. Alpek handles sales and marketing of material made at that plant.

» Publication Date: 07/10/2021

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