SAVE the date 27 & 28 May to meet up with experts and PET Thermoforms industry leaders at our Thermoforms Conference 2025 “PET Thermoforms Circularity: How can collection and sorting of PET Thermoforms be improved?” that will be held in France, Dijon & Beaune.”
Registration is open NOW: HERE. We have negotiated a preferred rate for our attendees at Mercure Dijon Centre Clemenceau Hotel. To book a room, please follow this link. If you have any questions regarding the hotel registration, please contact us at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. andThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Please be advised that the number of rooms is limited.
PETCORE EUROPE Thermoforms Working Group was launched in June 2015, comprises more than 80 companies and organizations including key players from industry and waste management and had organize a number of events such as online workshops on Recycling PET Thermoforms , and Thermoforms Conference 2023 in Italy & 2024 in Spain.
The objective of this physical event is to promote thermoforms collection, sorting & recycling and specifically tray to tray recycling. We will also showcase PETCORE EUROPE Thermoforms WG’s initiatives: Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) and Functional Barrier (FB) task Force. This year’s event will focus on collection and sorting that are actually the next key topic to address to enhance PET thermoforms recycling throughout Europe. Also, other initiatives on data collection on thermoforms and partnerships with European associations.
The first day of the event will feature the presentations from all the major experts in the field of thermoforms, followed by panel discussions with the guests from the industry. Also high-level speakers will join us to explain the goals & expectations of the European Commission for the PET trays. While, on the second day PETCORE EUROPE will organize a visit to one of the most sophisticated Sorting Plant that shows how efficient collection and sorting can happen for PET thermoforms. To learn more about this outstanding Sorting Plant, please follow this link here.
Sponsors
The PETCORE EUROPE Thermoforms Conference 2025 will be sponsored by organisations or individual companies, and we invite you to contact us should you wish to join this growing list. As sponsor, your company's name and logo will be displayed on all our communications material (including invitations, agendas, press releases and website) as well as promoted during the event. If you are interested to hear more about our sponsor package, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Preliminary Agenda on the 27th MAY
08:00 - 08:30 Shuttle from Mercure Dijon Centre Clemenceau Hotel to DFCO, Dijon
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome Coffee at DFCO, Dijon
Moderated by Antonello Ciotti (PETCORE EUROPE)
09:00 09:05 Introduction & Welcome & SLIDO introduction by Antonello Ciotti - PETCORE EUROPE
09:05 09:20 Recycling of Trays: EU vision and policies by Mihkel Krusberg - European Commission (remotely)
09:20 09:25 Q&A with Mihkel Krusberg
09:25 09:40 Sponsors of the conference - Claudio Navone from AMUT & Oleaga Gonzalo from Evertis & Alessandra Funcia from SUKANO
09:40 09:55 Juliette Beaulieu - CITEO
09:55 10:10 Manon Marlier - Plarebel
10:10 10:25 Thermorforms Collection & recycling outlook by Matt Tudball I - CIS
10:25 10:40 Thermorforms Market outlook by Matthew Clough - Argus Media
10:40 10:55 Converters and PPWR: how to deal with future obligations? by Anne Flore Jacob – Danone
Moderated by Raphael Jaumotte (PETCORE EUROPE)
10:55 11:10 Recyclers engagement by SRP
11:10 11:15 Slido Review for session 1
11:15 11:30 Q&A with Matt Tudball & Matthew Clough & Juliette Beaulieu & Manon Marlier & Anne Flore Jacob & SRP
11:30 11:45 Coffee Break
Moderated by Argiris Dabanlis (PETCORE EUROPE)
11:45 12:00 Thermoforms regulatory updates by Leonor Garcia - E&ACT
12:00 12:15 Standartization updates by Vincent Colard (remotely) /Sergio Collado - Citeo & Sulayr
12:15 12:30 Recyclability scoring and impacts by Vincent Colard (remotely) - Citeo
12:30 12:45 TCEP: the importance of the testing protocols on standardization by Argiris Dabanlis - PETCORE EUROPE
12:45 13:00 Towards a new laboratory protocol for testing the delamination of PET trays by Vanessa Gutiérrez Aragonés - Aimplas
13:00 13:05 Slido Review for session 2
13:05 13:35 Panel discussion with Leonor Garcia & Sergio Collado & Argiris Dabanlis & Adrian Morales & Vincent Colard & Samuel Pardo & Michael Lindholt & Sébastien Ricard & Vanessa Gutiérrez Aragonés
13:35 14:20 Lunch
Moderated by Samuel Pardo (KP Films)
14:20 14:30 General Presentation of Working group activities by Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon - KP Films & PETCORE EUROPE
14:30 14:50 Advances in washing technologies by Michael Hofmann - Hydrodyn
14:50 15:10 Optical Sorting of PET Trays: state of the Art by Antoine BOURELY - Pellenc ST
15:10 15:20 Recycling Technologies TF update by Michael Karner - Starlinger
15:20 15:35 Cooperation project on Recyclable Multilayer food trays by Nikolas Wolf - Krones
15:35 15:45 Panel discussion with Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon & Antoine BOURELY & Michael Karner & Michael Hoffman & Nikolas Wolf
15:45 16:00 Coffee Break
Moderated by Jose Antonio Alarcon (PETCORE EUROPE)
16:00 16:05 Food contact TF by Samuel Pardo - KP Films
16:05 16:20 Metodology on 95/5 compliance by Fabian Storz - Interzero
16:20 16:30 Communication updates by José Queipo - Ecosense Foundation
16:30 16:40 Functional Barrier Updates by Jose Antonio Alarcon - PETCORE EUROPE
16:40 16:55 The importance of data to our business by Ludwig Coenen - KOR
16:55 17:05 Panel discussion with Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon & Ludwig Coenen & Fabian Storz & José Queipo
17:05 17:10 Slido Review for session 3
17:10 17:15 Wrapping-up & Closure & Final SURVEY by Antonello Ciotti - PETCORE EUROPE
17:15 17:45 AGM (Hybrid) - Functional Barrier moderated by Jose Antonio Alarcon - PETCORE EUROPE
18:00 18:30 Shuttle from DFCO, Dijon to Mercure Dijon Centre Clemenceau Hotel
18:30 19:00 Hotel Time
19:00 19:45 Shuttle from Mercure Dijon Centre Clemenceau Hotel to the Gala Dinner
19:45 22:15 Gala Dinner at "Premnord" (10 Route de Dijon, 21700 Premeaux-Prissey)
22:15 22:45 Shuttle back to the hotel from the GALA Dinner
Media Partnership
As a media partner, your organisation's name and logo will be displayed on all our communications materials (including agendas, press releases and websites) as well as promoted on social media during the event, you will also be granted one free access for the event. If you are interested to hear more about our media partnership package, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Preliminary Agenda on the 28th MAY
- 7:45 – Bus transfer from Dijon to Bourgogne Recyclage Travoisy, Ruffey-les-Beaune
- 9:00 – Arrival of the first bus at Bourgogne Recyclage
- 9:15 – First departure for the visit (1/4) → 10:00
- 9:25 – Second departure for the visit (2/4) → 10:10
- 9:15 – Arrival of the second bus
- 10:10 – Third departure for the visit (3/4) → 10:55
- 10:20 – Fourth departure for the visit (4/4) → 11:05
- 11:30 – End of the visit
- 11:30 – 12:30 Bus transfer to BELLEVIGNE Restaurant
- 12:30 – 14:30 PM Lunch Hôtel Bellevignes (6 Rue Traversière, 21220 Chambolle-Musigny)
- 14:30 – 15:30 PM: VILLAGE visit
- 15:30 – 16:30 Transfer to the Dijon Hotel
