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
08:30 - 09:00 Welcome Coffee at DFCO, Dijon
Moderated by Antonello Ciotti (PETCORE EUROPE)
09:00 - 09:05 Introduction & Welcome by Antonello Ciotti from PETCORE EUROPE
09:05 - 09:15 Welcome by local authorities (Development Vice President/Mayor of the city) TBC
09:15 - 09:30 Recycling of Trays: European Commission vision & goals by Mikhel Krusberg from European Commission (Remotely)
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome of Sponsors Roberto Bertaggia & Antonello Ciotti from PETCORE EUROPE
Moderated by Christian Crepet (PETCORE EUROPE)
09:45 - 10:05 Thermoforms Collection & recycling outlook by Matt Tudball from ICIS
10:05 - 10:25 Thermoforms Market outlook by Matthew Clough from Argus Media
Moderated by Raphael Jaumotte & Jose Antonio Alarcon (PETCORE EUROPE)
10:25 - 10:45 Converters and PPWR: how to deal with future obligations? by Michael Lindholt from Faerch
10:45 - 11:05 Recyclers engagement by Alain Mano from SRP TBC
11:05 - 11:25 Q&A with the speakers
11:25 - 11:45 Coffee Break
Moderated by Argiris Dabanlis (PETCORE EUROPE)
11:45 - 12:05 Thermoforms regulatory updates by Leonor Garcia from E&ACT
12:05 - 12:20 Standartization updates by Vincent Colard from CITEO (remotely) & Sergio Collado from Sulayr
12:20 - 12:35 Recyclability scoring and impacts by Vincent Colard from CITEO (remotely)
12:35 - 12:55 TCEP: the importance of the testing protocols on standardization by Argiris Dabanlis from PETCORE EUROPE
12:55 - 13:15 Delamination protocol by Adrian Morales from Aimplas TBC
13:15 - 13:45 Panel discussion with Leonor Garcia (E&ACT) & Sergio Collado (Sulayr) & Argiris Dabanlis (PETCORE EUROPE) & Adrian Morales (Aimplas) & Vincent Colard (CITEO)
13:45 - 14:45 Lunch Break
Moderated by Raphael Jaumotte (PETCORE EUROPE)
14:45 - 14:55 General Presentation of Working Group activities by Samuel Pardo & Jose Antonio Alarcon from KP Films & PETCORE EUROPE
14:55 - 15:15 Thermoforms Recycling: achievements by Sébastien Richard from Groupe Guillin TBC
15:15 - 15:35 Optical Sorting of PET Trays: state of the Art by Antoine BOURELY from Pellenc ST TBC
15:35 - 15:45 Recycling Technologies TF updates by Michael Karner from Starlinger TBC
15:45 - 16:00 Real case of the journey to circularity of thermoformed PET packaging TBC
16:00 - 16:10 Panel discussion with Samuel Pardo (KP Films) & Jose Antonio Alarcon (PETCORE EUROPE) & Sébastien Richard (Groupe Guillin) & Antoine BOURELY (Pellenc ST) & Michael Karner (Starlinger)
16:10 - 16:30 Coffee Break
Moderated by Jose Antonio Alarcon (PETCORE EUROPE)
16:30 - 16:35 Food contact Task Force by Samuel Pardo from KP Films
16:35 - 16:50 Metodology on 95/5 compliance by Fabian Storz from Interzero
Moderated by Samuel Pardo (KP Films)
16:50 - 17:00 Communication updates by José Queipo from Ecosense Foundation
17:00 - 17:10 Functional Barrier Updates by Jose Antonio from PETCORE EUROPE
17:10 - 17:25 Analytical experience by Ludwig Coenen from KOR
17:25 - 17:35 Panel discussion
17:35 - 17:40 Wrapping-up & Closure by Antonello Ciotti from PETCORE EUROPE
17:40 - 18:10 AGM - Functional Barrier moderated by Jose Antonio Alarcon from PETCORE EUROPE (For FB Members only)
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
- 14:30 – 15:30 PM: VILLAGE visit
- 15:30 – 16:30 Transfer to the Dijon Hotel
