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“In the last six months, Pet Star recorded notable, double-digit growth. This crisis was actually very beneficial for us. Pet Star is a heavily digitalized company — technology helped us. We are pioneers in Romania in implementing technology and automation...

“Construction began last autumn and we are striving to start operations by the end of this year. We are now doing a vertical integration. The investment will amount to €20 million. It was not easy to obtain financing. We tried...

EximBank structured a financial package to cover the working capital needs of Pet Star Holding from Ialomița, the largest PET preform producer in Romania and the Balkans region. The company received a RON 20 million credit facility, granted with a...

Pet Star Holding, one of the most important PET preform producers in Romania and the Balkans region in terms of production volume and format variety, secured a €4 million financing facility from CEC Bank to support its business. The funds...

From its launch in December 2023 through October 2024, Romanians returned 2.3 billion packages through the RetuRO Deposit-Return System. The collection rate rose from below 13% to 50%, and September 2024 was the best month, with a return rate exceeding...

Pet Star Recycling stands out as an innovative leader in the recycling industry in Romania and the Balkans region. With an approach fully integrated into the “Bottle-to-Bottle” concept, the company transforms PET bottle waste into new PET preforms suitable for...

Romania’s recycling industry is undergoing a significant transformation, and Pet Star Recycling is at the forefront of this process. Pet Star is the only group in the Balkans operating a fully integrated “Bottle-to-Bottle” system — PET bottles collected after use...

Throughout 2024, Pet Star Recycling processed approximately 10,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET bottles sourced from RetuRO, representing 25% of all PET packaging collected through the Deposit-Return System. The Slobozia facility, established in 2021 following an initial investment of €30 million,...

We hosted a new episode of the “On the DRS road” series, produced together with RetuRO SGR. Discover how we transform PET bottles collected through the Deposit-Return System into new food-grade PET preforms, ready to become sustainable packaging once again....