At its PET recycling plant in Čakovec (Croatia), REKIS d.o.o. has been using a VACUNITE® bottle-to-bottle system since autumn 2022 to produce up to 13,000 tonnes/year of the highest-quality food contact compliant rPET pellets from washed flakes for making beverage bottles. These are supplied to the Austrian beverage producer Steinrieser, among others, who primarily produce and bottle the company's own products for the food and beverage industry at its plant in St. Gallen (Austria). Following the start-up of the VACUNITE® plant, both companies are following their goal of implementing a circular economy in PET beverage packaging.