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Green Enough? - What Is The Future?

Created by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Appel | | ONE:16

Green — greener — greenest Are we “green” enough for the future?

Are plastics green enough for the future? Is plastic packaging green enough for the future? Are we green enough for the future? These questions immediately raise further questions for engineers and technicians: Can this be measured? Can “green” be classified based on numbers, data and facts? Can…
Created by Marc-Henry de Jong United Biopolymers, S.A., Portugal | | ONE:16

Plastic makes our lives easier, and pollutes our planet at the same time: Do we need to change our lifestyles, or is there an alternative?

Plastic products are omnipresent in our society and will remain indispensable in the future. Plastic touches every aspect of our daily life, so much so that in 2014 alone we consumed a total of 246 million tonnes [1] . But it comes at a price – especially for the environment: 114 million tonnes…
Created by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Appel | | ONE:16

Fourth industrial revolution – on everyone’s lips, but not yet in full effect

Smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, the internet and – of course – social media: constant availability, monitoring and networking have become almost indispensible parts of our daily lives. Why would it be any different in business and industry?
Created by Chris Freshman MEng.(Hons) CEng MIMechE Torus Measurement Systems, Telford, United Kingdom | | ONE:16

Base and wall thickness measurement continued - Part 2: Metrology principles for the PET packaging industry

This article explores the PET industry’s changing requirements from process monitoring to ‘true’ measurement systems. The differences between accuracy, resolution, precision, repeatability, reproducibility and traceability are detailed and each clearly defined. It then demonstrates how discernible…
Created by Stefan Bock Netstal-Maschinen AG, Switzerland | | ONE:16

Thin-walled preform bases for a significant weight reduction in the bottle base - Interactive workshop at PETnology yields valuable results

The collaborative work between Creative Packaging Solutions, Krones, MHT, Netstal, Otto Hofstetter and Sidel on weight reduction has met with a lot of interest.

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EDITORIAL
connecting comPETence ONE:16
Otto Appel, Chief editor
OUT OF ROUTINE
Different machines, same passion
Otto Appel, Chief editor
IN BUSINESS
LiquiFormTM enters second round
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Appel
IN DETAIL
Basic research plasma technology - making synthetic materials more impervious
Dr. Julia Weiler Scientific Communication, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
Base and wall thickness measurement continued - Part 2: Metrology principles for the PET packaging industry
Chris Freshman MEng.(Hons) CEng MIMechE Torus Measurement Systems, Telford, United Kingdom
Has plasma technology established itself in the packaging market?
Interview with Bernd-Thomas Kempa, Managing Director at KHS Plasmax GmbH, Hamburg, Germany
Some more notes on barriers in packaging solutions for PET today!
Paulo Correia R&D Director of LOGOPLASTE and Manager of LOGOPLASTE Innovation Lab, Portugal
Preventing preform damage during production: towards perfect products
Hans Werink, Joost Hurenkamp Holland Colours, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
FT-NIR spectroscopy – Fast quality analysis of PET packaging material
Simon Fischer, Krones AG Frédéric Despagne, ABB Measurement and Analytics
IN FOCUS
Intercultural competence
Marc Jacobs, itim International
Vision inspection and industry 4.0: The next step
Dr. Gerd Fuhrmann INTRAVIS GmbH, Aachen, Germany
PET prospects in beverages in Europe: A bright future notwithstanding some challenges
Karine Dussimon Senior Packaging Analyst at Euromonitor International, Great Britain
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