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| Sustainability | Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Germany

Commitment

IK & ELIPSO welcome the environmental commitment of global companies

IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen (German industrial association for plastic packaging) and its French partner association ELIPSO welcome the “Alliance to End Plastic Waste“ as important step in fighting marine litter. 
| Management | Emsur | Madrid | Spain

Acquisition

Emsur acquires majority of Eximpack

Emsur has reportedly acquired a significant stake of the Russian Eximpack after a successful relationship that was initiated in 2016 and reinforces its presence in eastern Europe with a strong and strategic movement into the sleeves packaging market.
| Management | Novio Packaging | Wijchen | Netherlands

Acquisition

Novio Packaging Group acquires Flacopac and Deflaco

Novio Packaging Group, an international player in the packaging industry, has announced its acquisition of German-Swiss packaging company Flacopac/Deflaco, effective as of today. This move increases the group’s market share in Europe and gives the Netherlands-based company a significantly stronger...
| Sustainability | Highland Spring Group | Blackford, Perth and Kinross | United Kingdom

100% Recycled Water Bottle

Highland Spring's 100% recycled plastic eco bottle is here to stay, after major trial success

Highland Spring has responded to popular demand by making a 100% recycled and recyclable plastic eco bottle a permanent choice in 2019.
| Sustainability | Aptar | Crystal Lake,IL | United States

Sustainability

Aptar signs the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

Aptar announced that it has signed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment and has joined forces with other businesses and governments committed to changing how we produce, use and reuse plastic.
| Management | IntraPac | Mooresville, NC | United States

Acquisition

IntraPac International merges with Technical Precision Plastics

IntraPac International LLC (“IntraPac”), a designer and manufacturer of rigid packaging solutions, announced today that it has merged with Technical Precision Plastics, Inc. (“TPP”), a customer service focused injection molder of highprecision specialty components for medical and premium consumer...
| Mineral water | Vöslauer Mineralwasser GmbH | Vöslau | Austria

Recycling Initiative

Mineral water producer Vöslauer is starting out the new year with 100% rePET in Germany

100% recycled material and equally low consumption of materials for all PET bottles
Vöslauer already managed to set new standards in Austria back in October, with the launch of its 0.5 l “ohne” (still) PET bottle made of 100% rePET (recycled PET). The innovative packaging, inspired by the desire...
| PET materials | Amcor | Melbourne | Australia

PET jar

New yogurt jar appeals to health conscious-consumers

The yogurt market in Latin America continues to grow as companies develop products to appeal to health-conscious consumers. That appeal includes premium-looking packaging that is durable and increasingly sustainable.
| Management | Alpla | Hard | Austria

Management

ALPLA: Philipp Lehner is the new CFO

Philipp Lehner has been active in the family company since June 2014 and has worked in several areas of the company. The 34-year-old son of CEO Günther Lehner most recently served as Regional Manager for North America. He takes the place of Georg Früh as CFO and will be responsible for Finance, IT,...
| Sustainability | BASF | Ludwigshafen | Germany

Alliance

BASF co-founded global Alliance to End Plastic Waste in January 2019

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) is made up of nearly thirty major global companies. They have committed over $1.0 billion with the goal of investing $1.5 billion over the next five years to develop, deploy and bring to scale solutions that will minimize and manage plastic waste and promote...
| Sustainability | Coca-Cola Amatil | North Sydney | Australia

Sustainability

Coca-Cola Amatil to cease distributing single-use plastic drinking straws and stirrers

Coca-Cola Amatil today announced it would no longer distribute plastic drinking straws or stirrers in Australia, and would instead stock fully recyclable and biodegradable FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) accredited paper straws.
| Sustainability | Nestlé | Vevey | Switzerland

Recycling goals

Nestlé accelerates action to tackle plastic waste

Nestlé today laid out its broader vision to achieve a waste-free future and announced a series of specific actions towards meeting its April 2018  commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, with a particular focus on avoiding plastic-waste.
| Management | Alpek | San Pedro | Mexico

Acquisition

Alpek has signed an agreement to acquire a PET recycling plant from Perpetual Recycling Solutions

Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Alpek”) announced today that one of its subsidiaries has signed an agreement with Perpetual Recycling Solutions, LLC (“Perpetual”) to acquire a PET recycling plant in Richmond, Indiana, USA.

BLOW MOULDING

| Blow Moulding & Coating | StackTeck Systems | Ontario | Canada

Blow Moulding

StackTeck announces new initiatives for 2019: Moldmaking in Asia & PET Initiative in America

StackTeck Systems Ltd., is announcing the first StackTeck moldmaking plant outside of North America.  The moldmaking facility in South Korea began as a subsidiary of its parent company in 2010 with a focus on building molds for PET preforms, medical, and packaging applications.   This business will...
| Bottle design | KHS | Dortmund | Germany

Design Award

KHS presents design award for germ-free PET bottles to students in Münster

  • KHS bestows design award for bottle layouts for the second time
  • Students develop a number of designs; the Bereza team wins
  • Practical experience valued
| Bottle developments | KHS | Dortmund

100% rPET Bottle

100% recyclate: KHS and startup share develop unique PET bottle

Berlin startup share is the first beverage producer in Germany to sell its water in PET bottles made of 100% recyclate. With its expertise from the Bottles & Shapes™ consultancy program the KHS group supported the company by helping to design and develop the bottle in a very short time indeed.
| Blow Moulding & Coating | Pretium Packaging | Chesterfield, Mo. | United States

Container Development

Pretium positions its SureHandle™ PET bottle as an alternative for glass beer growlers, cold brew coffee

Pretium Packaging, a leading North American manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, is now targeting the specialty beverage market. The solution is an amber-colored “growler” alternative of its 64-ounce SureHandle™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container with an integrated handle. It...

FILLING TECHNOLOGY

| Filling technology | Coca-Cola Amatil | North Sydney | Australia

Blowfill technology

Coca-Cola Amatil launches new bottling line in Fiji

Coca-Cola Amatil has launched the latest technology in Fiji bottling at the company’s manufacturing facility in Laucala Beach Estate in Fiji.
| Filling technology | GEA | Düsseldorf | Germany

Filling Technology

“Filling matters” at BrauBeviale: GEA VIPOLL filling expertise makes GEA a full-range supplier of brewing technology

With the motto ‘Filling matters’ GEA will demonstrate at BrauBeviale 2018 that filling is a key pillar of the beverage industry (Hall 7, Booth 602, November 13–15, 2018, Nuremberg, Germany). The focus of this year’s trade fair presence is the newly acquired subsidiary, GEA VIPOLL from Slovenia,...
| Filling & Aseptic | Sidel | Zhanjiang | China

From HDPE to PET

Sidel: Huanlejia China shifts its coconut milk to PET

Huanlejia, well-known as a Chinese producer of food and beverages, recently started producing its coconut milk – formerly packaged in HDPE – in PET bottles. Its main objectives in this change were to reinforce its brand image and increase production speed. The company relied on Sidel’s 40-year...
| Filling technology | GEA | Düsseldorf | Germany

Blow Filling Technology

GEA receives accolade for the aseptic blow-fill-cap technology, ABF 1.2, with FDA certification

In July 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded GEA a letter of no objection (LONO) for its ABF 1.2 technology, an integrated blowing, filling and capping solution featuring a fully aseptic rotary blowing machine. It is the only system equipped with a 100% aseptic blower that is...

CAPPING TECHNOLOGY

| Markets | Ceresana | Constance | Germany

Study

World market for plastic caps and closures

Changing consumer patterns revolutionize the packaging industry. The trend towards on-the-go products, for example, is driving demand for resealable packaging, especially in the food sector. The current, already second study on the world market for plastic caps and closures by Ceresana examines in...
| Auxiliaries | Intravis | Aachen | Germany

Inspection Technology

INTRAVIS presents new CapWatcher

INTRAVIS GmbH presented the new CapWatcher on November 29, 2018, as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. With this new development, the inspection solutions provider for the plastic packaging industry focused on improving the inspection of key functional elements of a closure.
| Caps & Closures | BERICAP | Budenheim | Germany

Closure developments

It’s the closure that matters – BERICAP offers suitable closure solutions for the dairy industry

Dairy products belong to a growing product group in global food consumption. Liquid dairy products are forecasted to grow by 30% between the years 2010 and 2020 to reach 350 billion liters. What will be essential for a sustainable growth of the industry will be a light, economic,...
| Caps & Closures | TriMas | Bloomfield Hills, MI | United States

Caps and Closures

TriMas to buy polymeric caps and closures manufacturer Plastic Srl

TriMas announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Plastic Srl, a privately-owned manufacturer of polymeric caps and closures, located in Forlì, Italy.

DECORATION TECHNOLOGY

| Labels | UPM Raflatac | Eastfield | United Kingdom

Sustainable labels

The clear sustainable choice: UPM Raflatac's Vanish™ PCR with recycled content face and liner a global first for clear film labeling

UPM Raflatac is boldly taking a leap forward in its promise to label a smarter future. Its new sustainable Vanish™ PCR line of ultra-thin clear film labels are now available in the EMEIA region. Featuring 90 percent recycled content face and liners, these "no-label" look labels will allow brand...
| Labels | Avery Dennison | Oegstgeest | Netherlands

Sustainable Labelling

Avery Dennison continues to pioneer change by launching recycled PET liners in Europe

Avery Dennison will be the first pressure sensitive labelling material supplier to introduce liner made from recycled PET (rPET) commercially in Europe. This move reflects the firm’s commitment to finding more sustainable solutions for the labelling industry.
| Decoration technologies | UPM Raflatac | Shanghai | China

Sustainable Labels

UPM Raflatac announces APR-recognized wash-off film labels with recycled liners

UPM Raflatac is taking another step forward in its drive to label a smarter future by announcing that it has developed a range of wash-off film labeling solutions for a variety of end uses that can help brands create a circular economy and also meet or even accelerate their ambitious sustainability...
| Decoration technologies | KHS | Dortmund/Germany, Bocholt | Belgium

Direct Printing

Belgium’s Brouwerij Martens produces bottles for the soccer World Cup with Direct Print Powered by KHS™

Design individual bottles in batches of one or implement special marketing campaigns within a very short time indeed: Direct Print Powered by KHS™ offers beverage producers great flexibility of design, thus giving them the competitive edge. The Martens brewery in Belgium is now making good use of...

CONVEYING & TRANSPORTATION

| Packaging machinery | SMI | San Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Packaging Machinery

SMI packaging equipment for Coca-Cola Nogales

Green solutions for the beverage industry
| Conveying & Transportation | Gebo Cermex | France

End-of-line

End-of-line partnership with Gebo Cermex for Unilever’s new state-of-the-art facility in Dubai

Two comprehensive end-of-lines for production of shampoo and conditioner in shaped bottles have been successfully implemented by Gebo Cermex at Unilever’s site in Dubai, which is the largest personal care factory in the Middle East and Africa. With this large installation, the global player in the...
| Packaging machinery | Gebo Cermex

Gebo Cermex packer for FrieslandCampina Thailand

Gebo Cermex wrap-around packer ensures high speed and reliability at FrieslandCampina Thailand

FrieslandCampina Thailand, a local branch of the global dairy company, has turned – once again – to Gebo Cermex to install an efficient and cost-effective end-of-line solution, handling its new Foremost plastic bottles, which feature a complex shape. Thanks to a 360° approach applied to wrap-around...
| Packaging machinery | SMI | San Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Packaging machinery

Packaging in wrap-around cases

Packaging in wrap-around cases is the ideal solution for a shock-resistant package and for maintaining the product integrity during the transportation.
In order to further protect fragile containers, such as glass containers, the installation of the PID (Partition Inserting Device) is recommended...

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