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| PET injection machines | Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH | Schwaig | Germany

Record revenues continue in 2017 and more growth expected for 2018

Ongoing growth for Sumitomo (SHI) Demag

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH is set to achieve its highest-ever sales volume in the 2017 financial year. It is anticipated that last year’s excellent order book and continuing strong sales in the current year will see revenues increase by 17% to EUR 273 million in 2017. Headquartered...
| Operations | Sidel | Parma | Italy

Successful installation with 150.000 BPH

Record-breaking complete PET water lines from Sidel achieved 150.000 BPH in Saudi Arabia

Following the successful installation two years ago of what was Sidel’s fastest bottling line in the world at the time, the Health Water Bottling Company (HWB) of Saudi Arabia decided to invest in two further lines. The original solution still runs at a speed of 134,000 bottles per hour (bph),...
| Food | Milacron | Cincinnati | United States

Milacron’s first Klear Cans hit store shelves; partnering with S&W Fine Foods International (a Del Monte Pacific Ltd Company)

Milacron Holdings Corp., a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry, has revolutionized the canned food industry in partnership with S&W Fine Foods International, a Del Monte Pacific Ltd company. This week S&W, a brand synonymous with premium foods since its...
| Management | United Caps | Wiltz | Luxembourg

United Caps takes over the plastic closures division of Closures4you

United Caps, an international manufacturer of high performance plastic caps and closures, announced today that the company is taking over the plastic closures division of Closures4you. The takeover offer includes 28 mm caps for re-usable glass bottles and for disposable PET bottles. 
| Mineral water | Sidel | Parma | Italy

Block systems

Niagara Bottling LLC invests in continued success with Sidel Super Combi

As the largest US bottler in water production by volume, delivering one in three of all water bottles sold, Niagara Bottling LLC has built its success on supplying high-quality, low-cost water to major retailers from 25 plants throughout the US and Mexico. To do this, they rely on cutting-edge...
| Preform moulding | HUSKY | Bolton | Canada

Husky showcases breadth of solutions with two booths at Fakuma 2017

Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading industrial technology provider to the plastics processing community, kicked off its participation at Fakuma 2017 today with a presence at two separate booths in Hall A1. Highlighting its range of innovative solutions for a variety of markets, Husky’s...
| Additives | Gabriel-Chemie | Gumpoldskirchen | Austria

Latest colour trends for plastics

Gabriel-Chemie presents COLOUR VISION N°18

Gabriel-Chemie presents at this year´s Fakuma (International trade fair for plastics processing, 17th to 21st October 2017, Friedrichshafen) the 18th edition of the annual COLOUR VISION series. Experienced trend scouts and innovative colourists are working actively on the trends of tomorrow and...
created by Karin Regel | | Caps & Closures | United Caps | Luxembourg

United Caps CEO Benoit Henckes gives an interview discussing the motivation for the company’s debut at drinktec and growth potential in the beverage industry

“We understand our customers”

United Caps, headquartered in Luxembourg, is an expert in caps. The practical and workable customer solutions offered by this plastics processing company drive yearly growth of 20%. Today it maintains seven production plants around the world, one each in Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland,... IN DIALOGUE
created by Kristin Weil, VDMA | | Global themes | VDMA | Frankfurt | Germany

”It depends on the entire plastic chain“

Everyone involved along the plastic chain is required to help increasing the recycline rates.
| Management | SMI Group | San Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Customer magazine

The new SMINOW is online

In this issue: 
Waterloo Brewing (Canada)
Sansu Beverage (South Korea)
Alkalive Factory (Qatar)
Bebidas Panizzon (Brazil)
| Management | Starlinger GmbH & Co. KG | Wien | Austria

Partnership

BTB PET-Recycling and Starlinger: a successful 10-year cooperation

Bottles are turned back into bottles: This is common practice at BTB PET-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG based in Bad Salzuflen (Nordrhein-Westfalen) since many years. At BTB PET-Recycling, 20,000 tons of PET input material from the German bottle return system PETCYCLE are processed every year. The...
| Operations | Krones AG | Neutraubling | Germany

Krones’ Innovation Lab officially inaugurated

One year after moving into the premises in Regensburg’s TechBase and successful completion of its first projects, Krones AG’s Innovation Lab was officially inaugurated on 9 October 2017.
The TechBase is located directly next to the university and the East Bavarian University of Applied Science...
| Milk | Sidel | Parma | Italy

Milk in PET

UHT milk bottles in PET on a Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis – A first for Italy

Centrale del Latte di Brescia has doubled its aseptic production of UHT milk in PET bottles and in doing so is benefitting from a simple, safe and sustainable packaging line. The project saw this innovation-driven company become the first producer in Italy to invest in Sidel’s aseptic and...
| Barrier materials | BASF | Ludwigshafen | Germany

New barrier material will be launched at Fakuma 2017

Red card for oxygen

Only three years after introducing the first PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) grade for coffee capsules, BASF expands its product line of food contact grade PBTs with a PBT superior when it comes to oxygen transmission.
This material goes by the name Ultradur® Barrier (B 1520 FC). The brand-new...
| Management | ENGEL AUSTRIA | Schwertberg | Austria

Fakuma 2017

New customer portal e-connect goes live at Fakuma

e-connect provides fast access to the world of ENGEL. Between 17th and 21st October in Friedrichshafen, Germany, the injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solutions provider will demonstrate the new possibilities at its stand in hall A5. “In developing the new software, the aim was to...

BLOW MOULDING

| Blow moulding machines | Sipa | Vittorio Veneto (TV) | Italy

Stretch-blow system for PET bottles

XTRA from SIPA: more speed, productivity, flexibility and savings

A revolutionary stretch-blow system for production of PET bottles is being unveiled by PET processing technology specialist SIPA at Drinktec. The XTRA combines features that for the first time maximize performance and cut Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by a full quarter. It offers the highest unit...
| Bottle developments | PET Engineering | San Vendemiano | Italy

2017 – WORLD BEVERAGE INNOVATION AWARDS

Fontevita awarded as "Best Bottle in PET" at WBIA 2017

On 14th September the annual World Beverage Innovation Awards took place at Drinktec in Germany as part of the 15th Beverage Awards. The judging panel considered 227 entries from 33 countries in 25 categories. “We are happy to celebrate the fifteenth year of the annual World Beverage Innovation...
| Blow moulding machines | Agr | Butler | United States

Agr introduces “Individual Mold Control™” for the Process Pilot® automated blowmolder control system

As part of it efforts to continually expand the capabilities of its Process Pilot automated blowmolder control system, Agr International, Inc., has announced availability of the latest system enhancement, Individual Mold Control™.  The addition of Individual Mold Control further expands the...
| Blow moulding machines | KHS | Dortmunf | Germany

New system for still water in single-serve formats: the KHS InnoPET TriBlock Aqua M

With its InnoPET TriBlock Aqua M the KHS Group will be presenting a compact, powerful block system for single-serve formats at this year’s drinktec. The high-performance unit is specifically geared towards the growth segment of water in single portions – perfect for any handbag. It processes...

FILLING TECHNOLOGY

| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma | Italy

The smart Sidel Super Combi brings equipment intelligence to today's production

Successfully launched at Drinktec 2017, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, the Super Combi is designed and engineered as a single smart solution. It makes life easier for producers of water and CSD beverages, via integrated data-driven intelligence, making...
| Filling technology | GEA | Sala Baganza | Italy

GEA impresses at drinktec 2017

GEA presented an array of product innovations to numerous industry experts at drinktec 2017, the “World's Leading Trade Fair for Beverage and Liquid Food Technology”. Held every four years in Munich, the 2017 fair broke all records in attracting a total of 76,000 visitors from more than 170...
| Milk | Krones | Neutraubling | Germany

Dairy competence at Krones

Experts on everything to do with the white gold

Dairy products demand to be handled gently – which is precisely why the white gold plays a significant role throughout the entire Krones Group. Because Krones and its subsidiaries support dairy products from their origination and all components to final filling on lines specially designed for the...
| Beer | Krones AG | Neutraubling | Germany

Beer bottle filled in just 0.5 seconds

Innovative beer filling system: Dynafill

Beverage bottlers’ requirements are proverbially exacting: achieving progressively higher outputs while consuming less CO2 and nonetheless upgrading the filling quality – and all this in a sturdy system that’s ideally designed for cleaning. For beer filling, these are precisely the criteria Krones...

CAPPING TECHNOLOGY

| Caps & Closures | AROL Group | Canelli | Italy

This is industry 4.0. - from Drinktec 2017 the AROL Group cyber physical system

Whether it is water, milk, juice, soft drinks, beer, wine or spirits, there is no beverage the AROL Group technology cannot cap, control and inspect in order to preserve and maintain its quality from bottling to consuming.
Efficient, fast, precise, AROL capping systems can be integrated at any time...
| Caps & Closures | IMDvista | Brügg | Switzerland

IMDvista Closure Digital Print CLDP - flexible in format and design

The two market leaders IMD Ltd. and Hapa Ltd. joined with the goal to perfectly combine proven technologies for a most flexible and robust system solution for the market. Now the system can be seen in operation for the first time at Drinktec.
| Beverages | SACMI | Imola | Italy

Food & drink multinational chooses CVS360-3D reliability

International player invests in Sacmi inspection systems for correct cap application on the dairy and ready-to-drink products made in its US plants. Sacmi has become the official “problem solver” of a leading food&drink multinational that has several plants across the USA (with dairy and ready to...
| Caps & Closures | United Caps | Wiltz | Luxembourg

Inspirational New Closures from UNITED CAPS at drinktec 2017 in Munich

Beverage manufacturers are increasingly focused on developing Differentiated Total Packaging Solutions that allow their brand to stand out on crowded shelves.

DECORATION TECHNOLOGY

| Sustainability | Avery Dennison | Oegstgeest | Netherlands

Sustainability

Changing the Future at Labelexpo Europe: Sustainable options that don't cost the earth

From new recycled paper facestock to marble-based “paper” and compostable adhesive, Avery Dennison is offering brand owners and converters an increasingly wide choice of sustainable options for their needs.
“Avery Dennison is making excellent progress toward our ambitious 2025 sustainability goals...
| Decoration technologies | Krones | Neutraubling | Germany

Ready for industrial use

Direct printing unlocks new options for beverage producers

A pioneering technology now enters series production: at the last drinktec Krones exhibited a prototype of the DecoType family, and meanwhile the digital direct printing machine has attained product maturity. At this year’s fair, the DecoType Select will now be demonstrating what it can do – and...
| Decoration technologies | Sidel | Parma | Italy

DataLase & Sidel Present Innovation Showcase at drinktec 2017

Sidel, a leading provider of equipment and services for packaging liquid, food, home and personal care products in PET, can, glass and other materials, will be showcasing a next generation packaging solution utilising revolutionary DataLase inline digital printing technology at drinktec 2017.
Sidel...
| Decoration technologies | P.E. LABELLERS | Porto Mantovano | Italy

P.E. LABELLERS PREPARES FOR DRINKTEC 2017

Our stand will feature the linear ROLL-LINE labeller for roll-fed application with hot melt.

CONVEYING & TRANSPORTATION

| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma

Drinktec 2017

Securing performance over time the focus for Sidel Group Services at drinktec

How services help to build, maintain and improve beverage producers’ line performance throughout their asset lifecycle will be a key highlight for Sidel and Gebo Cermex services teams, exhibiting jointly as part of the Sidel Group at Drinktec 2017 (11-15 September). With the marketplace growing ever...
| Packaging machinery | Gebo Cermex/Sidel | Parma

Smart beverage factories

GEBO CERMEX to answer needs of smart beverage factories at drinktec

Gebo Cermex, part of the Sidel Group, will showcase a range of innovative material handling solutions at Drinktec 2017 (stand A6.330), including the latest developments in automation and connectivity to help secure greater performance from bottling lines in evolving and demanding markets. Ludovic...
| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma

Drinktec 2017

Sidel to reveal next generation of complete beverage packaging solutions at drinktec

Exhibiting as part of the Sidel Group, along with Gebo Cermex, Sidel will be introducing a number of breakthrough packaging solutions at Drinktec 2017 (stand A6.330), to help producers meet the challenges of ever-changing demands in beverage markets. Frédéric Sailly, Executive Vice President for...
| Packaging machinery | KHS GmbH | Dortmund

Trouble-free recycling: Nature MultiPack™ granted interim approval by the EPBP

Following tests on the Nature MultiPack™ the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) has confirmed that it can be fully recycled. The adhesive specially developed and supplied by NMP Systems and KHS has thus been granted interim approval for further market tests in Europe until June 30, 2019. The...

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

| Management | Starlinger GmbH & Co. KG | Wien | Austria

Partnership

BTB PET-Recycling and Starlinger: a successful 10-year cooperation

Bottles are turned back into bottles: This is common practice at BTB PET-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG based in Bad Salzuflen (Nordrhein-Westfalen) since many years. At BTB PET-Recycling, 20,000 tons of PET input material from the German bottle return system PETCYCLE are processed every year. The...
| Digitization | sesotec | Schönberg | Germany

CONNECTED SYSTEMS

New chances of connected systems in the plastics processing industry

At the FAKUMA 2017 trade fair Sesotec as trade fair highlights presents Industry 4.0-ready metal separators to trade visitors. The objective of plastics manufacturers and processors is to produce a maximum quantity of products in constant high quality. For achieving this objective the digitisation...
| Sustainability | EuPC | Brussels | Belgium

An obstacle to the Circular Economy

EU delays approval of recycling processes in food contact applications

More than 9 years have passed since the publication of the Regulation (EC) No. 282/2008 setting up the rules on the use of recycled plastic materials in food applications. To this date, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted more than 140 positive scientific opinions on the safety of...
| Preform moulding | Erema | Ansfelden | Austria

SIPA and EREMA hold Open House

Live production on world's first PET Inline Preform system

A very special Open House was held from 4 to 6 September at the SIPA headquarters in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, where the unique direct processing of washed PET flakes to make food contact grade preforms was demonstrated live on the world's first PET Inline Preform system. The system will be in...