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| Business function | Resilux | Wetteren | Belgium

Partnership: Converter and Recycler

Resilux and RCS build partnership to achieve full circularity in PET production

PET bottle and preform producer Resilux and recycling management company RCS are working together to achieve complete circularity for their PET products. By combining RCS’s waste collection and Resilux’s production capabilities, the two companies will be able to offer 100% traceability in the…
| Material technology | Croda | Snaith, Goole, East Yorkshire | United Kingdom

Additive Development

Croda awarded Innovate UK funding in ISCF Smart Sustainable Plastic Packaging Challenge

Croda’s Smart Materials business will work in collaboration with Queen’s University Belfast to develop a new sustainable slip additive for polyester packaging. The R&D project starts in October 2020 and lasts for 12 months. The aim of this work is to develop a novel polymer additive solution to…
| Sustainability | Britvic | Hemel Hempstead | United Kingdom

100% rPET

BRITVIC announces move to 100% recycled plastic bottles in Great Britain by the end of 2022

  • All plastic bottles in Great Britain to be made entirely from recycled plastic (rPET) by the end of 2022, three years ahead of previous targets of 50%
  • This move follows Britvic’s long-term agreement with the UK’s largest rPET converter, Esterform, in 2019
| Global themes | Recycling Technologies, Neste, Unilever | Joint Press Release

Collaboration

Neste, Recycling Technologies and Unilever combine expertise to test and validate systems to chemically recycle waste plastics

Recycling Technologies, a specialist plastic recycling technology provider; Neste, the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel, and a forerunner in drop-in renewable and circular chemical solutions; and Unilever, the consumer goods manufacturer of leading global…
| Business function | RETAL | Limassol | Cyprus

Improvement

2nd CSR Report shows progress from RETAL

Global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL has published its 2019 Sustainability Report, proudly highlighting improvements across its ambitious CSR goals.
| Business function | Lindner Recyclingtech | Spittal an der Drau | Austria

New subsidiary

Lindner Recyclingtech with new location in Singapore

Lindner has been doing business in Asia for over 20 years now. In recent years in particular, a greater awareness of the need to manage resources responsibly and, above all, to recover waste materials, has grown in the world’s most densely populated region.
| Business function | Lifocolor | Lichtenfels | Germany

Expansion

New Lifocolor plant in Izernore successfully in operation

Lifocolor sarl, manufacturer of colour masterbatches and additives for the plastics industry and French subsidiary of the German Lifocolor Group with headquarters in Lichtenfels, relocated its headquarters from Bellignat to the newly built plant in Izernore in autumn 2019. Planned celebrations…
| Global themes | Biffa | High Wycombe | United Kingdom

Chemical recycling

Hard to recycle PET grades: Biffa to join pioneering Poseidon Project

Biffa, the UK’s leading sustainable waste management company, is pleased to announce its involvement in the Poseidon Project, a cross-industry initiative aiming to create a process to chemically recycle harder grades of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) material.
| Global themes | Amcor | Melbourne | Australia

Commitment

Amcor joins new call for a UN treaty on plastic waste

Today, Amcor is proud to be joining a new call for a UN treaty on plastic waste, following a recent report from Boston Consulting Group, World Wildlife Foundation and Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
| Caps & Closures | The Coca-Cola Company | Atlanta, GA | United States

Caps from recycled plastics

DASANI bottle caps made with recycled plastic

Coca-Cola North America is bringing a new twist to sustainable packaging by using caps made from recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic – a beverage industry first – on DASANI bottles. 
| Global themes | UKRI | Swindon | United Kingdom

Investment

UKRI funding puts UK at the forefront of next generation plastic recycling

£20m investment in cutting edge recycling technology, to reduce landfill and incineration.
Projects to reduce landfill and incineration of waste plastics and schemes to recycle waste into new, sustainable plastics have received a funding boost today.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Industrial…

BLOW MOULDING

| Blow Moulding & Coating | Priority Plastics | Portland, Indiana | United States

ISBM technology

Priority Plastics continues to invest in more capacity

All from a single production and fabrication source - Priority Plastics announces the acquisition and installation of new ISBM - Injection Stretch Blow Molding - production capabilities in their Portland, Indiana manufacturing facility.
| Global themes | Krones | Neutraubling | Germany

Award

German Packaging Award 2020: Krones wins in the “Sustainability” category

  • On 25th August, the German Packaging Institute announced the German Packaging Award 2020 winners.
  • Both Krones AG and its subsidiary, Dekron, can look forward to receiving an award in the “Sustainability” category.
  • The prize-winning entry involves a beverage bottle, the design and lifecycle of…
| Blow Moulding & Coating | Berry Gobal | Evansville, IN | United States

Bottle Design

Berry Global: New PET range

To meet growing demand in the fruit juice market, Berry M&H has introduced a new family range of square round PET bottles.
| Blow Moulding & Coating | Stefan Ebli, Greiner Packaging | Kremsmünster | Austria

Packaging Development

Greiner Packaging: Healthy salads in attractive, convenient, and sustainable packaging

Demand for healthy, delicious, ready-to-eat meals is booming – and this is also boosting demand for packaging that’s easy to transport, with contents that can be conveniently consumed on the go. Greiner Packaging’s design and prototyping department, DesPro, demonstrates that there are always more…

FILLING TECHNOLOGY

| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma, IO | Italy

Anniversary

Leading in aseptic PET filling: Sidel celebrates three years of FDA validation for its Aseptic Combi Predis

In 2017, the Sidel Aseptic Combi PredisTM blow fill seal filler was validated by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for low acid products sold in the US – an industry first. With more than 180 references at major beverage and dairy companies since the launch of this safe and simple…
| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma, IO | Italy

Modernization

Spanish dairy farmers favour aseptic bottling in PET

In cooperation with Sidel, Spanish dairy company Andía Lácteos de Cantabria S.L. have modernised their plant in Renedo de Piélagos with the most modern, state-of-the-art aseptic PET bottling technology for ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk for the Spanish dairy player.
| Filling technology | KHS | Dortmund | Germany

Line Production

High Climbers: Rwenzori Bottling Company invests in new PET line from KHS

With the help of high-quality, efficient KHS technology the sales of packaged water in Uganda are climbing to ever new heights. Awareness of the responsible use of resources is growing – an example that could set a precedent. 
| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma, IO | Italy

Installation

In India, ITC pioneer a hyper flexible Sidel complete aseptic PET line with many firsts

One of India's foremost private sector companies, ITC, recently introduced a brand new range of milk-based drinks with fruit pieces while expanding their juice portfolio with a variety of premium 100% Indian fruit, 0% concentrate and 0% preservative juices. With both they trusted Sidel and their…

CAPPING TECHNOLOGY

| Caps & Closures | SACMI | Imola,IO | Italy

Closure moulds

SACMI, supplying complete mould solutions for closures-beverage lines and driving innovation

Integrating product-mould design with machine development has been crucial to the success of SACMI. We've now taken up the challenges posed by new materials by developing a comprehensive solution that spans from integrated cap-preform design to compact, versatile bottle stretch-blowing systems.
| Caps & Closures | Aptar | Crystal Lake, IL | United States

Tethered Caps

Aptar launches ROCKET sport cap

New cap offers visible safety, comfortable drinking, and sustainability benefits - Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions for more than 30 years, is pleased to announce ROCKET, its next generation sport cap.
| Global themes | United Caps | Wiltz | Luxembourg

Sustainability

UNITED CAPS issues interim sustainability report

UNITED CAPS issued an interim sustainability report outlining its sustainability targets and how its sustainability strategies inform all of its efforts, from the plant to the consumer’s hand. The update outlines priorities, and progress against them, through 2025.
| Caps & Closures | Aptar | Crystal Lake, IL | United States

New valve offers recyclablity without sacrificing performance

Aptar launches SimpliCycle™ TPE Valve Solution

Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in elastomeric flow solutions for more than 25 years, is pleased to announce its new SimpliCycle™ recyclable valve technology.

DECORATION TECHNOLOGY

| Decoration technologies | ProMach | Cincinnati, Ohio | United States

Acquisition

ProMach acquires Panther Industries, a print and apply labeling automation leader

ProMach, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery solutions, announced today that it has acquired Panther Industries, a leading provider of automated labeling equipment for Fortune 1000 as well as small and medium sized businesses across North America. The addition of Panther expands ProMach’s…
| Decoration technologies | Siegwerk Druckfarben | Siegburg | Germany

Recycling of sleeves along with PET bottles

Siegwerk receives APR recognition for deinking technology for improving the recyclability of PET bottles

With its AQUANTUM Alkali Strippable Primer and SICURA UV/LED ink technology Siegwerk sets a new standard for the recycling of PET bottles: It significantly facilitates the deinking of UV/LED-printed PET shrink sleeves further improving the quality of recycled PET bottles according to the Association…
| Decoration technologies | SACMI | Imola,IO | Italy

Labelling

SACMI: FLEXI OPERA RF - The new modular labelling machine dedicated to roll-fed

Speed up to 72,000 bph and ability to operate at the highest level of efficiency with glass, metal and PET and RefPET. This is how the market rewards the SACMI solution, the most versatile in its category, ergonomic and safe, easy to install on existing lines.
| Decoration technologies | CCL Label

Labelling

CCL Label: Innovative Shrink Sleeve solution approved by EPBP / Enabling PET bottle-to-bottle recycling

CCL Labelcreated the cutting-edge TD Shrink Sleeve material EcoFloat™, enabling the packaging industry to meet their recycling targets and to support sustainability. This material has now been approved by the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP).

CONVEYING & TRANSPORTATION

| Conveying & Transportation | SMI S.p.A. | S.Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Packaging

Divide, channel and pack - SMI solutions

The handling of containers and products inside a bottling line is a key factor to ensure high levels of production efficiency. Today, in the Industry 4.0 era, in which the production line is characterized by machines that interact with each other, exchange information and collect data, handling has…
| Conveying & Transportation | Sidel | Parma, PR | Italy

Palletiser

Pearlwater and Sidel: partnership increasing performance for End-of-Line equipment

Producing a great diversity of bottles from 0,5 L to 1,5 L on a single packaging line for PET, Pearlwater Mineralquellen AG (Pearlwater) was determined to enhance the efficiency of its production line as well as bottle quality by upgrading its PalKombi Gripping palletiser’s performance, installed by…
| Conveying & Transportation | SMI | S.Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Automatic packer

SMI: Refresco Finland Oy uses eco-friendly solutions

Refresco Finland Oy, leader in Finland in the production of juices, soft drinks, water and energy drinks, aims at reducing energy consumption and protecting the surrounding area, thanks to the use of highly innovative and eco-friendly bottling and packaging solutions. In order to automate and…
| Conveying & Transportation | SMI | S.Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Shrink wrapping

SMI: Bepensa - A modern packaging plant for the 100 % Mexican ready-to-drink beverage

In Mexico, in the city of Querétaro, you are immediately fascinated by a magical atmosphere that invites you to have a break and to taste a refreshing cocktail, like the ready-to-drink “Caribe Cooler” produced by Bebidas Internacionales Bepensa S.A. de C.V.
In order to automate the secondary and…

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

| Recycling technology | Herbold Meckesheim | Meckesheim | Germany

Recycling

New hot washing system at HERBOLD’s test centre

The plant manufacturer Herbold Meckesheim will expand its test centre with a new hot washing plant by the end of the year as a consequence of the fast growing demand for superior recycled plastic (aim: “similar to virgin”).
| Recycling technology | Loop Industries; SUEZ | Montreal, Canada and Paris | France

Plan: First infinite Loop facility producing 100% recycled and infinitely recyclable plastic in Europe

Loop Industries and SUEZ recently announced plans to build the first Infinite Loop™ recycling facility in Europe. Based on enhanced recycling, the partnership will combine the resource management expertise of SUEZ and Loop’s unique breakthrough technology for the production of virgin quality, food…
| Recycling technology | Amcor | Southbank, Victoria | Australia

Digital Watermarking for Sorting and Recycling

Amcor partners in pioneering packaging technology to improve recycling

Amcor recently announced its membership of the Digital Watermarks Initiative “HolyGrail 2.0”, which brings together over 85 companies and organisations across the packaging value chain, including key customers and industry peers.
| Recycling technology | TOMRA Sorting GmbH | Mülheim-Kärlich | Germany

Reverse vending machine

TOMRA - Making beverage container recycling work in any conditions

Global reverse vending leader TOMRA has today unveiled its robust solution for big-city recycling, the TOMRA S1 Rugged. Designed to withstand challenging weather conditions, this innovative reverse vending machine (RVM) has been designed for returning drink containers for recycling in semi-outdoor,…

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