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| Business function | Indorama Ventures | Watthana, Bangkok | Thailand

2019 results

Indorama Ventures aims to grow PET recycling business

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced its full year and fourth quarter 2019 financial results as follows.
| Material technology | Audi | Ingolstadt | Germany

rPET application

Audi - From bottle to fabric: PET seat cover

  • New Audi A3 with a sustainable interior concept
  • Up to 45 PET bottles of 1.5 liters per seating system can be used
  • Many other components made from secondary raw materials
| Material technology | Sukano | Feusisberg | Switzerland

Certification

Sukano detectable black masterbatch included on french positive list by CITEO and COTREP

Sukano, a global masterbatch specialist for PET, PLA and specialty resins, has been certified according to the COTREP recyclability test protocol and will be featured in the CITEO positive list. This gives brand owners a documented ‘end of life’ alternative as it ensures the sorting and recycling of…
| Material technology | Quinn Packaging | Ballyconnell | Ireland

rPET

Orbital by Quinn: New 100% recycled food grade PET packaging launched

Quinn Packaging continue their drive to improve the sustainability of plastic food packaging with the development of their newest product, Orbital™ by Quinn. The product is produced using 100% recycled PET material and is fully suitable for food packaging applications. Quinn received certification…
| Global themes | Pregis | Deerfield, Illinois | United States

Sustainability

Pregis joins CEFLEX to further European flexible packaging sustainability efforts

Protective packaging specialists, Pregis, a leading protective packaging materials and automated systems manufacturer, has joined Circular Economy Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX), a European consortium of companies and associations representing the entire flexible packaging value chain.
| Decoration technologies | UPM Raflatac | Tampere | Finland

Sustainable Labeling

UPM Raflatac partners with UPM Specialty Papers to boost the circular economy through its RafCycle™ by UPM Raflatac recycling service

UPM Raflatac is partnering with UPM Specialty Papers’ UPM LinerLoopTM recycling concept through its RafCycleTM by UPM Raflatac service in order to strengthen the labeling value chain offering of recycled content and closed loop products.
| Global themes | Aptar | Crystal Lake, Illinois | United States

Recognition

Aptar again named one of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies in America

Aptar has again been named one of Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies in America. Aptar is number 48 on the top 100 list for 2020 and this marks the second time Aptar has been included on this esteemed list.
| Recycling technology | Tomra | Asker | Norway

Fully Automated Recycling

Pour out your container recycling and walk away: TOMRA R1 previews Express returns

Multi-feed reverse vending and digital payout gives shoppers first fully-automated recycling experience - Hard on the heels of the launch of the new TOMRA R1 “multi-feed” reverse vending solution, global reverse vending leader TOMRA is taking recycling automation up a notch with the unveiling of the…
| Caps & Closures | Guala Closures Spa | Spinetta M.go (AL) | Italy

Innovation

Guala Closures signs strategic partnership with IoT agency sharpend to scale connected packaging worldwide

Guala Closures Group and SharpEnd set a new direction in the packaging industry by transforming closures into valuable media touchpoints for consumer engagement and data acquisition.
| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma | Italy

New Aseptic Line

Expanding the liquid dairy market – Aseptic PET helps deliver Aurora Organic Dairy’s mission

Aurora Organic Dairy installed an Aseptic Combi Predis™ from Sidel in their second milk plant, a greenfield project in Columbia, Missouri. FDA-approved and part of a complete line, which also features Tetra Pak Processing Systems technology, this bottling solution helped the key player in the US…
| Global themes | Lidl UK | London | United Kingdom

Initiative

Lidl launches supermarket-first packaging using ocean bound plastic

  • Lidl will next month launch a supermarket-first food packaging using ocean bound plastic collected from South East Asia
  • The initiative will prevent over 60 tonnes of plastic from entering the ocean per year – the equivalent of 2.5 million plastic water bottles
  • New packaging will be rolled out…
| Material technology | Hope & Glory Sportswear | Oldham | United Kingdom

rPET application

Introducing EcoKit by Hope & Glory

These kits are a part of Hope & Glory's commitment to a sustainable future, making football kits using rPET with a lower environmental impact. Both the shirt and shorts are made from rPET fabric, which is made from recycled plastic bottles that have been melted down to produce a fine yarn.
| Filling technology | Sidel | Parma | Italy

New flexible PET line

Bickford’s Australia boosts flexibility through Sidel’s aseptic technology with dry preform sterilisation

Bickford’s, a family-owned and treasured Australian brand, put their trust in Sidel for the very first time and installed a complete, flexible PET line, handling both sensitive beverages and carbonated soft drinks (CSD). Riding the wave of healthy living, Bickford’s was not only able to expand their…

BLOW MOULDING

| Blow Moulding & Coating | KHS | Dortmund | Germany

Partnership

Reliable and efficient: Asahi Soft Drinks in Japan relies on the InnoPET Blomax Series V stretch blow molder from KHS

  • Series V machine successfully running in Rokko in Japan
  • PET bottles for still water ‘Rokko No Mizu’ holding between 600 milliliters and two liters
  • Focus on efficiency for sustainable production
| Blow Moulding & Coating | PET Technologies | Neunkirchen | Austria

Bottle Design

PET Technologies: A rare PET bottle for craft beer

PET Technologies and Bierwelle have developed a new 450 ml PET bottle together. - “Beer … a high and mighty liquor,” said Guy Julius Caesar, a famous beer lover. The roots go back to ancient civilizations who enjoyed the drink. The manufacturing process evolved. Long ago beer was brewed only for own…
| Markets | KEENPRO | Taichung City | Taiwan

New Branch

KEENPRO Philippines branch established

Keenpro Industry Corp. announced the official establishment of the Philippines branch, taking a cross-domain approach to meet customer needs, and further expanding its business opportunities in the Philippines.
| Blow Moulding & Coating | SMI | San Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Stretch Blow Moulding

In Amazonia to discover SMI solutions for Coca-Cola

Gaseosas Leticia, which currently has four bottling lines, thanks to SMI's new EBS 4 K ERGON rotary stretch-blow moulder, aims to widen its production capacity by bottling soft drinks under the Coca-Cola brand in 0.5 and 2 L bottles in PET.

FILLING TECHNOLOGY

| Filling technology | Krones | Neutraubling | Germany

Filling Technology

Krones: 3-A certification for the Contipure AseptBloc

In the field of aseptic filling, Krones’ portfolio includes specialised machines for the various sterilisation techniques and products involved. The Contipure AseptBloc DN and DA systems already sterilise the preforms with gaseous hydrogen peroxide, ensuring that the aseptic status is maintained at…
| Filling technology | KHS | Dortmund | Germany

KHS develops an intelligent filling valve in the DnSPro research project

KHS presents the future of filling: at BrauBeviale the machine and systems manufacturer is to introduce a new, self-learning filling valve

  • Filling system uses artificial intelligence to optimize production processes
  • Self-learning valve suitable for all beverages and container types
  • New development minimizes operation and maintenance effort
| Filling technology | GEA | Düsseldorf | Germany

Filling

GEA’s multi-functional Visitron Filler ALL-IN-ONE on its way to Australia

GEA will present its highly efficient, multifunctional processing technology for the beverage industry at this year's leading trade fair, BrauBeviale, in hall 7under the motto: "Refreshingly Different." On display will be the GEA Visitron Filler ALL-IN-ONE, which can fill bottles, cans and PET…
| Filling technology | KHS GmbH | Dortmund | Germany

Turnkey System

Turnkey system for the water market: Armenian bottler grows with KHS technology

  • Market leader Jermuk invests in glass and PET lines
  • Modern labeling equipment for greater reliability
  • New bottle design thanks to KHS Bottles & Shapes™

CAPPING TECHNOLOGY

| Caps & Closures | INEOS | London | United Kingdom

Cap Recycling

INEOS partners with Forever Plast to recycle over 6.5 billion bottle caps back into high quality caps

  • INEOS launch World’s first high-quality Polymer for caps made with 50% recycled bottle caps diverted from waste.
  • New products are commercially available today and help create a more circular and sustainable approach to plastic production, making new plastic from old plastic, to replace fossil…
| Caps & Closures | Sacmi | Imola | Italy

Tethered Caps

With the new GME 30.37 standard, Sacmi expands the frontier of sustainable packaging

Further weight reduction, a dedicated cap with tethered cutting option that anticipates the European regulation that will come into force in 2024.
| Caps & Closures | PACCOR | Bellevue, Washington | United States

Award

PACCOR's DeliTwist closure wins “Oscar de l’Emballage”

DeliTwist, an innovative thermoformed screw top pot made of rPET, has been awarded with the prestigious distinction “Oscar de l’Emballage”. The award, so called the Oscar of the packaging business, was handed over in front of more than 200 distinguished guests representing different sectors of the…
| Caps & Closures | Sacmi | Imola (BO) | Italy

Caps & Closures

Sustainable and flexible: Sacmi outlines the future of plastics at Upakovka 2020

New tethered cap manufacturing solutions to be showcased alongside the new range of Flexi labellers, a response to the growing demand for flexibility and performance in the labelling world.

DECORATION TECHNOLOGY

| Global themes | Eckes-Granini Group GmbH | Nieder-Olm | Germany

Sustainability

Eckes-Granini introduces new sustainable juice label and plans to increase rPET content

One year ago, the Eckes-Granini Group signed the “Sustainable Juice Covenant” (SJC) drafted by the “Sustainable Trade Initiative” (IDH). In doing so, Europe’s leading fruit juice producer committed itself to the goal of offering only juices and smoothies made from fruit grown and processed in…
| Decoration technologies | Coca-Cola European Partners | Uxbridge | United Kingdom

New Labels

Coca-Cola unveils new labels in Sweden to support a circular economy for plastic packaging

With Coca-Cola set to roll out its new range of plastic bottles made entirely from recycled plastic (1) (PET) in Sweden, it is unveiling new labels on which the brands step aside to make way for a powerful recycling message.
| Decoration technologies | Krones AG | Neutrabling | Germany

Labelling Machines

Krones: Unique labeller for unique containers

A label with creases, and a labeller that deliberately produces these creases – what for most beverage producers is a no-no was one of the paramount requirements of Mozart Distillerie in Salzburg. A look at the container’s shape explains the paradox: the liqueur bottles are spherical, to connote the…
| Decoration technologies | Herma | Filderstadt | Germany

New Wash-Off Label

Herma: From bottle to bottle

  • Containers and bottles made of PET can be recycled more or less infinitely – given the availability of pure recovered pellets
  • Even when used with film labels, the adhesive, which HERMA will shortly be introducing, achieves a wash-off score of 100 percent
  • In other words, all contaminants, such as…

CONVEYING & TRANSPORTATION

| Conveying & Transportation | SMI | San Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

Automatic Wrap-Around Case Packer

SMI - Passion for winemaking: a family tradition

In Alsace, the French wine region which is one of the most famous for its white wines all over the world, history, tradition and environment coexist in the products of Henri Ehrhart winery. The company, based on a long passion for winemaking and handed down from father to son, has a prominent…
| Conveying & Transportation | Sidel | Parma | Italy

New Shrink-Wrapping System

Disruptive compact line layout at BINA Switzerland with an ultra-flexible shrink-wrapping infeed for squared bottles

Part of Swiss M-Industry (Migros Group), Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel AG (BINA) is driving the increasing health and wellness trend in the country via new formats for their organic juices and iced teas. To help shrink-wrap their latest, squared bottles alongside the traditional rounded ones, BINA…
| Conveying & Transportation | Coca-Cola HBC | Zug | Switzerland

Innovative Packaging

The Coca‑Cola System introduces innovative KeelClip™ packaging technology on multipack cans in Europe: a first for the NARTD industry

  • KeelClip™ to initially roll out in Ireland, the Netherlands and Poland early next year
  • Minimalist recyclable paperboard “topper” replaces plastic shrink film
  • Move supports Coca‑Cola’s global goals to work towards a World Without Waste, where all packaging is collected, recycled and reused.
| Conveying & Transportation | SMI | San Giovanni Bianco (BG) | Italy

SMI: Strategic packaging for communicating and competing

Characterized by a steady technological evolution, packaging is an effective communication and sales tool that directly involves the consumer. Format, colours, design, size and materials are elements used to stand out from the competition and to convey the qualities a product possesses.

RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY

| Recycling technology | Tomra | Asker | Norway

Fully Automated Recycling

Pour out your container recycling and walk away: TOMRA R1 previews Express returns

Multi-feed reverse vending and digital payout gives shoppers first fully-automated recycling experience - Hard on the heels of the launch of the new TOMRA R1 “multi-feed” reverse vending solution, global reverse vending leader TOMRA is taking recycling automation up a notch with the unveiling of the…
| Global themes | Above Left | Kensington | Australia

rPET application

EcoSoft® carpet tiles installed at T2’s new headquarters diverted 43,500 PET bottles from landfill and ocean

T2 was born and brewed in Melbourne, Australia and found global success reinventing and reimagining the humble tea leaf.  Striving to reduce their footprint and always be as sustainable and environmentally friendly as possible, T2 sought the guidance of Unispace to design the new corporate offices.
| Recycling technology | Worn Again Technologies | London | United Kingdom

Pilot

Worn AgainTechnologies makes step towards a sustainable and circular resource world with the launch of pilot R&D facility

Worn Again Technologies, the pioneering polymer recycling technology firm, today announces the launch of its pilot R&D facility as a major step forward in its development process. The facility is located at CPI, a technology and innovation centre in Redcar, England. Worn Again Technologies is a…
| Recycling technology | PETnology StaffWriter

Recycling

Adaptive Motor Power by CMG: Finalist at Plastics Recyclers Awards Europe

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe claim to honor achievements throughout the plastics recycling industry. They offer an insight into current developments in recycled material usage, product design and innovative manufacturing. Under this year's finalists: The new Evoluzione series and the EV916…

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