As a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, BIO-FED is the specialist for innovative and application-oriented biocompounds. The product portfolio of biodegradable and/or biobased compounds under the trade name M·VERA® is constantly being expanded with new products. Depending on the requirements profile, these…

The post-Covid world brings with it a greater demand for products that were previously used relatively infrequently. Whereas hand sanitiser was perhaps bought by consumers once a year and used only on flights, now the vast majority of us expect to keep a bottle of this sanity-saving liquid with us…

SIPA  are cooperating with soda system provider Sodastream. The company has provided the preform system manufacturing machine connected with the blower. A complex system for the production of Sodastream bottles in TritanTM.

StackTeck Systems Ltd. is pleased to announce a successful new introduction of technology for overmolding PET preforms with multiple layers. The first overmolding system has been designed to achieve a light barrier for light sensitive applications.  The system incorporates two preform molds used in…

The leading PET stretch blow molding machinery manufacturer in Taiwan co-operated with ITRI (Industrial Technology Research Institute) in the joint development of the new generation of CPSB-LSS8 linear machine, which improved the single-cavity output from 2250bph to 2500bph. 
Thus the final output…

A greener bottle without changing the entire production line or modifying the design of the bottle is now possible thanks to COMPETEK.
The French company, created by the collaboration between two well-know organizations, PET Engineering and COMEP, has launched an innovative service which makes it…

An innovative and sustainable concept for packaging dry foods could bring SIPA a prize for Best Packaging from the Italian Packaging Institute in a few weeks’ time. The Design Week show is being held in Milan from September 4 to 10, and all week, finalists for the Best Packaging Awards 2021 –…

The market launch of the GEA T.VIS® M-20 control top in September 2021 marks the start of a new era in process automation using GEA valve technology. The new T.VIS M-20 controls and monitors process and CIP operations. It will be deployable as standard in more than 80 percent of all hygienic…

Apemin Tusnad, the well-known Romanian mineral water player, has invested in Sidel’s complete PET line for carbonated and non-carbonated mineral water to meet changing market demand as well as its sustainability goals. Thanks to Sidel’s Combi SF300 solution, running at 18,000 bottles per hour (bph),…

Thanks to Sidel’s end-to-end complete aseptic PET line, UHT liquid dairy products (LDPs) from Spanish milk producer COVAP are now also available in PET bottles for the very first time. This new PET bottle opens the door to meet changing market demand and ensures product integrity and safety.

Leading European thermoforming packaging specialists Waddington Europe, a division of Novolex®, is augmenting its revolutionary TamperVisible® range of protective packaging products to include a pioneering Hot Fill option.

Tethered caps – caps which remain attached to the containers during the product’s intended use stage including opening and closing - will become part of day-to-day life in Europe in 2024. This is due to the EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the…

UNITED CAPS, an international manufacturer of caps and closures, today reported it held a very successful grand opening of its new Dinnington factory in Rotherham UK, attended by the Rt Hon Alexander Stafford, MP for Rother Valley, along with many other guests.

Since 2012 the COOL+ mold has become a chosen tool for the SACMI CCM compression press range. It features a dual cooling circuit that reduces cycle times and consequently boosts productivity.

Visitors to this year’s FACHPACK 2021 can discover consumer and climate friendly closures with enhanced tamper-proof designs at the BERICAP exhibition booth no. 418 in hall 6. BERICAP is one of the leading global manufacturers of plastic and aluminum closures. At the packaging industry trade fair in…

Scandinavia, demand for labels that enable PET recycling is growing and new regulations are prioritizing this type of packaging over glass. However, labeling technology for PET beverage bottles must follow guidelines established by the bottle deposit systems Returpack in Sweden and Infinitum in…

CCL Label has won the prestigious German Packaging Award for its innovative EcoStretch™ – The Closed-Loop Solution for Stretch Sleeves. CCL Label had announced its plans to invest in recycling technology to recycle post-consumer Stretch Sleeves in a closed loop last year – keeping products and…

A new era is now starting for every producer of sleeve labeled products. The SleeveWatcher is the first system exclusively designed for this particular type of label. With its specially adapted hardware and software, the SleeveWatcher is ideally prepared for sleeve-specific challenges such as a…

FrieslandCampina introduces sustainable labels for yogurt and soft curd cups as from July 2021. This concerns the yogurt and soft curd cups from the brands Campina, Optimel and Mona (450 g and 500 g). The solution developed by our Research & Development department makes over 400,000 kilograms of…

Soft drinks supplier Clearly Drinks has brought more order and efficiency to its palletising operations after the installation of two new systems from SIPA. Clearly Drinks, in Sunderland, North East England, sought out SIPA, headquartered in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, for the supply and installation…

Changing consumer preferences, sustainability requirements as well as the growing need for customisation of added-value packs and new selling or shipping units are forcing manufacturers to adapt their production models and supply chains. Food, Home and Personal Care (FHPC) producers want to move…

Day after day, valuable plastics are lost from the recycling loop. At the same time, the demand for resource-conserving packaging systems is constantly on the rise.

• Film can be used on new and existing machines
• KHS provides extensive services with laboratory tests for film
• Further alternative…

Senbis’s whitepaper provides in-depth insights how recycled PET (rPET) can be evaluated and modified to convert the polymer into rPET based products that are ‘Fit for Purpose’.

The well-established Indian recycler commissioned a PET bottle-to-bottle and a post-consumer polyolefin recycling line from Starlinger by mid of September. With the new lines Srichakra Polyplast upgraded its facilities and now offers the highest grades of recycled plastics to customers in India and…

TOMRA Recycling officially opened its new flake sorting Test Center, where the company will develop new applications and solutions in the fields of PO and PET flake sorting while simultaneously expanding its service offering.

Recycleye, the London-based technology company using advanced artificial intelligence and robotics to turn the world’s waste into resources, has raised a £3.5M seed round.
Having developed the world’s largest visual AI database of waste items, and low-cost robotics technology that automates…