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Bottle developments
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RPC Promens
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Rushden
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United Kingdom
Containers
RPC Promens introduces new PET containers in UK
New 20 and 25 litre PET containers from RPC Promens Industrial provide an enhanced handling solution for a wide range of industrial products, combining effective product protection with notable sustainability benefits.
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Management
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Indorama Ventures
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Bangkok
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Thailand
Acquisition
Indorama acquires Bevpak
Bevpak is one of the largest manufacturers of PET preforms in West Africa and is located in Ibadan, Nigeria, with a production capacity of 18,000 Mts. per annum.
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Sleeves
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Petcore Europe
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Brussels
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Belgium
Sleeves
Recyclability of household and personal care PET bottles - perforated sleeves approved
Petcore Europe ODR Working Group achieves a 3-year temporary endorsement for perforated sleeves on Household and Personal Care (HPC) PET bottles by the European PET Bottle Platform.
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Management
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ALPLA
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Hard
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Austria
Management
ALPLA completes takeover of Zamil ALPLA - All three locations in the Middle East to continue operations
The packaging solutions specialist ALPLA, based in Austria, has completed a 100 per cent takeover of Zamil ALPLA. ALPLA and Zamil founded a joint venture in 2008, of which ALPLA previously held a 49 per cent share.
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Recycling technology
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Bulk Handling Systems
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Eugene
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United States
Recycling
CarbonLITE selects BHS for fully-automated plastics recycling system
Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has been selected to supply the front-end recycling system for CarbonLITE’s newest post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plant. BHS also provided the front-end recycling system for CarbonLITE’s Dallas, Texas facility, which began production in the...
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Management
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Chroma Color Corporation
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Mchenry
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United States
Acquisition
Chroma Color Corporation acquires Polymer Concentrates Inc.
Chroma Color Corporation announces today it has acquired Polymer Concentrates Inc., based in Clinton, MA. With this latest acquisition, Chroma Color continues to grow its manufacturing footprint along with its suite of colorant and additive technologies to better serve existing and prospective...
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Sustainability
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Loop Industries
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Montreal, Quebec
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Canada
RPET Supply
Loop Industries completes and expands supply agreement with Danone for 100% sustainable PET
Loop Industries, Inc., a leading technology innovator in sustainable plastic for packaging, today announced that it has completed a multi-year supply agreement with Danone SA, one of the world’s leading global food & beverage companies. Danone will purchase 100% sustainable and upcycled Loop™...
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Management
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Kraus-Maffei
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Munich
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Germany
Management
KraussMaffei strengthens management team
- Dr. Michael J. Ruf (54) will take up the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the KraussMaffei Group effective 1st April 2019.
- The COO is a newly created role within the Executive Committee (EC).
- Strengthening of the EC is part of the global growth strategy
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Management
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RETAL
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Lentvaris
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Lithuania
Solar powered facility
Opening of the largest roof-mounted solar powered plant in the Baltic States: Bright future for RETAL's solar powered facility
Renewable energy was celebrated at the official opening of the largest roof-mounted solar powered plant in the Baltic States at global plastic packaging manufacturer RETAL's Lentvaris factory.
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Sustainability
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Kirin Holdings
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Tokyo
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Japan
Recycling goals
Kirin Group establishes its plastic policy
Aiming for 50% recycled plastic in PET materials used by the company's domestic businesses by 2027.
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Sheets & Films
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RPC Group
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Rushden
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United Kingdom
Sustainable Shrink Film
X-EnviroShrink has sustainability wrapped for Radnor Hills bottled water
Leading spring water and beverage producer Radnor Hills has moved its shrink wrapping of bottled water to RPC bpi protec’s latest X-EnviroShrink film which contains up to 51% recycled content, with a minimum of 31% PCR as well as being 100% recyclable itself.
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Recycling technology
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Biffa
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High Wycombe
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United Kingdom
Recycling
Biffa gets the green light for new £15m plastics recycling plant in Durham
The UK’s leading national recycling and waste management provider, Biffa, received planning approval from Durham County Council for a £15m plastics recycling plant near Seaham.
MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
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Sustainability
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Indorama Ventures
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Bangkok
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Thailand
Sustainability Initaitives
IVL making great strides toward establishing the Circular Economy
Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, has been constantly developing its sustainability performance and pursuing methods to improve itself. As a leader in the industry, IVL has been providing information of its business with transparency for many years to ensure...
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Biobased Material
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Bio-on
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Bologna
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Italy
Bioplastic
Bio-on and Rivoira present ZEROPACK
The demand for new eco-sustainable materials for packaging is constantly increasing and consumers reward the choices of producers and distributors that respect the planet. Bio-on, listed on the AIM of Italian Stock Exchange and active in the high-quality bioplastic sector, and Rivoira, one of the...
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Material technology
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Loop Industries
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Terrebonne
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Canada
Alliance agreement
Loop Industries, thyssenkrupp partner to shape future of PET plastic manufacturing
Loop Industries and thyssenkrupp sign global alliance agreement to transform the future of sustainable PET plastic manufacturing
- Global Alliance Agreement aims to combine Loop Industries’ depolymerization technology with thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions’ PET Melt-To-Resin® technology
- Integration of...
PREFORM MOULDING
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Digitization
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Husky Injection M olding Systems
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Dudelange
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Luxembourg
Digitalization
Husky unveils a new groundbreaking digitalized end-to-end manufacturing execution process
Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading industrial technology provider to the plastics processing community, hosted a one-day event at its EMEA headquarters in Dudelange, Luxembourg to officially unveil its digital, state-of-the-art Next Generation Operating Model (NGOM). The event was attended...
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Preform moulding
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motan-colortronic
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Friedrichsdorf
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Germany
Materials Handling
Materials handling from the silo to the machine
motan-colortronic is once again expanding their universal material flow and selection system. The automatic material selection station METROLINK, the modular and by far most compact system available on the market, has now been supplemented with additional modules and one additional size, increasing...
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Auxiliaries
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IMD
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Brügge
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Switzerland
Preform Monitoring
PREFORM Factory concept 4.0 guarantees the reliability of the entire production facility
"The Preform Factory concept is the right way forward! We must integrate the PECO LUX inline PREFORM monitoring system into all of our PET production facilities. In that way, every shot is tested and we can react immediately to any variations".
That is the way one exhibition visitor put it.
That is the way one exhibition visitor put it.
BLOW MOULDING
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Bottle developments
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RPC Bramlage
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Otwock
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Poland
PET jar
Reusable jar is a natural solution
Family-run skincare specialist Chuckling Goat is using the 125ml Clip Jar from RPC Bramlage Warszawa, part of the RPC Bramlage Division, for its new Super Sensitive Skin Balm, benefitting from the jar’s combination of aesthetic appeal and practicality.
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Auxillaries
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Torus Measurement Systems Limited
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Telford, Shropshire
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United Kingdom
Measurement
New Multi-Module Quality Control – Torus’ TQ-LAB
Torus Measurement Systems have recently released the latest gauge in their line of measurement systems for plastic containers. Having spent the last 5 years developing a suite of equipment to satisfy industry demand, Torus have now gone one step further, integrating those latest measurement modules...
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Sustainability
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Highland Spring Group
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Blackford, Perth and Kinross
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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.
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Amcor
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Melbourne
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Australia
PET jar
Amcor: 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.
FILLING TECHNOLOGY
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Filling technology
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Coca-Cola Amatil
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North Sydney
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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.
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Filling technology
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GEA
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Düsseldorf
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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,...
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Filling & Aseptic
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Sidel
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Zhanjiang
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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...
CAPPING TECHNOLOGY
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Caps & Closures
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BERICAP
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Budenheim
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Germany
Closures
Closures: worldwide. BERICAP shows innovative products and new corporate design at Packaging Innovations
For the seventh time in a row, BERICAP, one of the world’s leading plastic closure manufacturers, will be exhibiting at the Packaging Innovations Show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham from 27th to 28th February 2019.
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Caps & Closures
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Vinventions
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Fußgönheim
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Germany
Recycable caps
Vinventions revolutionizes recycling: giving corks “endless circles of life” as new closures
What if we created “endless circles of life” for wine closures? This question has challenged and excited the innovators at Vinventions, the global leader in sustainable high-performance wine closures, for many years. Now, Vinventions is taking a major step towards realizing this vision.
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Markets
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Ceresana
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Constance
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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...
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Auxiliaries
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Intravis
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Aachen
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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.
DECORATION TECHNOLOGY
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Labels
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Avery Dennison
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Mentor
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United States
Launch
Avery Dennison recycled PET (rPET) liners now available across Europe in four constructions
The recent launch, by Avery Dennison, of a portfolio using recycled PET (rPET) liners has received another important boost, with four labelling constructions now available across Europe.
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Labels
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UPM Raflatac
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Eastfield
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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...
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Labels
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Avery Dennison
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Oegstgeest
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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.
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Decoration technologies
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UPM Raflatac
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Shanghai
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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...
CONVEYING & TRANSPORTATION
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Packaging machinery
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SMI
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San Giovanni Bianco (BG)
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Italy
Packaging Machinery
SMI packaging equipment for Coca-Cola Nogales
Green solutions for the beverage industry
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Conveying & Transportation
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Gebo Cermex
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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...
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Packaging machinery
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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...
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Packaging machinery
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SMI
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San Giovanni Bianco (BG)
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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...
In order to further protect fragile containers, such as glass containers, the installation of the PID (Partition Inserting Device) is recommended...
RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY
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Recycling technology
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Bulk Handling Systems
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Eugene
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United States
Recycling
CarbonLITE selects BHS for fully-automated plastics recycling system
Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) has been selected to supply the front-end recycling system for CarbonLITE’s newest post-consumer recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plant. BHS also provided the front-end recycling system for CarbonLITE’s Dallas, Texas facility, which began production in the...
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Recycling technology
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Biffa
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High Wycombe
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United Kingdom
Recycling
Biffa gets the green light for new £15m plastics recycling plant in Durham
The UK’s leading national recycling and waste management provider, Biffa, received planning approval from Durham County Council for a £15m plastics recycling plant near Seaham.
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Recycling machines
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Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen
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Königsbrunn
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Germany
New ECO melt filters
Recycling of PET: Ultra-fine microperforation sets new standards in melt filtration
With unprecedented filtration fineness of 60 µm, Ettlinger’s ECO melt filters will in the future make it easier to treat recycled material for the film, packaging tape and fiber industry and help plastics recyclers remove challenging contaminants like paints, silicones, barrier materials,...
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Sheets & Films
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Interface Polymers
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Loughborough
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United Kingdom
Flexible Plastic Packaging Recycling
Interface Polymers secures major Innovate UK grant to enable high value recycling of multi-layer mixed plastic flexible packaging
Interface Polymers Ltd. has been awarded a £638K Innovate UK ‘Plastics Innovation: towards zero waste’industrial research grant to reduce mixed plastic waste by recycling multi-layer flexible plastic packaging back into high value uses.
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