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Global themes
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The British Plastics Federation
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London
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United Kingdom
Initiative
British Plastics Federation and UK research and innovation launch courses to help increase plastic recycling
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are collaborating to support the UK’s plastics supply chain in creating more sustainable and easy-to-recycle packaging. As part of the initiative, two training courses have been developed for people throughout the plastics…
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Material technology
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Avient Corporation
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Cleveland, OH
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United States
Additives
Avient to expand color concentrate capabilities in Vietnam
Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, will complete an expansion of existing production capabilities for color concentrates at its Binh Duong site in Vietnam by next month. The move will improve speed-to-market and service level for…
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Global themes
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Eckes-Granini Germany
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Nieder-Olm
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Germany
Evaluation
Ecovadis awards Eckes-Granini top rating
Thanks to continuous improvement: Eckes-Granini Germany receives "Platinum Rating" for sustainability - The independent institute EcoVadis is one of the world's largest and most trusted providers of sustainability ratings for companies. It promotes the companies’ environmental and social practices…
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Recycling technology
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TOMRA
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Mülheim-Kärlich
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Germany
Sorting & Recycling
TOMRA and Borealis open state-of-the-art plant for post-consumer plastic waste sorting and advanced mechanical recycling
- Demo plant sorts post-consumer plastic waste and will produce ready-for-market fully formulated polymer pellets
- Brand owners and converters will be able to access material for qualification and market validation in early 2021
- EverMinds™ in action: Pioneering collaboration brings together…
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Business function
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KraussMaffei
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Munich
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Germany
Appointment
KraussMaffei: Bharat Sharma Vice President of Asia-Pacific Region
Bharat Sharma is KraussMaffei Group’s new head of the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore, from 1 January 2021. In this role, he will be responsible for both the New Machine Business and Digital & Service Solutions. Sharma will report to Nadine Despineux, Executive Vice President of the Digital…
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Decoration technologies
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Amcor
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Zurich
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Switzerland
Carbon labelling
Amcor to help brands communicate packaging carbon footprint reductions through independent labelling from the Carbon Trust
A new Amcor service helps brand owners communicate the reduced carbon footprint of their packaging through independent carbon labelling from the Carbon Trust - Amcor, a global leader in packaging, announced the ‘Reducing CO2 Packaging’ Label from the Carbon Trust can now be printed on Amcor…
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Sheets & Films
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Brückner Group
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Siegsdorf
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Germany
New MOPET-G line for an enhanced product portfolio
Brückner Group: Turkish PlasMag strives for a new level in shrink film production
Etimag is a leading Turkish printer, converter and manufacturer that specializes in shrink sleeve applications. To complement their product portfolio, the daughter company PlasMag Plastik Film Ambalaj Sanayi A.Ş. was newly founded this year. As first strategic action PlasMag now teamed up with…
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Business function
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Lacerta Group
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Mansfield, MA
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United States
Sheets & Films
Lacerta Group partners with SK Capital to drive next phase of growth
Strategic investment from SK Capital to support Lacerta’s continued leadership in providing innovative and sustainable packaging solutions to a rapidly growing market - Lacerta Group, Inc. (“Lacerta” or the “Company”), a leading designer and manufacturer of specialty thermoformed packaging…
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Recycling technology
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Unilever
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London
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United Kingdom
Closed-Loop Recycling
Unilever: AI-enabled sorting machines keep plastic in circular economy
Unilever and the Alibaba Group have created an Al-enabled recycling system that automatically identifies and sorts plastic packaging. Its aim is to speed high-grade plastic back into the circular economy and move China’s companies and consumers towards a waste-free world.
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Filling technology
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Sidel
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Parma (IO)
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Italy
New aseptic line
Inex Belgium chooses Sidel’s aseptic solutions to package UHT milk in PET bottles
Belgian milk producer Inex has selected Sidel’s aseptic PET packaging line to help meet a growing demand for locally produced milk, prompted by the COVID-19 restrictions in March. Thanks to Sidel’s new and sustainable packaging line, Inex plans to boost production capacity by supplying…
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Global themes
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British Plastics Federation
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London
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United Kingdom
Information
BPF launches new report: Sustainability in the plastics supply chain
The UK’s leading plastics trade association, the British Plastics Federation (BPF), has launched its first sustainability report looking at wider sustainability initiatives from across the industry. Sustainability in the plastics supply chain highlights the positive contribution the industry has…
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Business function
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The Conair Group
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Cranberry Twp., PA
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United States
Acquisition
IPEG acquires conveying system firm Phoenix Systems
Conair parent company IPEG Industrial Group has acquired Phoenix Systems Corp., a Tustin, Calif., company that produces high-volume conveying systems for plastic pellets and powders. IPEG did not share financial terms of the deal, which was finalized on Dec. 21.
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Global themes
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FrieslandCampina
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Amersfoort
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Netherlands
rPET
FrieslandCampina switches to 100% recycled PET bottles
As from February 2021, FrieslandCampina will be making PET bottles from 100% recycled PET (rPET). Because a PET bottle can only be recycled if the consumer has removed the label, FrieslandCampina's Research & Development department has additionally developed a brand new "zipper" that makes it easier…
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Business function
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Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)
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Washington, DC
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United States
Exhibition
NPE 2021 cancelled
Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) gives the following update on their decision to cancel the in-person components of NPE2021:
MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY
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Material technology
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Avient Corporation
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Milan
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Italy
Prognostication
Avient Colorforward™ experts predict pandemic likely to influence color preferences, even in 2022
Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, today announced that Avient ColorWorks™ has launched ColorForward™ 2022. This 16th edition of the annual color forecasting guide for the plastics industry marks its debut within Avient, which was…
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Material technology
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Avantium
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Amsterdam
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Netherlands
Funding
Avantium awarded €5.4 million grant from Netherlands Enterprise Agency for expansion of FDCA pilot plant
Avantium N.V announces that the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO - Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) has awarded the company a €5.4 million grant as part of the Demonstration Energy and Climate Innovation (DEI+) scheme, to be paid out in 16 tranches over a period of 4 years. This grant is…
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Material technology
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd.
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Espoo
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Finland
Plant-based Plastic Materials
Plant-based and recyclable plastic bottles now enabled with VTT’s new FDCA technology using citrus peel as raw material
The shift from fossil-based to renewable bio-plastics requires new efficient methods. New technology developed at VTT enables the use of pectin-containing agricultural waste, such as citrus peel and sugar beet pulp, as raw material for bio-based PEF-plastics for replacing fossil-based PET. The…
PREFORM MOULDING
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Preform moulding
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SIPA
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Vittorio Veneto
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Italy
Preform Injection Machines
XFORM: Flexibility leads to savings
One of the great advantages of SIPA’s XFORM, PET preform injection molding system, is its openness. XFORM stands out from other important brands in the global marketplace in its ability to accept preform tooling from other major producers.
BLOW MOULDING
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Amcor
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Melbourne
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Australia
Bottle Development
Protein-rich juice hits Colombian shelves in Amcor PET bottle
Amcor has developed a new hot-fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for Colombia’s Nutrea/Frudelca’s breakthrough Frupro protein juice. The new beverage is the latest in a growing category that blends the benefits of natural juice with protein to appeal to health-conscious consumers.
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Amcor
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Melbourne
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Australia
Lightweighting
Amcor designs lightest 900-ml PET bottle for edible oil in Brazil
Amcor has adapted its leading-edge engineering and design technology to develop the lightest 900-ml polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for edible oil in Brazil. The custom- designed container for agribusiness and food producer Bunge, in São Paulo, is 22% lighter than competitive bottles while…
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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C.M.G. SpA
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Cento di Budrio (BO)
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Italy
Recycling technology
CMG: New high precision granulator series G17
CMG launches a new series of small size beside the press granulators with connotates of high caliber. The very innovative and unique attributes of such new series are several and all contribute to obtaining the highest degree of productivity, regrind quality (homogeneous particle dimensions and…
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Blow Moulding & Coating
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Priority Plastics
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Portland, Indiana
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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.
FILLING TECHNOLOGY
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Filling technology
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Sidel
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Parma, IO
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Italy
Packaging functionality
Sangaria tackles green tea and sparkling water boom with Sidel’s flexible, aseptic PET packaging solution
Leading Japanese beverage player Sangaria has been counting on Sidel as a strong partner for more than nine years. To increase its production flexibility, the company once again turned to its reliable supplier by acquiring the Versatile Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis™ to handle aseptic carbonated and…
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Filling technology
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SIPA
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Vittorio Veneto
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Italy
Bottling Lines
Edible oil bottling lines à la SIPA
SIPA provides equipment for the production of a huge range of edible oil bottle sizes: from single serve up to 30 liters.
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Filling technology
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Sidel
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Parma, IO
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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…
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Filling technology
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Sidel
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Parma, IO
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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.
CAPPING TECHNOLOGY
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Caps & Closures
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BERICAP
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Budenheim
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Germany
Recyclable Packaging
BERICAP’s recyclable 100% silicone-free BericapValve wins Sustainability Award 2020
BERICAP’s BericapValve has won Packaging Europe’s Sustainability Award 2020 in the category “Recyclable Packaging”. The award recognizes and awards the major sustainability impact behind the small visible change to a 100 % silicone-free valve. Unlike conventional silicone valves, BERICAP’s product…
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Caps & Closures
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Guala Closures
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Luxembourg
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Luxembourg
Sustainable Caps
Guala Closures signs exclusive agreement with Oceanworks to develop closures made with plastic recovered from the oceans
Guala Closures Group, the global producer of nonrefillable and aluminium beverage closures, has partnered with Oceanworks® , the largest global marketplace for sustainable materials, to develop a range of closures produced using ocean plastics.
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Caps & Closures
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SACMI
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Imola (BO)
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Italy
Caps & Preforms
15 December 2020: SACMI webinar on lightweight solutions in the cap-preform-production - live streams for all time zones, 7 languages
Live from the SACMI parent company, this webinar will showcase the latest ready-to-market developments for the industry, from technology to new cap design solutions. Key advantages include integrated design of cap-preform systems to optimise performance and cost.
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Caps & Closures
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Aptar
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Crystal Lake, IL
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United States
Recyclable valve
Aptar transforms market with SimpliCycle™ Valve Solution
Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in elastomeric flow solutions for more than 25 years, is on track to meet its 2025 sustainability commitments thanks to its new SimpliCycle™ recyclable valve technology.
DECORATION TECHNOLOGY
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Decoration technologies
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PrintCYC Initiative
Recycling of printed plastic films postindustrial waste
PrintCYC: Successful recycling of printed plastic films and processing of recyclate
- Cost-effective solutions for a circular economy based on postindustrial waste from printed plastic films
- High quality recyclates comparable to virgin material
- Recyclate reuse up to 100% in divers packaging applications
- Significant improvement of recycling by PU based ink system
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Decoration technologies
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INTRAVIS GmbH
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Aachen
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Germany
Inspection
INTRAVIS: Reading UFI codes – A child's play with the new OCR module
INTRAVIS GmbH now offers a convenient solution for all producers and bottling companies that have to indicate UFI codes on their packaging from 2021 onwards - the new OCR module.
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Decoration technologies
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Klöckner Pentaplast
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London
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United Kingdom
Shrink sleeves
Klöckner Pentaplast commits to PET capacity expansion for the heat shrink label market in North America
Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, announces its commitment to expand its PET extrusion with in-line stretching capacity by 10,000 metric tonnes.
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Decoration technologies
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ProMach
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Cincinnati, Ohio
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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…
CONVEYING & TRANSPORTATION
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Conveying & Transportation
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SMI S.p.A.
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S.Giovanni Bianco (BG)
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Italy
Palletizing systems
SMI: Flexibility and reliability in the end of line
End of line reliability is crucial for the bottling plant efficiency - Manufacturers of beverages, food, detergents, chemical and pharmaceutical products have to be more and more competitive and efficient in order to face a constantly changing market; therefore, they have to…
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Conveying & Transportation
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SMI S.p.A.
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S.Giovanni Bianco (BG)
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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…
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Conveying & Transportation
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Sidel
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Parma, PR
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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…
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Conveying & Transportation
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SMI
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S.Giovanni Bianco (BG)
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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…
RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY
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Recycling technology
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TOMRA
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Mülheim-Kärlich
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Germany
Sorting & Recycling
TOMRA and Borealis open state-of-the-art plant for post-consumer plastic waste sorting and advanced mechanical recycling
- Demo plant sorts post-consumer plastic waste and will produce ready-for-market fully formulated polymer pellets
- Brand owners and converters will be able to access material for qualification and market validation in early 2021
- EverMinds™ in action: Pioneering collaboration brings together…
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Recycling technology
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Unilever
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London
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United Kingdom
Closed-Loop Recycling
Unilever: AI-enabled sorting machines keep plastic in circular economy
Unilever and the Alibaba Group have created an Al-enabled recycling system that automatically identifies and sorts plastic packaging. Its aim is to speed high-grade plastic back into the circular economy and move China’s companies and consumers towards a waste-free world.
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Recycling technology
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Loop Industries
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Terrebonne
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Canada
Recycling
Loop Industries announces independent review confirming effectiveness of patented technology
Independent testing by respected third-party research center confirms that Loop’s Gen II depolymerization technology is effective at producing pure monomers - Loop Industries (“Loop” or “the Company”), an innovator in sustainable plastics technology, released the report of an independent…
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Global themes
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Milliken Chemical
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Ghent
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Belgium
Sorting
Milliken to join the Digital Watermark Project, HolyGrail 2.0, a cutting-edge European initiative to drive a truly circular economy
Milliken & Company’s Chemical Division has joined the Digital Watermarks Project, a large-scale initiative testing the viability of digital watermarking technologies for the accurate sorting of plastics.
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