Gerd Liebig, CEO of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH, outlined how high-quality connector production can be designed cost-effectively and sustainably in the future in a talk held during the LAPP trade press event. He drew a bridge from the trends in customer requirements and machine…

PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) announced a $35 million investment with Closed Loop Partners that will create the "Closed Loop Local Recycling Fund," an innovative circular economy initiative to advance new small-scale, modular recycling systems in communities across the U.S.  The fund aims…

PFF has added a new product to its range of food packaging. IMPAC-T is a fully recyclable hybrid pack. It comprises of a reduced weight 95mm rPET plastic inlet, and a printable card wrap that are easily separated for recycling. IMPAC-T can be used for all food applications, where sealed in freshness…

Ring Container Technologies announced it has developed a customizable PET solution for maintaining carbonation in beverages and energy drinks.

Tereos to supply High Fructose Syrup, a locally produced bio-based raw material, to support Avantium’s production capacities in advanced bio-based polymers production.

Including Advantage+EliteTM as a standard system feature accelerates the shift to producing increasingly sustainable packaging. Thus Husky strengthens its commitment to protecting the return on its customers’ investments.

Gawis 4D configured with the AF robotic handling system provides a means to maximize laboratory throughput while achieving the highest measurement precision for preforms and bottles.

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…

Using its extensive injection stretch blow moulding experience for large PET containers and following an intensive development program, CYPET is announcing the extension of its technology to stretch-blow-mould 1,000 Litre IBC bottles from PET. CYPET is looking to strike a strategic co-operation for…

On the booming beer market in Cameroon one local brewery isn’t simply out to make a few fast bucks – or francs – but is instead going for sustainability, high-quality products and future-proof technology. This strategy is proving extremely successful and has made the company the market leader in…

Between 2019 and 2021, three Sidel and Serac Combis for edible oil have been installed in the bottling facility of Lesieur in Coudekerque (North of France). The oil, sauce and condiment company can now produce light-weighted bottles and use recycled PET (rPET). Operationally, the combination of the…

Sidel has successfully installed its first high-speed PET packaging line for water in Baghdad as part of the greenfield project of Iraqi National Company for industrial food (Iraqi National for Food). With a speed of 48,000 bottles per hour (bph), the outstanding line efficiency of 96% corresponds…

The packaging specialist took the best of both its rotary and linear machines to design a cup filler that meets the investment constraints of medium-speed production: from 5000 to 12000 cups per hour.
The LINEA XS incorporates Serac’s latest advances in terms of hygiene, ergonomics and flexibility…

GEA is expanding capacity at its in-house test center in Ahaus, Germany, by adding two more modules to its technology offering. With this addition, GEA is raising the Ahaus Test Center’s profile as a key facility dedicated to piloting aseptic processing as well as the filling of sensitive foods and…

In 2018 a big fire caused terrible damage to Serbian milk producer Imlek’s production site. One of the many items destroyed was a KHS aseptic filler, just six years old. When it came to procuring a replacement, the company again opted for the Dortmund systems supplier – and for a block system…

The line with 8,800 bottles / hour was developed according to the strictest sustainability measures.

Aptar Food + Beverage’s Rocket Next-Generation Sport Cap - Rocket sport cap offers visual consumer safety through a yellow-colored band that indicates whether the packaging has been opened on store shelves or at home. This solution redefines beverage packaging safety standards as the first one in…

Guala Closures, a producer of special closures for spirits and wines, has received an "International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus" accreditation, which will facilitate the use of certified sustainable materials for the production of closures manufactured at the Spinetta…

SACMI is launching the IPS 300, the latest addition to the IPS (Injection Preform System) platform, the SACMI machine family for PET preforms that offers outstanding flexibility, user-friendliness, reliability and performance.
The goal? To combine the recognized plus points of the existing models…

The ALPLA Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, in cooperation with joint venture partner Glatfelter Corporation, a leading global supplier of engineered materials, announces their partnership with Blue Ocean Closures (BOC), a start-up based in the region of Värmland in…

The US start-up Magnomer claims to have developed a solution to effectively separate label material from beverage bottle flakes during the recycling process.

The mandatory deposit in Germany has been extended since January 1. Thus, in the future, all disposable plastic bottles and beverage cans, regardless of their contents, will be part of the deposit system, including many fruit and vegetable juices, which were previously exempt. From 2024, milk and…

Jules Mumm presents a new limited edition of their sparkling wine. The CCL Label shrink sleeves in three different designs contain 30 percent recycled material.

Leading European packaging manufacturer Coveris has today announced the completion of a two-year transformation project at its Cramlington labels facility in Northumberland.

Environmental sustainability plays a key role in the investment choices of those who choose plants and machines for large-scale production in compliance with the standards for the territory safeguard and energy saving.
Thanks to continuous investments in research and development of new…

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…

As students return from winter break, they’ll notice six new machines on USF’s campuses. They may resemble vending machines, but instead of money, they accept plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
The reverse vending machines (RVM) are funded by Coca-Cola as part of its “World Without…

A new deposit return system to encourage recycling of empty drink containers kicked off in Slovakia on Saturday, January 1, 2022. What awaits consumers and the stores serving as container return points, and how will the entire system work? Read the detailed Q&A about Slovakia’s brand new deposit…

The food-grade PET recycling system will be supplied to rPET flake producer Başatlı in April 2022. The recoSTAR PET 215 iV+ will be Starlinger’s first bottle-to-bottle recycling system operating in Turkey.