5:50 min Preform measuring and inspection, ONE:22
comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Inspection and Digitalization

rPET and Preform Inspection in the Blowmolder - Understanding the Key Considerations, Benefits and Value

As the packaging industry continues to deploy necessary and ambitious sustainability ...
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2:56 min Recycling processes
Plastics recycling - from niche to trend

EREMA establishes new R&D centre for innovative recycling technologies

Plastics recycling is currently evolving very rapidly from a niche to a trend. This ...
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1:52 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, rPET & PET Flakes
Alternative rPET application

Continental launches first tires with polyester made from recycled PET bottles

Initial tire dimensions with new ContiRe.Tex technology now available Technology ...
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2:44 min Mineral water, Bottles and containers
New production plant

SMI solutions for KOBI water

Aqua Geo Ltd turned to SMI for the supply of several turn-key plants for the ...
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1:40 min Caps & Closures
Inverted closure

Aptar Food + Beverage Partners with Chacauhaa Brazil to provide an inverted packaging solution with SimpliSqueeze® Flow Control Valve for Mel de Cacau Honey

Aptar Food + Beverage continues to collaborate and develop partnerships with ...
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1:33 min Recycling & Compounding, Quality control, service
rPET Quality

GETEC.PARK EMMEN (GPE) releases new White Paper: “New insights to improve the recycled PET product quality control.”

GETEC.PARK EMMEN (GPE) releases a White Paper that provides insightful data on how to control the product quality of recycled PET polymer and packaging. In addition, the right set of chemical analyses techniques to detect relevant substances and PET properties are discussed.
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0:59 min Africa, PET recycling systems
Recycling in South Africa

Extrupet will double their food grade operations capacity to over 60,000 tons per annum

The first phase of the expansion at Extrupet, one of the largest and most advanced recyclers of plastics on the African continent, will cost around R300 million.
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7:57 min Image processing and vision systems, ONE:22
comPETence magazine | ONE:22 | Blowing Process

Overcoming Process Issues in the Self-manufacturing Environment - More than the eye can see; a study of diagnostics and optimization of a CSD production line

Over the last decade we have seen a wholesale move by beverage companies towards ...
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1:14 min Additives
Additives

Chroma Color’s NIR Sortable Black Technology passes APR test protocol for NIR Sorting

Chroma Color has developed a specialized formulation path to solving the need for ...
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1:16 min rPET & PET Flakes
rPET/PET capacity

Klӧckner Pentaplast adds rPET/PET capacity to Beaver site to further grow sustainable healthcare and food packaging market in North America

Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has chosen its production facility in Beaver, West Virginia for its multi-million dollar production expansion, adding post-consumer recycled content (PCR) PET capacity in ...
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