PETpla.net Insider 10 / 2019

47 TRADE SHOW PREVIEW PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 10/19 www.petpla.net TRADE SHOW preview www.sise-plastics.com - e -mail: sise@sise-plastics.com HOT RUNNER CONTROL MOLD TEMPERATURE CONTROL VALVE GATE CONTROL PRODUCTION & PROCESS MONITORING PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY UNDER CONTROL INTERNATIONAL SPECIALIST IN TEMPERATURE AND PROCESS CONTROL FOR PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES Hall 1 / D06 Tethered caps for carbonated and non-carbonated beverages Corvaglia will be de-monstrating designs for closures that are attached to bottles (known as “tethered caps”). These conform to the requirements set down in EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduc- tion of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Corvaglia has developed solutions for carbonated and non-carbonated drinks. The company states that it has always been their goal to reduce the consumption of materials and energy (and therefore also CO 2 emissions) required to create packaging while keeping the specifications for each type of packaging the same or better. This goal will remain in place for tethered closures as well. The global bottle cap manufacturer Corvaglia is a highly specialised provider of closure solutions for the beverage industry. Founded in 1991, the company now has four production facilities in Switzerland, Mexico and the USA. www.corvaglia.com Automated modular intelligence Torus Measurement Systems will be demonstrating automated modular intelligence at their first ever K show appearance. Their latest development, the TQ Lab, is intended to expand on Torus’ unique modular philosophy and to offer customers a new approach to quality control whilst maintaining the most critical industry standard tests. The system is available as either manual loader or as a fully automated package that comes equipped with conveyor loading and intelligent container handling. Both solutions include a centrally controlled windows-based software package that offers customers faster, more reliable data with reduced operator influence. Measure- ments are fully traceable and certified to UKAS standards and data can be automatically transferred to all varieties of SPC and ERP factory network systems. The TQ-Lab offers customers unrivalled flexibility with selectable modules including automatic burst testing, non-contact internal diameter measurement, top loading, volume capacity, neck finish, body dimensions and thickness feature selec- tions. Blank modules can also be included for future upgrades. www.torus-group.com Hall 12 Corvaglia Booth A51-10 Hall 14 Torus Booth B64 Biopolymers, collaborations for sustainable projects and products designed for recycling For a long time the reuse of PET was limited to application like fibre or often downcycling its original use. Times have changed and calls for innovative products and functionalities that address the poor quality and lack of standardisation of the current bale profiles as well as waste stream technology requirements. One focus is on upcycling PET mixed bottle flakes into thermally stable rCPET food trays. Sukano’s rPET masterbatch portfolio allows for higher rPET content and creates new recycling streams via additive and colour masterbatches. Sukano’s novel masterbatch allows bottle makers to run conveyer belts and robots at mixed speed increas- ing productivity and yields. Thanks to this mobility aid masterbatch, problems like release, scuffing and sticking are eliminated. There will also UV enhancers and biopolymer innovations exhibited at Sukano. www.sukano.com Hall 8a Sukano Booth H28 K show 2019 - Preview part 2