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Investment in European technology Ongoing projects include a new factory and further investments in technology to expand the production capacity on new and existing brands. Big Tree Beverages, headquartered in Zambia and part of the Trade Kings Group has, in just a few years, evolved into a market leader. Its product
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Ishka – Ireland’s fresh spring water In Ballyneety, County Limerick, the luscious green, rolling landscape of the beautiful Irish countryside is the backdrop to one of the most modern bottling plants of spring water in Europe: Ishka Irish Spring Water. The company, founded in 1978 by Michael Sutton Sr. thanks to
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Ramseier Suisse AG invests in state-of-the-art aseptic line from KHS With technology from KHS, Ramseier Suisse AG in Sursee in Switzerland recently commissioned a special aseptic line: one that is flexible, efficient and perfectly tailored to the company’s demand for quality. Established as a cider press over 100 years ago, with
Read moreSukano, a global specialist in the development and production of additive and colour masterbatches and compounds for polyesters, biopolymers, and specialty resins, and Emery Oleochemicals, a global manufacturer of natural-based chemicals made predominantly from natural oils and fats, announced the launch of their jointly developed PET antifogging compound for direct food
Read moreNever-ending price increases, a still persistent difficult supply situation and rising ‘Force Majeure’ statements in the third quarter of 2022: The PVC industry is continuously confronted with several crisis – partly beginning to endanger existences in the plastics converting industry in Europe. The plastics converting industry is hard hit by the
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On 17 October 2022, Vanessa Malena, previously Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Engel Machinery Inc. in York, Pennsylvania, will take over as President of the North American headquarters of the Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer and system solutions supplier Engel. Vanessa Malena started at Engel North America in 2017 as Key
Read moreGneuss and Colines have worked together to offer manufacturers of stretch film the possibility of using recycled polymer. Colines offers a special, proven cast & blown film extrusion process for handling recycled material, with the help of the Gneuss RSFgenius Melt Filtration System from Gneuss. Colines has already proven this process
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Ganesha Ecopet Private Limited, a subsidiary of Indian PET recycling pioneer Ganesha Ecosphere Ltd., has recently opened its new Warangal facility under the brand name Go Rewise where it produces rPET for filament yarns and fibres, as well as for food-grade packaging. The company has installed two Starlinger PET recycling lines
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IKV, hall 14 – booth C16 The Institute for Plastics Processing in Industry and Craft at RWTH Aachen University (IKV) will show three processes in operation. The focus of the presentation will be on the topics of recyclate processing, circular economy and digitalisation. IKV will be presenting a batch variation tolerant
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Corvaglia, hall 12 – booth 36-02 Alongside the latest closure solutions, Corvaglia will unveil the “adaptive flex-band” injection mould technology. This technology is claimed to combine different – and in some cases conflicting – requirements of beverage bottlers and consumers. Above all, the technology is intended to offer advantages for tethered
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Coldjet, hall 11 – booth G12 Cleaning tools, moulds and surfaces is one of the most quality- and cost-critical manufacturing steps in the plastics industry. To help make this process more efficient, Cold Jet provides several effective dry ice solutions. They are claimed to enable soft, non-abrasive cleaning of delicate contours
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