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Sacmi – hall 7A booth 222/323 The Sacmi range of beverage solutions will be on display at Brau Beviale. While the show traditionally emphasises the beer industry, solutions for other segments like wine and soft drinks will also be spotlighted. Machines and vision systems – Opportunities provided by ‘integrated’ control Sacmi
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Arol – hall 7A booth 108 Line waste, surplus production, but first deposit return systems: there are many cases in which a de-capper is needed to make a PET or a glass bottle reusable. Capping solutions provider Arol has also specialised in de-capping systems. The system Reverse, with between 3 and
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Brau Beviale 2023 will take place for the first time under the umbrella of “Yontex GmbH & Co KG”, a subsidiary of Messe Nürnberg and Messe München, into which the entire Drinktec cluster and Brau Beviale have been transferred. We spoke to Petra Westphal, Executive Vice President, Yontex. PETplanet: Hello Petra,
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GEA introduces the GEA Visitron Small-in-One filling block for production speeds of up to 10,000 containers per hour. The slimline filling solution rinses, fills, and seals on a very small production area and saves a lot of time during filling and format changeover thanks to a sophisticated process chain. It can
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The launch edition of the Plastics Recycling Show India (PRS India) will take place at the NESCO Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC) in Mumbai from 4 to 6 December 2024. The three-day exhibition and conference is the first event in India specifically dedicated to plastics recycling. PRS India is the latest extension
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Resilux, known for sustainable packaging solutions, has joined forces with Inex, a frontrunner in authentic dairy products. Together, they made it possible to close the loop in UHT milk packaging. With the Rebirth series, they created a sustainable and circular solution in which white opaque milk bottles get reborn into new
Read morePlastics recycling market in Europe has been heavily destabilised throughout 2023. Since the beginning of the year, prices of recyclates have decreased by up to 50%, while cheap imports of materials from outside of the EU have significantly increased. If urgent measures are not taken to alleviate the pressure on recyclers,
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New climate-friendly container for the German mineral water market – The packaging and recycling specialist Alpla and the mineral water company Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner Sprudel have developed a reusable PET bottle made entirely of recycled material. The reusable 1-litre bottle for mineral water reduces carbon consumption and also offers logistical advantages thanks
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) has unveiled a new video as part of its recently launched advocacy campaign, Recycling is Real, dedicated to promoting and defending plastic recycling in America. This new video highlights the efforts taking place at Amcor’s facility in Wytheville, Virginia, to ensure that bottles made from polyethylene
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This month, Propak West Africa returned to Lagos, Nigeria for its highly anticipated 10th edition, welcoming 4,931 industry stakeholders through the doors to visit 152 exhibitor stands, showcasing the newest innovations from over 200 brands along with exciting live demonstrations of the latest equipment in action on the exhibition floor. This
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, a global sustainable chemical company, announced that it has recycled 100 billion post-consumer PET bottles since February 2011 . This has diverted 2.1 million tons of waste from the environment and saved 2.9 million tons of carbon footprint from the product lifecycles . Demonstrating its commitment
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