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Avient – hall B5 booth 5316 As part of a sustainable circularity focus, Avient launched the following new solutions in 2021 aimed at improving recyclability in the PET market: ColorMatrix Optica toners & colours for enhanced recyclability. When added to PET resin, preforms and recycled PET (rPET), it corrects and reduces
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Technotrans solutions GmbH – hall B1 booth 1205 New name, proven technology, familiar contacts: true to this motto, gwk Gesellschaft Wärme Kältetechnik mbH and Reisner Cooling Solutions GmbH will be presenting themselves for the first time at this year’s Fakuma under the new name Technotrans solutions GmbH, giving visitors an insight
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Erema – hall A6 booth 6314 Pure Loop, an Erema Group company, will present its Isec evo series. This shredder-extruder combination is rapidly becoming established as an efficient recycling solution in injection moulding production thanks to its high flexibility in processing different materials, simple operation and low maintenance requirements. Re-injection instead
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Weima – hall A6 booth 6201 After more than one and a half years without events and personal interactions, the anticipation of face-to-face trade shows is palpable. Weima will present fundamental process steps on the way to efficient recycling of plastics at a joint booth with its long-standing partner Neue Herbold.
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The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is investing in the construction of a recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania as part of a joint venture with its partners. The plastic granulate recycled there in the future will come from PET bottles collected from household waste and will
Read moreGlobal packaging leader TricorBraun announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cormack Packaging (“Cormack”), a leading packaging supplier in Australia and New Zealand, establishing the company’s footprint in the region. Serving customers with rigid packaging needs for more than 80 years, Cormack primarily serves the food and beverage,
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Following last week’s partnership announcement, the Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has reached its first milestone with the successful validation of the project’s first prototype detection sorting unit. Developed by the machine vendor Pellenc ST and the digital watermarks technology provider Digimarc, the prototype, which combines the digital watermarks technology and
Read morePlastic packaging manufacturers in Europe are committed to the European Commission’s circular economy targets. The use of recycled plastics in packaging reduces dependence on fossil raw materials and thus CO2 emissions in packaging production. We strongly believe that the objective to increase the recycled content in packaging in order to reach
Read moreThe global pandemic has affected the packaging solution industry by leading to a significant price increase and shortage of raw materials and components used in packaging equipment. To compensate for the rising costs and continue to provide the highest quality solutions, Sidel is implementing a commodity-induced price adjustment on its equipment
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The market launch of the GEA T.VIS M-20 control top in September 2021: The new T.VIS M-20 controls and monitors process and CIP operations. It will be deployable as standard in more than 80% of all hygienic applications in the food, dairy, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. To accommodate the rapid rise
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Despite attractive environmental credentials, returnable PET containers remain a niche product. Krones and Alpla are cooperating on a research project aimed at better realizing this packaging type’s potential. The result is a returnable PET container specially designed for chilled juices and dairy products. Objective tests provide information about microbiological safety. In
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