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Multi-Color Corporation (MCC), a global leader in label solutions, and Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), creator of the Digimarc Platform for digital identification and detection, announced this week a partnership to serialise product packaging and labels with Digimarc Barcode in support of food safety and traceability initiatives. MCC is a member of
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced its strong opposition to the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. “This legislation would be absolutely devastating to manufacturing jobs and America’s overall economy just as we begin to rebound from the effects of COVID-19,” said
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Never before have such a large number of sanitiser bottles been produced and supplied. Greiner Packaging has taken note of this increased demand and developed a new plastic bottle range including 16 different bottles that can be used for sanitisers. An even wider array of bottle models means more choice so
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Richard Schmidhofer has been Commercial Managing Director of Kiefel GmbH since February 1, 2021 and succeeds Peter Eisl, who left the company at his own request. As CFO, Richard Schmidhofer takes on management of the Finance, IT and Purchasing departments. With Mr Schmidhofer, Kiefel gains an experienced management executive: He not
Read moreOtto Hofstetter AG’s new MED division specialises in injection moulds for medical and pharmaceutical products: Starting in February, Switzerland’s Otto Hofstetter AG is expanding its range of specialty injection molds. In addition to its core expertise in PAC and PET, this family-owned company is now engineering and manufacturing moulds for the
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Packaging solutions The requirements of packaging manufacturers worldwide have increased. In addition to established plastics, machines for processing recycled or bio-based materials as well as natural fibers are also becoming increasingly important. Kiefel, a Germany-based, globally active market leader in high performance thermoforming machines and turnkey solutions, is presenting solutions for
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Digitalisation and resource conservation The Chinese market, and thus the trade fair, is of great importance for Arburg. This is reflected in the first-class trade fair appearance, even though the visitors are likely to be limited to interested locals this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those who can attend get
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Engel at Industry 4.0 – Factory of the Future How can consistently high product quality be maintained in the face of fluctuations in raw material? How can high machine availability and productivity be ensured even in the face of travel restrictions? – Engel will be providing answers to these burning questions
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Maag Group’s technologies Maag Group, a broadly diversified global solutions provider of Pump & Filtration Systems, Pelletising & Pulverising Systems, Recycling Systems and Digitalisation for use in the polymer industry is showing its latest innovations. The highlight of the booth will be the ERF350, a high-performance melt filter for the filtration
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Sipa supports sustainable growth PET containers production and filling equipment specialist Sipa will demonstrate its strength in sustainable manufacturing solutions. With more than 30 years of experience in PET container manufacturing and filling technologies, Italy-headquartered Sipa has a strong presence in China. It cooperates with many famous Chinese brands – Wahaha,
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Equipment for PET bottling Koch-Technik will be exhibiting equipment for PET bottling with the volumetric dosing unit KEM and the patented gravimetric dosing and weighing system with mixer Graviko (GK 250). KEM: Chamber volume dosing (Kochpatent) with ± 0.15% accuracy for pellets, powder & ground materials: Each chamber of the dosing
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