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Global plastic packaging manufacturer Retal has published its 2019 Sustainability Report, proudly highlighting improvements across its ambitious CSR goals. In this second annual Sustainability Report Retal lays out its Circular Economy Strategy as integral to the business which revolves around increasing recycled material uptake, promoting Design for Recycling (DfR), and plastic
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Alpla switched its PET Recycling Team plants in Wöllersdorf, Austria, and Radomsko, Poland, to a mix of electricity from renewable sources in order to produce carbon-neutral rPET (= recycled polyethylene terephthalate). ‘This step has already had a big impact on the carbon footprint of our food-grade regranulate – according to the
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A digital revolution that incorporates risk assessment to optimise the application of “agile work” concepts in the time of Covid: now, as part of an ambitious programme for the dissemination of new Cloud technologies and tools, Sacmi has launched the new Smart Booking service. Operational since 1st July, the service lets
Read moreIncuBev, collaboration among four companies with significant beverage commercialisation expertise, has been launched to help brand owners bring their beverages to market faster by offering a unique turnkey project management solution. The companies are harnessing their collective knowledge and expertise to dramatically accelerate pre-commercial activities including product development, package conceptualisation, prototyping,
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Alpla Group, a global specialist for packaging solutions and recycling, is acquiring a facility in Western India for the production of preforms for PET bottles from the packaging company Amcor. Alpla Group has taken over a plant for rigid plastics in India from the global packaging specialist Amcor with effect from
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Within the Krones Group, Milkron GmbH is the specialist for developing customised solutions for all process steps. Milkron’s service portfolio provides complete-coverage support for the food-processing industry – from the initial planning stage, then erection, commissioning and automation of the lines and components involved, all the way through to after-sales service,
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Alpla Group, a global specialist for packaging solutions and recycling, continues to pursue a strategy of expanding its recycling activities worldwide. The family-owned enterprise from Austria is now building a plant in Mexico for recycling HDPE. It is planned to produce 15,000 tonnes of post-consumer recycled material each year. Alpla has
Read moreMany viruses have been shown to survive on surfaces including metal, cardboard and plastic. However, plastic items can be treated to trap and inhibit the replication of viruses. Sukano has developed Antiviral Masterbatches for PET and PA fibers that have a strong antiviral effect on the plastic parts, while also potentially
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Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions for more than 30 years, is pleased to announce Rocket, its next generation sport cap. Rocket sport cap offers visual consumer safety through a yellow-coloured band that indicates whether packaging has been opened on store shelves or at home. This solution
Read moreSince the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the All4Pack team has remained strongly mobilised to support companies and provide them with this much-awaited springboard for economic recovery. To enable such an international event to be held during a period of pandemic, a great many initiatives were planned to guarantee not only
Read moreSwitzerland-based Maag Group, a broadly diversified global solutions provider with integrated and customisable systems in process technology for the polymer, chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, has strengthened its digital capabilities by acquiring Germany-based XanTec Steuerungs- und EDV Technik GmbH (“XanTec”). XanTec plans, designs and manufactures advanced industrial control systems that
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