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Krones, Hall 15, Booth 15.1 Holistic recycling of packaging Millions of bottles are recycled using Krones’ MetaPure systems, handling different material qualities, all the way up to food-grade PET. Since Krones apply a holistic approach to recycling, they are expanding their technology step-by-step to include other types of plastics. The MetaPure
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Starlinger, Hall 9, Booth D22 PET bottle flakes are a valuable secondary resource. At K show, Starlinger recycling technology will be presenting recycling solutions for three different applications: bottle-to-bottle, bottle-to-fibre, and bottle-to-bag. Bottle-to-bottle: Starlinger has installed more than 55 PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines worldwide with a total installed capacity of >550,000
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SMI S.p.A., Hall14. Booth B69 Among the exhibits of SMI will be the compact EBS 4 K ERGON series of compact fully electronic stretch-blow moulders. Capable of satisfying production demands of up to 9,200 bph, the EBS K models are available in 2, 3 and 4-cavity versions, and offer all the advantages
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Sukano, Hall 8a, Booth H28 For a long time the reuse of PET was limited to application like fibre or often downcycling its original use. Times have changed and calls for innovative products and functionalities that address the poor quality and lack of standardisation of the current bale profiles as well
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Torus, Hall 14, Booth B64 Torus Measurement Systems will be demonstrating automated modular intelligence at their first ever K show appearance. Their latest development, the TQ Lab, is intended to expand on Torus’ unique modular philosophy and to offer customers a new approach to quality control whilst maintaining the most critical
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Corvaglia, Hall 12, Booth A51-10 Corvaglia will be de-monstrating designs for closures that are attached to bottles (known as “tethered caps”). These conform to the requirements set down in EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Corvaglia has developed solutions for carbonated
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Expected to begin operations in Q1 2021, the facility expands Milliken’s chemical manufacturing footprint to support increasing demand across Asia, including rapidly growing markets in India and China. The company currently operates an applications lab and technical service and sales office in Singapore, and recently celebrated its 20-year presence in the
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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in dispensing, drug delivery and active packaging solutions, and Nippon Closures Co., Ltd. (NCC), a leading company in Japan for bottle closures, announced that they have entered into an exclusive partnership to cross-license technology for tethered beverage closures. This is the first cross-license, registered
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The RAL Quality Mark is the first independent quality mark that provides information about a product’s proportion of recycled plastic material obtained from the Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin. The reuse of production and industrial waste is expressly excluded in the RAL mark that reports percentage of recycled plastic in order
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Cold Jet, Hall 10, Booth D48 Cold Jet, specialised in dry ice technology, will be presenting its new PCS 60. The PCS 60 features Cold Jet’s patented Particle Control System (PCS). The PCS precisely cuts dry ice into diamond shaped particles in the exact dimensions chosen by the operator (3 mm to
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FlexBlow, Hall 1, Booth A09 FlexBlow has been producing most flexible two-stage stretch blow moulding machines since 1994. To celebrate its 25th anniversary, FlexBlow is launching a special Beauty Series – a bespoke two-stage response to changing industry needs. On top of zero-scratch philosophy, the cosmetic market requires an increasing variety
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