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STM Group Hall A5 – Booth 502 Since the last drinktec, STM Group has delivered 32 complete filling lines for water, soft drinks, beer, oil, dairy products, and the fast-growing co-packing sector. At the upcoming exhibition, the company will highlight its latest advances in filling technology. A key development is the
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IMD Hall A5 – Booth 130 Photo top: IMD will present the BOCO SCAN with a base inspection add-on module at drinktec 2025. For almost two decades, the Swiss vision inspection specialist IMD has been supplying bottle inspection systems to well-known pharmaceutical brands for HDPE bottles. The Swiss have since developed
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DNP – Aseptic Systems Hall B4 – Booth 533 Interview with Atsushi Hayakawa, General Manager, Technical Development Department, Aseptic Systems – DNP Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. PETplanet: DNP Group has three main business areas: aseptic PET bottle filling, liquid filling systems for paper containers, and bag-in-box filling systems. You started
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SIPA Hall C6 – Booth 301 XLABL_RF, SIPA’s new roll-fed labelling technology SIPA has developed a new labelling solution, designed with enhanced features to improve performance, precision, and user experience. The result is the new XLABL_RF roll-fed labelling machine, recently unveiled and soon to be presented at drinktec. It is designed
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PACK EXPO Las Vegas returns to the Las Vegas Convention Center Sept. 29–Oct. 1, 2025, bringing together more than 35,000 attendees and 2,300 exhibitors across more than 1 million net square feet of exhibit space. Organised by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the show attracts professionals from over
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How the market has evolved between 2018 and 2025 From soft drink factories and mineral water bottling plants to craft beer production centres, beverage filling machines have long been at the heart of the industrial process. But what happens when these machines change hands? The second-hand market, often quiet and highly
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Is the IR technology known from preform heating also an alternative for drying and crystallising virgin and/or rPET flakes? We spoke to Udo Gielen, CEO, and Marcus Vogt, Technical Sales Manager at Kreyenborg in Senden, Germany. The company has been working on this technology for over 20 years. Interview with Kreyenborg
Read moreThe European plastics recycling industry is “facing imminent collapse” due to a surge in cheap imports, shrinking demand for EU-made recyclates, rising economic pressures, and excessive red tape, according to industry organisation Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE). In a recent warning, PRE said that by the end of 2025, Europe is expected
Read moreFrom October 1, 2025, Poland will introduce a national deposit-refund system (DRS). The Ministry of Climate and Environment is currently preparing amendments to the July 2023 Act to clarify procedures for issuing, revoking, and amending authorisations for DRS operators. The draft also reflects industry input, including proposals to link deposits with
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Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, announced the successful start-up of the sugar dehydration (SDH) unit and all auxiliary systems and utilities at its FDCA Flagship Plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. According to the company, this achievement marks a key technical achievement in the phased commissioning and
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Circularix, a leading U.S.-based producer of food-grade recycled PET announced the successful completion and commercial start-up of its new recycling facility in Ocala, FL. The site complements Circularix’s flagship facility in Hatfield, PA and is intended to significantly expand the company’s ability to deliver high-quality food-grade recycled PET resin to leading consumer
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