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AMB Spa, headquartered in northern Italy, is a leading international suppliers of sustainable solutions for rigid and flexible films and an innovator in recyclability. Strengthening the company’s sustainability position through its tray-to-tray recycling brand AMB TrayRevive, AMB has signed a partnership agreement after a period of collaboration with B. For Pet,
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The Bekum Group mourns the loss of its company founder Gottfried Mehnert who passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 01, 2022 at the age of 87. The plastics industry loses an outstanding personality who, with his inventiveness, decisively changed extrusion blow moulding over decades and left a lasting
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The Australasian Packaging Innovation & Designs Awards (Pidas), the pinnacle awards programme for the Australia and New Zealand region, was held in conjunction with Foodtech Queensland in July. Caps & Closures, for the very first time, emerged as the overall winner with the most awards among some of the top innovators
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As brands and converters seek solutions to increase the circularity of plastic packaging, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has removed a key obstacle to plastic recycling with the introduction of next generation AD CleanFlake technology. This development is claimed to extend the benefits of CleanFlake technology to the company’s core
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Manjushree Technopack, India’s largest manufacturers of rigid plastic packaging backed by Advent International, has acquired Bangalore-based Hitesh Plastics. According to the agreement MTL will acquire the business operations and manufacturing facilities of Hitesh Plastics. Hitesh Plastics is the leading manufacturer of plastic caps and closures in India. MTL enters the highly
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On August 1, 2022, Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH saw a personnel change at the top management. Gerhard Ohler took over the role as CEO of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR), based in Feldkirchen, succeeding Wolfgang Steinwender, who has held this position since May 2020. Ohler, a 54-year-old industrial engineer, has many
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Sidel has expanded its presence in Africa with the official opening of a new office in Nairobi, Kenya on July 28. The move is intended to increase its support for its customers in East Africa, a key market for Sidel and one of the continent’s fastest-growing regions. Sidel has been serving
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Amut has completed the commissioning of a recycling plant for Pet Star Recycling, part of Pet Star Group, together with Pet Star Holding, a leading producer of preforms for PET bottles, in Romania. The company developed a customised solution aimed at delivering high performance. The new washing line fork PET processing
Read moreContinuing global shift of packaging businesses and their customers toward sustainability pivots the adoption of recyclable materials, thereby underpinning streams of revenue of rPET bottles market. Abundant use of plastics in packaging of myriad food & beverage products presents vast lucrative opportunities in key market segments in rPET bottles. According to
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Two of The Coca-Cola Company’s biggest brands in North America are taking further steps to support a circular economy for plastic packaging. Dasani is rolling out bottles made from 100% recycled PET plastic (excluding caps and labels), and Sprite is transitioning from green to clear plastic to increase the material’s likelihood
Read moreHusky Technologies announced the launch of a second-generation control algorithm for its line of Altanium mould controllers. The Advanced Reasoning Technology (ART 2.0) software is claimed to deliver greater speed, accuracy, precision, and repeatability compared to today’s existing temperature control systems. ART 2.0 incorporates advanced auto-tuning and heat-up strategies which deliver higher
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