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Extended in-person event after pandemic-related postponement The last ProPak in-person edition took place in 2019. Then, in 2020, due to Covid, an online edition took place. The 2021 edition was cancelled entirely and postponed to 2022. Finally, and with a new organiser in charge, Propak Asia 2022 took-off at Bitec Bangna
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Tethered caps require complex cutting geometries As part of the Brückner Group’s Pre-K press conference in Freilassing, Bavaria, we met Beat Rupp, CEO of Packsys Global. Their machines are essential when it comes to implementing the EU Directive on tethered caps. Along with complete systems for extruded tubes and laminate tubes,
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Tessemae’s, a premier organic condiment and salad dressing US-company, announces bold new packaging for its array of products. The refreshed product line featuring an updated design and eye-catching artwork is available nationwide. The design is a recyclable plastic bottle made from PET. Each product is involved in a bottle-to-bottle recycling process
Read morePepsi Bottling Ventures LLC announced a $35 million investment to install a new state-of-the-art bottling line at its production facility in Winston-Salem, N.C., USA. The line will improve efficiencies in the company’s manufacturing operations by optimising production capacity for some of the bottler’s largest growing brands, including Aquafina and Lipton Tea,
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CCL Label, a leading converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for decorative, functional and information labels, has unveiled a new generation of their EcoStream labels that support the recycling of PET bottles. They are made from floating low-density polyolefin material that are claimed to separate easily from the heavier
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Miguel Torres Chile, a wine company at the forefront of taking climate action to help reduce wine’s carbon footprint and member of International Wineries for Climate Action, has become the latest brand owner to adopt Packamama’s eco-flat wine bottles. Newly launched in Sweden’s alcohol monopoly, Systembolaget, the introduction of eco-flat wine
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HPC Industries LLC and Macquarie Group’s Commodities and Global Markets group (Macquarie) have formed a joint venture to produce rPET. Under the name Circularix, the venture’s plans include building and operating five recycling facilities across the U.S. with a total annual production capacity of more than 275 million pounds of rPET resin.
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The Alpla Group is accelerating the roll-out of new plastic packaging solutions with the opening of the product development space ‘STUDIOa’ at the company headquarters in Hard, Austria. Customers can visit this one-stop shop to help complete the development process in a matter of days, from the first design draft and
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The Committee of PET Manufacturers in Europe (CPME), has announced its rebrand: PET Europe – Producers’ Association. The non-profit trade association represents PET resin producers and was founded in 2010. The new name and logo will strengthen awareness of the institutional role of the association and its geographical horizon of activity.
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The establishment of the independent, global Netstal organisation continues to progress under the umbrella of the KraussMaffei Group. In the most important regions, Netstal will serve customers from the medical technology and the beverage and packaging industries with 12 of its own subsidiaries. By concentrating on strategic application fields, users will
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R&D/Leverage survived the Covid-19 pandemic and even prospered, with a record surge in sales of its injection stretch blow moulding tooling and no Covid-related shutdown of its factory or offices. It had the foresight to buy an adjacent factory unit when it came available, in 2020, in order to be prepared
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