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Every year Plastics Europe Germany, the association of plastics producers, holds its trade press day, usually right around the beginning of spring. And so it was again this year. Around two dozen participants across the trade press found their way digitally to an exciting event on 15 March 2022, where (almost)
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Bickford’s in Australia reached out to Sidel to launch two new PET formats for its premium syrup and juice brands, to complement previously designed & commissioned 1 litre formats. Sidel states that their experts conducted the line conversion with its latest remote solutions in just two days for each new format.
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Garçon Wines, a multi award-winning scale-up business known for bringing eco-flat rPET wine bottles to market, is spinning off the packaging elements of the business under the new brand, Packamama. This new name – inspired by the Inca goddess Pachamama – and identity better reflect the business’ values, offerings, and future
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Extrusion blow moulding machines from the German capital – Interview with Bekum Maschinenfabriken GmbH Bekum Maschinenfabriken GmbH has its headquarters on an industrial estate in the south of Berlin’s Tempelhof-Schöneberg district. It is an original Berlin company and after more than 60 years of its existence, the world of extrusion blow
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In the EU, tethered caps will be mandatory from 2024 and worldwide entirely thread geometries like 26/22 are expanding their market share. While the remainder of the preform can retain its original size, in many moulds the neck rings will need to be replaced with new geometries. As an independent mould
Read moreUniloy Inc., a blow moulding machine and mould technology company serving the global plastics processing industry, announced its purchase of certain assets of the now defunct Amsler Equipment Inc. of Vaughn, Ontario, Canada. Uniloy, Inc. purchased certain assets from the Receiver and Trustee in the bankruptcy of Niigon Machines, Ltd., who
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Carlos Quintero is Sacmi Beverage’s new Sales Director for the American market, including four offices in the United States, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina. Closeness to the customer, cohesiveness and shared goals throughout the entire team: this is the roadmap set out by Quintero, who takes on the new role after 22
Read moreEvergreen, one of North America’s three largest producers of food grade rPET, has announced that it will be installing artificial intelligence-enabled bottle sorting robotics at its Albany, New York plastics recycling and rPET manufacturing facility. When the installation is completed in mid 2022, Evergreen will have deployed 15 high-speed, highly accurate
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Kirin Beverage Company Limited has renewed Kirin Nama-tea, including the contents, container and package design, and will launch the renewed product nationwide on Tuesday 26 April. The container and package design of Kirin Namacha Houjisencha will also be renewed. In addition, for the 555ml Kirin Nama-ocha, which is exclusively sold in
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Molson Coors Beverage Company has been providing consumers worldwide with fine and tasty beers for 200 years now. To further strengthen its presence on the Bulgarian market, the group decided to give a modern twist to its local beer brands by revamping their PET packaging and partnered with Competek for the
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Global market research study on cap and preform production and bottle-filling Sumitomo Demag / Engel / Netstal / Sacmi / Corvaglia / z moulds / Husky / StackTeck / GDXL / Intravis / Pressco / Sacmi / IMDVista / Otto Systems / Mold Master / Otto Hofstetter / Electra Form /
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