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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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Read moreKlöckner Pentaplast, a global leader in recycled content products and high-barrier protective packaging, has announced its intention to expand its post-consumer recycled content (PCR) PET capacity in North America with a significant investment to further grow its sustainable innovation offering in consumer health, pharmaceutical, and food packaging markets. The company states
Read moreThe Mexican conglomerate Alfa SAB de CV, whose portfolio includes the subsidiaries Alpek, Sigma, Axtel and Newpek, published the results of Alpek’s performance during the fourth quarter of 2021 on 16 February. In the report, Alfa looks back on an overall successful year to which Alpek (plastic materials, chemicals production with
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), the world’s largest producer of recycled PET for beverage bottles, completed a deal for an 85% equity stake in Czech Republic-based PET plastic recycler, UCY Polymers CZ s.r.o. (UCY), boosting the country and Europe’s plastic collection and recycling ambitions. As a result of the investment,
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In line with incoming packaging tax regulation in the UK to be introduced in April 2022, Paccor’s production team in Mansfield, UK, are now offering caps with a minimum 30% rHDPE (recycled high density polyethylene). This created a challenge due to the different nature of PCR material compared to virgin polymer
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