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FlexBlow announces pharma-grade ROPP 28 preforms for Pharma and other specialist markets FlexBlow, a Lithuanian company, has announced that it has launched a new ROPP (roll-on pilfer proof) preform range that includes a pharma-grade 35 g variant. While its ROPP 28 family has been developed initially for the pharmaceutical industry, it has
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In PET preform injection facilities, operational efficiency, traceability, and logistics coordination are essential elements for maintaining competitiveness. Despite this, many plants still rely on manual workflows and disconnected systems – practices that contribute to extended production cycles and elevated operating costs. Advances in automation present a viable pathway to address these
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Adekom Hall C6 – Booth 412 Adekom is an Asian compressor manufacturer with a focus on applications in the food and beverage industry. Its latest product line, the KSP Series, features a skid-mounted, two-stage oil-free compressor system that combines a first-stage water-injected screw compressor with a second-stage oil-free piston booster. This
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The German cleaning products manufacturer Werner & Mertz set a new world record on June 23 . Since the start of its Recyclate Initiative, the eco pioneer has brought one billion rPET bottles of 100 percent post-consumer recyclate to the market. Together with like-minded cooperation partners along the entire value chain,
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The Alpla Group is strengthening ALPLAinject, its injection-moulding division, with the acquisition of KM Packaging. With this acquisition, the international plastic packaging specialist will now also manufacture high-quality closures for tubes, bottles and jars, including in clean rooms if desired. Alpla is taking on the company’s management and personnel; the transaction
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Interview with Christoph Wöss, Director Global Sales at Erema GmbH Some selected media representatives from the plastics industry were invited to the Erema Group for a K’ 2025 preview event at the beginning of June. In their usual friendly and charming manner, the team led by CEO Manfred Hackl answered the
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New Beverage Technology Centre Hochschule Geisenheim University When travelling round the country looking into sustainability, you always come across new aspects. Our visit to the Getränkte Technologie Zentrum (GTZ) at Hochschule Geisenheim University in Germany was no exception. I am welcomed by Prof. Dr Ralf Schweiggert and the head of department,
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While Heike was exploring the EU’s regulatory landscape in Brussels – from the SUP Directive to the Circular Packaging Vision 2030 to the implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) – I made my way to Tübingen, to explore how these big ideas are translated into real-world action product developments and within
Read moreDrinks contained in glass bottles contain more microplastic particles than those in plastic bottles, cartons or cans. This was the finding of a study conducted by the Boulogne-sur-Mer unit of the ANSES Laboratory for Food Safety, France (Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail). The scientists
Read moreLoop Industries, Inc., a technology company focused on polyester recycling, announced it has executed a $1.5 million engineering services agreement with Ester Loop Infinite Technologies Private Ltd., its India JV with Ester Industries Ltd.. The agreement will provide engineering support for the construction of the Infinite Loop India facility, which is
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Ahead of the UN Ocean Conference in Nice which was held from June 9-13 June 2025, a new global analysis by Reloop revealed that jurisdictions that implement or expand deposit return systems (DRS) see beverage container litter fall by more than half, on average, and by as much as 89% in
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