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Drink Technology India (DTI), India’s leading event for the beverage and food industry, will start this week. On December 2-4, 2021, the trade show will be hosted as physical event at the Helipad Exhibition Centre in Gandhinagar, Gujarat State. Originally scheduled for October 20-22, the organisers from Messe München had to
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Egyptian investment firm Raya Holding has completed the disposal of Bariq, its PET recycling specialist subsidiary, to Intro Group, a privately-owned Egyptian conglomerate comprised of a diverse group of companies in various fields including trading and commercial representation; oil and gas; and engineering. Bariq’s recent annual growth rate has been up
Read moreDrinktec, the trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, will take place in Munich from September 12 to 16, 2022. The organisers now announce a current booking status of 90% of the floor space. For exhibitors and visitors alike, it is already foreseeable that the demand for exhibition space
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The 2nd edition of WPO (World Packaging Organisation) ‘Packaging Trends Report’ is ready for free download at WPO webpage or can be accessed through the link https://worldpackaging.org/resources/28/. The document, written and produced by the packaging editor and specialist Liliam Benzi, that is also WPO Press & Communication Liaison Officer, brings a
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If we talk of safety, plastics and packaging pop up. In such an emergency contingency, plastics have proven once more to be the most reliable and affordable solution for personal protection. Specialty additives and colours allow the incorporation of increasing quantities of recycled material, representing a step forward to circularity. If
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A recent project at Retal was both proposed and initiated by the team at Retal Russia.Driven by Artem Kletchenkov, regional director for Retal in Russia and also the project sponsor who proposed this opportunity for improvement, the team was aiming to define real time monitoring across its production.Under the project name
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In 2020, Sacmi supplied the market with over 3,200 preform stacks, half of which were self-produced. Marketed in synergy with the injection preform system (IPS) machine family, yet also available for the most common commercial applications, the Sacmi mould range provides proprietary design solutions.These mainly regard the hot section, with the
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Years ago, PDG Plastiques and its partners developed Prelactia, a new two-step injection process. It is offering a solution to the dairy industry in finding alternatives to aseptic HDPE and carton solutions, offering complete light blockage. Taking care of the circular economy, PDG Plastiques introduced, as one of the first PET
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French Société Générale des Techniques, SGT, offers a wide range of preforms. While some, such as the preforms for 3 or 5 gallon containers, have been further developed and improved, the company is also introducing new projects like the 24/410 neck preforms dedicated to cosmetic and personal care applications. 3- and
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Not long ago, Sipa broke through a barrier of multi-cavity PET preform production with the first mould in the world to hold 180 cavities. The mould was the same size as one with 144 cavities, but advanced hot runner technology allowed to insert an extra 36 cavities – almost 25% more.
Read moreAptarGroup, a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions, announced the ISCC Plus certification (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) of ten of their European manufacturing sites, including all of the company’s manufacturing sites in Spain and Italy, with more certifications to come in 2022. The
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