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Domino Printing Sciences (Domino) announced the launch of a new range of high-speed product handling and printing solutions designed to support beverage manufacturers’ move away from labels on bottles for environmental and legislative reasons. Domino’s range of bottle closure printing stations has been developed to print variable data and machine-readable codes,
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The KHS Group is expanding its virtual 3D line design software. Various new features have been launched to allow customers to gain a holistic impression of their potential system as early as during the offer phase. After introducing 3D line design to the offer phase two years ago, the Dortmund systems
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The Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & Africa (PRS ME&A) is set to take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from September 10-12, 2024. This three-day exhibition and conference is the only event in the region dedicated exclusively to plastics recycling. PRS ME&A aims to
Read moreKrones continued its profitable growth in the first six months of 2024 and remains very optimistic for the full year. The company’s markets are largely unaffected by economic fluctuations and customers continue to be very keen to invest. After a good first quarter, demand for Krones’ products and services continued to
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Mold-Masters, a leading developer and supplier of hot runners, controllers, auxiliary injection, and co-injection systems, announces the optimised design of its PET-Series hot runner system. The stack height has been reduced to 260mm on systems with 72 cavities or less using standard components. Traditionally, more compact stack heights required a 2-platen
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The Plastics Recycling World Expo Europe is taking place at the Brussels Expo in Belgium on September 11-12, 2024. Returning for the fourth time, this free-to-attend expo and conference brings together industry leaders and experts from around the globe for two days of learning, inspiration and networking opportunities. The conference for
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“For the Olympic and Paralympic Games, recycled plastic bottles are being replaced by a more eco-friendly mode of consumption, as recycling is not a sustainable solution to plastic pollution,” states the city of Paris on the Olympics events. For the duration of the Games and festivities hosted by the City of
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CCL Label, a world leader in labels and packaging, announces the inauguration of a new production facility for shrink sleeve labels in Tibi, Spain near Alicante. “We are very excited to offer shrink sleeves produced in Spain for local brands and multinational brands operating in Spain. Investing into local production follows
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Solving tethered closure challenges The Tethered Cap Directive is in force. This means 24/7 work for Vladislav Medvedovskiy, Head of Retal Service, and his team. Following an internal survey of its customers, Retal has discovered that many customers have waited until the last possible moment to adapt their cap production lines.
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Two water brands are virtually omnipresent in Saudi Arabia: Oska and Ival. The company behind them is Pure Beverages Industry Company, which bottles the brands in two production facilities. One of these bottling plants is located in Al-Kharj Industrial City, around 130 km south of Riyadh, near the town of Al Kharj.
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Despite their ability to increase recycling rates and reduce litter, relatively few countries in the world currently have container deposit systems that include plastic bottles. As of mid-2024, approximately 30 countries around the globe had such schemes including Ecuador, most of Australia, much of Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Croatia and all
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