Author: Gabriele Kosmehl

Clariant Plastics & Coatings Healthcare Polymer Solutions is adding a new oxygen-scavenging additive masterbatch to its Mevopur line of medical-grade materials and services for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices. Mevopur ProTect is effective at limiting oxygen (O2) degradation of drugs and neutraceuticals stored in PET bottles, even in a transparent mono-layer

Rationator Maschinenbau GmbH from Hillesheim, Germany, which is specialised in filling lines, has made developments in its bottle handling machine Bottlemat Robot as part of the filling line: by adding a fourth vacuum gripper, which inserts the bottles lying on a conveyor belt into the transport pucks serving as containers, the

Retal increases their sustainability-focused films portfolio with the introduction of up-to 100& rPET films. These food-grade films are made from all colours and all kinds of PET scrap (post-consumer PET bottle, trays and industrial). Regional sales manager Violeta Petkeviciute says, “We’ve been producing up-to 80% rPET films for some time now,

According to Gneuss an investment in new production facilities is not absolutely necessary for the processing of recycled materials. The company offers technologies and system solutions for retrofitting. With the replacement of individual key components within the extrusion line, decisive key elements are supplied which make the existing line fit for

How is it possible to transform the predominant mode of resource consumption into a sustainable circular economy and what options does the industrial sector have for accomplishing this change are the questions Krones AG are addressing. The LitePac Top secondary packages from Krones, e.g. as a cardboard clip for non-returnable PET

With its further developed palletiser infeed the turnkey supplier KHS intends to consistently continuing to provide greater sustainability, efficiency and process reliability in production. An intelligently controlled palletiser with a pressure-less container infeed provides benefits not just regarding sustainability. It also optimises time sequences and simplifies work steps in production, among

Bekum, machine builder and specialist for extrusion blow moulded packaging, recently focused on the processing of recycling materials, calcium carbonate (chalk) and newly developed PET materials. With the “Concept 808” machine study presented at the K 2019 trade fair, Bekum heralds the future of the extrusion blow moulding machine with more

Posimat has developed the Posirobot, its solution for robotic unscramblers. The compact solution offers up to 115 bpm with a single robot unit. Main features contain instant format changeover (without tools), multi-format, gentle handling of the package, capability to work on lines with and without pucks and no need for complex mechatronic