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The successful Fuzetea, the Coca-Cola company’s premium brand of ready-to-drink tea, makes its debut in Europe. Its perfect combination of tea extract, fruit juice and carefully selected herbs allowed Fuzetea to quickly win over the taste buds of consumers in over 37 countries in Europe thanks to its ability to satisfy
Read moreSMI was named one of 11 National Winners from 189 businesses representing Italy for The European Business Awards, Europe’s largest business competition, sponsored by RSM. SMI was chosen by a panel of independent judges including senior business leaders, politicians and academics as the best in Italy in the category “Awards for
Read moreCorpus Christi Polymers LLC (“CC Polymers”) – a newly formed joint venture between Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Alpek”), Indorama Ventures Holdings LP (“Indorama”) a subsidiary of Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, and Far Eastern Investment (Holding) Ltd. (“Far Eastern”) – has entered into an asset purchase agreement with M&G USA Corp.
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Commitment to sustainable packaging – Waste Free Oceans has announced a new partnership with Henkel to remove plastic waste from oceans and rivers – and transform it into over a million bottles used for the Lovables laundry brand. The collaboration is the largest that WFO has agreed so far and will
Read morePET pellets from post-consumer drink bottles provided by PET Recycling Team GmbH, a subsidiary of Alpla, result in greenhouse gas emissions that are only a tenth of the level for new material. This has been confirmed in a recent investigation. Last year, PET Recycling Team (PRT) in Wöllersdorf, Lower Austria, obtained
Read moreAt the trade fair Beviale Moscow, held from 27 February to 1 March 2018, 146 exhibitors (2017: 130) showed their products and solutions relating to beverage manufacture and marketing to more than 5,300 visitors (2017: 4,000), in an exhibition area of about 2,000 square metres (2017: 1,600). New elements this time
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Anuga FoodTec, Kaeser Kompressoren,– Hall 10.1, Stand A 0-10 Kaeser demonstrates new compressed air solutions that prove it’s possible to deliver maximum quality at an economical price. Applications involving foodstuffs require quality compressed air treatment at all times – Kaeser’s range of oil-free compression rotary screw compressors was designed specifically with
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Petainer has been appointed by German mineral water company, Förstina-Sprudel Mineral- und Heilquelle, to develop and produce a 0.75l refillable PET bottle for its Förstina mineral water “Spritzig”, “Medium”, “Sanft” and “Naturell”. The new Förstina Premium Bottle has been designed with a facetted impression to ensure it is visually recognisable. The
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire M&G Polimeros Brazil S.A. in Ipojuca Brazil. The plant is the largest PET facility in Brazil, with capacity of 550,000t/a. This plant is strategically located and benefits from virtual integration
Read moreCompany continues to invest in services in the Americas, adding PET preform solutions Tech-Long Americas, one of the world’s largest suppliers of PET stretch blow moulding machines and beverage packaging lines announces its partnership with Unique Injection Molding Systems, Ltd. The addition of injection moulding to Tech-Long’s product line portfolio offers
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Anuga FoodTec, Heuft, Hall 5.2 – Stand C040-B041 Heuft will be showing solutions for a wide range of applications for detecting foreign objects, faults and other safety and quality defects during the filling and packaging process as well as a top new product for a reliable radiometric inspection. With its space-saving
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