From Down Under to Japan It’s time for the Editour Road Show to hit the road again! The start of the new decade will see us undertaking a trip from Australia and New Zealand to Japan, via the Philippines, Taiwan and South Korea!With support from Drinktec, the world’s biggest beverages show,

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Editorial

Dear readers, With the onset of the coronavirus, your company will no doubt be making arrangements to ensure that production continues. If you are working in the drinks’ manufacturing sector, you will be having to deal with a significant rise in regional demand under increasingly demanding circumstances such as sick staff,

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PET with special properties

by Michael Maruschke Ester Industries Limited, which is headquartered in Gurgaon (Gurugram), Haryana State, India has been manufacturing polyester films for more than 35 years. Ester is made up of three business divisions: BoPET Films, Engineering Plastics and Specialty Polymers. They have production capacities of 57,000 tonnes/year; 26,000 tonnes/year; and 47,000

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Preform mould manufacturing

We met: Mr Rick Unterlander, General Manager PET Mr Vincent Travaglini, President & CEO We spoke with General Manager PET Mr Rick Unterlander about the past, the future and, of course, about PET. He began with an outline of the history of Stackteck, which was established in 1998 as a merger

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Bonded to the bottle

United Caps and LyondellBasell present three varieties of tethered caps Caps that stay attached to the bottle after it has been opened, known as tethered caps, have been presented jointly by United Caps and LyondellBasell at the K trade fair. This design requirement will be obligatory for single use beverage bottles

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Sustainable labelling – using PET

by Liselotte den Ouden (Product Manager Film) and Jenny Wassenaar (Compliance & Sustainability Director), Avery Dennison There is no doubt that sustainable packaging and waste reduction have become key business priorities. The search for solutions that can boost a brand’s eco-credentials is gathering pace. Major gains are possible when brands get

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