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PET packaging company Retal is setting up a plant for the North American beverage and food packaging market. Operating in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area, Retal PA LLC is eager to bring its expertise to the U.S. market. The plant will act as the regional headquarters and centre of excellence for
Read moreMocon, Inc., a leading international provider of instruments and services for testing, measuring and analysing invisible gases, is announcing a name change for its Ringsted, Denmark-based subsidiary from Dansensor A/S to Mocon Europe A/S. “Mocon has made considerable investments in acquisitions and programs to support organic growth. These initiatives have strengthened
Read moreHusky Injection Molding Systems has announced it has been awarded with the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for its recently-introduced HyperSync system. HyperSync is the industry’s first fully integrated system for the manufacture of specialty closures, built to work together to provide synchronisation of mould and machine processes, performance and speed. The
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Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) is partnering with the global learning platform for packaging professionals “The Packaging School”, Clemson University, to help packaging and plastics professionals enhance their PET knowledge via an online educational platform. PTI course offerings through The Packaging School will include: • Introduction to Polymers and PET • Container
Read moreDanone and Nestlé Waters have joined forces with Origin Materials, a startup based in Sacramento, California, to form the NaturALL Bottle Alliance. Together, the three partners aim to develop and launch at commercial scale a PET plastic bottle made from bio-based material, i.e. 100% sustainable and renewable resources. The project uses
Read moreThis yearly event of plastics recyclers gathers around 200 attendees from across the whole plastics value chain including: recyclers, collectors, sorting companies, converters, raw material producers, brand owners as well as academics and decision makers. This year the event will take place in Barcelona on the 15th and 16th of June.
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UPM Raflatac is launching a new, thin film product for clear labelling in beverage applications, especially glass or PET beer bottle labelling. RafBev Clear TC 40 offers a clear, no-label look for companies aiming to replace wet glue with a PSA solution. For the ultimate clear-on-clear look, the RP76E adhesive and
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Egg producer Hickman’s Family Farms from Arizona, USA, introduces a clear rPET egg container. Made entirely from post-consumer PET soda and water bottles at Global Plastics in California, every day millions of water soda and bottles are ground, washed, and formed into containers for Hickman’s Family Farms. It takes about five
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced that its Machinery Safety Standards Committee has published the new voluntary standard establishing requirements for the manufacture and use of injection moulding machines. The new standard aligns well with the European and draft ISO standards on this subject, making it easier for American manufacturers to
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Cold Jet, producer of dry ice cleaning and production system solutions, moved into its new technology center in Weinsheim, Germany. The new 640m² building is constructed on a space of 3,000m². The building is designed for future expansion by the possibility of adding more modules. The new office houses sales, service,
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On February 1, 160 delegates from the entire PET value chain from Europe and beyond convened in Brussels for the annual Petcore Europe Conference 2017. Under the theme “PET 2020 – The future of the PET industry”, the complete industry – from PET resin producers, masterbatch producers, packaging designers and manufacturers,
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