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First of all, a look back over the past 20 years: What developments have been particularly influential to your activities in the area of design/system manufacturing for preforms? Moraldo Masi, PET Business Director Closures, Containers & PET BU Sacmi: “For many years the main driver was product light-weighting, one of the
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April, 2019, We met:Mr Devendra Surana, MDMr Palash K Chakravorty, CEOMr Arnab Basu, Technical Head It is not easy to impress seasoned PET insiders so the description of the way business is done at Magpet, Eastern India’s largest PET converter, as “highly professional” is praise indeed. 20,000 MTA of preforms and
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It is not working without: moulds The PET bottle is a product that has been optimised over the last years and is constantly evolving. Different development steps have to be led back thereby on mould technology which made it over the years possible to fulfil producers and customers inquiries. The requirements
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We met: Mr Girish Chhablani, Factory Manager HCCB First production of the 0.25 litre CSD bottle with inner coating began nearly three years ago at Hindustan Coca-Cola’s plant in Hyderabad, India. There are currently four plants on the sub-continent with two more in the pipeline. So, it is time to drop
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Summary of the 15th China International Recycled Polyester and PET Packaging Conference & Exhibition by Dr Ulrich Thiele, Co-Organiser The 15th China International Recycled Polyester and PET Packaging Conference & Exhibition was held on September 18-20, 2019 in Shanghai, China. During the conference it was interesting to see how the Chinese
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Stretch Blow Molding, part 12 by Ottmar Brandau Ottmar Brandau has newly revised his book “Stretch Blow Molding”, first published by hbmedia / PETplanet Publisher, and now re-issued in a third edition under the Elsevier Imprint. PETplanet Insider is publishing extracts from successive chapters in a serie of articles. Air Consumption
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A review of developments over the last 20 years Although we are primarily a magazine for the beverage industry, it was only a matter of time before the triumphal march of PET would prevail in other areas of packaging. Depending on the intended use, significant advantages such as lower manufacturing or
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In the run up to the K’ trade fair in Düsseldorf, excitement is in the air in the plastics industry. The topics of sustainable production and recycling are on everyone’s lips and they are high up on the K trade fair agenda this year. PETplanet spoke to Stefan Bock, CEO and
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120 l open-mouth PET drum with 400 mm neck diameter Drums are used for the storage and transport of a wide variety of products. Traditionally metal has been the material of choice, however plastic drums made from HDPE have become very popular as well as fibre drums to a lesser extent. Sizes vary
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A desire for a plastics-free world has been identified by market research company Euromonitor as one of the top ten global consumer trends of 2019. In relation to PET however, the facts tell a different story: around 80% of the PET resin market still goes into more than 500 billion bottles
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PET bottle-to-bottle recycling the focus of attention at Sipa Open House At an Open House in Vittorio Veneto, Italy, Sipa and its partner Erema demonstrated how their co-developed Xtreme Renew technology converts post-consumer PET bottle scrap into food-grade preforms and bottles with excellent properties and colour. A unique example of closed
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