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Coca-Cola Amatil has been selected as a finalist in the 2019 Waste Management and Resource Recovery Awards for producing Australia’s first carbonated soft drink bottles made from 100 per cent recycled plastic. The Awards are organised and hosted by the Waste Management and Resource Recovery Association of Australia (WMRR) and Inside
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The first PET bottle made of 100% rPET left the plant in Bad Vöslau, Austria in October 2018. With the launch of the 0.5l bottle made of 100 % rPET the Austrian mineral water producers set new standards not only in Austria but also in Germany where all formats of the
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In 2008, KHS entered the China market with its first representative office in Beijing. Following the opening of its headquarters in Shanghai in 2014, KHS now intends to build a new plant and service center in Kunshan, enabling the company to respond more quickly to the local market. Kunshan’s deputy city
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NDMAC Systems, based in Brittany, France, has joined the OneCircle initiative to support the recycling of KeyKegs – the first in France. NDMAC, which started life as a tech start-up developing connected beer taps for the trade which supply unrivalled data and information on consumption habits, beer preferences and variety. This
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Amcor engineers and designers developed a unique solution to address denting and won Gold for Packaging Innovation from DOW. Amcor leaders from its rigid packaging business recently accepted the 2019 Packaging Innovation Award at the K Show in Dusseldorf, Germany. The award recognises some of the world’s most innovative packaging breakthroughs
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At this year’s K-Show KHS is presenting technology which can produce PET containers with a clip-on grip. The process can be easily integrated into the new InnoPET Blomax Series V. Through its holistic Bottles & Shapes consultancy program KHS also helps its customers to develop customised, sustainable containers. “Until very recently,
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As of 1 October 2019, the companies Alphamac & Side S.A. have reached a commercial agreement to combine efforts to market their systems for manufacturing PET and HDPE plastic containers. This agreement allows both companies to offer their international customers a wide range of systems and services, combining technology, knowledge and
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Gardner Denver CompAir, Hall 4 stand 415 Gardner Denver’s CompAir Ultima compressor has been engineered with two highly-efficient, permanent magnetic motors that replace the traditional gearbox design. The company states that these two, variable-speed motors are capable of achieving speeds of up to 22,000 RPM and efficiencies greater than IE4, which
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Lightweight Container, Hall 4a Booth 311 The new UniKeg A has been added to UniKeg’s range of products which are already available with Sankey-D and Sankey-S fittings. Like the rest of the range, the A-fitting, also known as German Slider, is compatible with existing MicroMatic universal coupling systems, so the kegs
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Kaeser, Hall 4 Booth 441 Boosters are needed when, for production-related reasons, compressed air is required at a higher pressure than network pressure. Kaeser’s new boosters provide the ideal solution for compressed air users in the brewery industry who require higher pressure air. As the first all-in-one booster system, the DNC
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Kiefer Werkzeugbau, Hall 7 Booth 109 Kiefer Werkzeugbau GmbH based in Schwaigern, Germany, has been active in the mould and die industry for the plastics processing industry for more than 30 years. As an independent mould maker, Kiefer is producing blow-moulds for all common rotary blow moulding machines and for linear
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