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W. Amsler Equipment Inc., supplier of all-electric linear PET stretch blow molders, has announced the first commercial sale of 64-oz polyethylene terephthalate (PET) growler jugs to Arch Brewing Co., an independently owned craft brewery in Newmarket, Ontario. The beer container mimics the competitive glass design and provides barrier protection for extended
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The share of integrated system solutions in Engel’s order volume is increasing globally. In addition to the injection moulding machine, automation and other peripheral devices, the mould is often part of the overall scope. Therefore, an in-house department at Engel’s headquarters in Austria has been involved in the project planning of
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Alpla Caribe and Fortiflex Inc. signed a strategic alliance back in 2018, thereby creating a contractual basis for an interim solution. The aim is for them to establish themselves as the preferred packaging producer in the Caribbean and in Central America. Alpla and Fortiflex first collaborated in 2017 in the wake
Read morePoland Spring Brand 100% Natural Spring Water, America’s leading spring water brand, announced that it has started transitioning its packaging to rPET, and plans to be the first major bottled water brand to reach 100% recycled plastic across its still water portfolio by 2022. This month, the brand’s 1-liter bottles will
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Yili China, the world’s largest liquid dairy producer, recently organised a supplier conference in Xiamen, China. Thanks to the broad application of Sidel aseptic complete PET packaging lines to produce Yili’s Ambrosial Yoghurt for ambient distribution – all of them integrating the company’s Aseptic Combi Predis with its unique, patented dry
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Pretium Packaging is pioneering a new innovation approach for private label and independent brand companies at its new Pretium Innovation Center in Aurora, Illinois, USA. The center, which is housed in an existing Pretium manufacturing facility, has been thoughtfully designed with separate rooms, each dedicated to a different part of the
Read moreOnline for a few weeks now, the new Demo e-Shop is offering customers solutions that have already been verified and tested by specialised technicians and, therefore, ready to be industrialised on all bottling and packaging lines, in a very short time. The company has selected a series of bottle and container
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Logoplaste and Tomlinsons announced a long term collaboration in Wrexham, UK. Tomlinsons, one of the UK’s largest family owned dairies, has completed a sale of its bottle blow moulding production facility to Logoplaste, a leading global designer and manufacturer of value-added rigid plastic packaging solutions to a wide range of blue-chip
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Sidel was announced as one of the winners of the innovative and industry changing 2019 Marking Awards. On April 23rd, the company received the Marking Prospective Award for its hot fill packaging solution, BoostPrime. The ceremony took place during the Food & Beverage Innovation Forum (FBIF) in Hangzhou, China. The Marking
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The Croatian company Naturalis aimed to strengthen the reputation of its brand, Cetina, by focusing not just on the strong connection with the place where its water flows but also on its purity and its perfect composition. PET Engineering was asked to create a new brand identity and a packaging design
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Gardner Denver has released a new air-cooled version of its Ultima technology, which is intended to set a benchmark in the market by being the first air-cooled oil-free compressor to offer heat recovery for process water. With the air-cooled model capable of recovering up to 98 per cent of heat generated
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