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Many companies that self-manufacturer struggle with PET bottle processing. This often involves determining the proper recipe for a given bottle, taking into consideration the local plant and regional environments or dealing with preforms from different sources or lineages. Sometimes it is just a challenge to produce bottles with consistent quality and
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Research by global packaging company Amcor reveals consumers from Latin America are increasingly attracted to transparent dairy packaging that connotes freshness and premium quality. In response, dairy companies are increasingly using clear polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles that provide durability and let consumers see dairy products before they purchase them. In Brazil,
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SHANGAIR Hall 9.2 booth K71 Nanjing Shangair Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is dedicated to developing advanced, effective and productive air compressors, with a particular focus on improvements in energy consumption. The company designed and developed the “intelligent” horizontal symmetric balanced PET air compressors, which it says fill a gap for Chinese-origin,
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SIPA Hall 4.1 Booth B55 PET bottle production equipment specialist Sipa is coming to Chinaplas to demonstrate its solutions for packaging that combine high performance with low weight. Sipa produces machinery and moulds for injection moulded PET preforms and for stretch-blow moulded containers, in sizes from the smallest miniatures all the
Read more“Husky originally launched the HyPET HPP5 system as the world’s most productive and fully integrated preform molding solution capable of delivering the most challenging preform applications, without compromising system performance, output or quality,” said Rob Domodossola, Husky’s President of Rigid Packaging. “We have now taken this industryleading solution to the next
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M&H Plastics has developed a technique that allows a brand to add a series of ridges inside the bottle which creates a straight line or spiral effect inside the mould of the bottles. Bottles treated to the spiral effect have the choice of creating the ridges vertical or allow the ridges
Read moreRing Container Technologies, a leader in the plastic container manufacturing industry, announced the launch of its patent-pending, proprietary technology, BarrierGuard. The company is disrupting the traditional balance of protection and value with the initial application of this technology, BarrierGuard OxygenSmart. Ring currently produces bottles using BarrierGuard OxygenSmart at its newest plant,
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New patented technology for hot-fill PET bottles Sidel BoostPrime is a unique PET packaging solution, offering an alternative for hot-filled beverages in PET bottles. This patented solution is addressing the single serve market of JNSDIT (juice, nectar, soft drink, isotonics, tea) filled in PET bottles of up to 1.2 l at a
Read moreSustainable technology company Anellotech and its joint development partners IFPEN and Axens have processed renewably-sourced aromatics made at Anellotech’s TCat- 8 pilot plant to successfully recover high-purity bio-based paraxylene – a key component for making 100% biobased PET bottles a reality. Anellotech, IFPEN and Axens will now purify additional paraxylene to
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A new “concept to commercialisation” partnership has been formed to help brand owners launch new or redesigned packages faster, backed by prototyping/testing to facilitate marketplace success. “The challenge most brand owners face is that they have to outsource different parts of the commercialisation process to various companies, compromising speed-to-market, as well
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New 20 and 25 litre PET containers from RPC Promens Industrial are designed to provide an enhanced handling solution for a wide range of industrial products. Their ergonomic design makes them light and easy to handle and a central neck provides easy pouring with no glugging. The containers are also stackable.
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