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ProMach, well-known for its processing and packaging machinery, announced that it has acquired MBF, a producer of bottle-filling and closing machines for distilled spirits around the world. The addition of MBF further expands ProMach’s bottle-filling and closing capabilities and represents the company’s second acquisition in the Italian market this year. Founded
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China Resources C’estbon Beverage Co. Ltd (C’estbon Beverage), China’s top two bottled water brand, has chosen Sidel’s complete line packaging solution to help deliver its expansion in big format water production. Featuring Sidel’s newest EvoBlow XL blower in a Combi configuration, the new lines can produce 12,000 4.5l or 6l bottles
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Qual-IS is the new solution by Sidel to merge all activities related to quality control – laboratory, traceability, and sampling – in a digitally, intelligent and integrated way. This approach to quality management, focusing on driving quality rather than simply monitoring it. Over 80% of grocery companies define a financial risk
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Starlite-R Nitro has a distinctive ‘wave’ bottle base design for still beverages and edible oils in contrast with traditional petaloid shapes and is 100% compatible with recycled PET. It has also undergone testing within industrial conditions to guarantee top bottle resilience and quality. Laurent Naveau, Packaging Innovator Leader at Sidel, comments:
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At Adelholzener Alpenquellen, seven out of eight production lines with Krones technology ensure the highest standards of hygiene. The returnable glass container line installed in 2020 will be supplemented in 2025 by a further line for filling non-returnable containers. This particular container and therefore line type was chosen for various reasons:
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Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages teams with WestRock to replace multipack plastic rings with paperboard packaging carriers. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, a local Coca-Cola bottler serving Philadelphia, New Jersey and New York City, and WestRock (NYSE:WRK), a leading provider of sustainable paper and packaging solutions, has successfully completed the installation of new equipment and
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With three important improvements KHS has qualified its modular Innofill PET DRV filler for faster and even more effective filling of still and carbonated beverages into PET bottles with the usual reliable standard of quality – even under extreme conditions. Normally used with a stretch blow moulder in a duo block
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With the acquisition of Netstal Maschinen AG at the beginning of the year, Krones has been able to offer its customers a solution from the Krones Group for every single step in the plastics loop. In addition to injection molding technology, this also includes the MHT tools required for PET production
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KHS, S19088 KHS will be presenting efficient and resource-saving solutions for filling and packaging processes. The focus will be on the latest generation of InnoPET Plasmax barrier technology and the Inno-PET Blomax V stretch blow moulder with its double gate heating concept (DoGa). KHS will also be showcasing sustainable packaging options
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The Coca-Cola Company debuted the 500ml Coca-Cola Trademark brands in 100% rPET bottles in Hong Kong on April 9. All 500ml Coca-Cola Original, Coca-Cola No Sugar and Coca-Cola Plus have now adopted 100% rPET (excluding caps and labels) in the production of their bottles. The new packaging features “I’m a 100%
Read moreThe bottling line machinery market size is expected to grow by USD 1.10 billion between 2022 and 2027, according to a report by the global technology research and advisory company Technavio. The growth momentum of the market will progress at a CAGR of 4.55% during the forecast period. Cutting-edge advancements in bottling
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