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In this PETcast we meet Managing Director Po-Chao Huang from Target Plastic in Taiwan. The family business started the manufacturing of PET bottles before it expanded into filling of beverages as well which are now being sold even overseas. Enjoy Mr Huang’s success story in our third PETcast edition!
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Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd. were founded in 2011 and currently manufacture high quality, semi-finished cocoa products for export, such as cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa cake and cocoa powder. In 2017, Niche commenced the production of chocolate for the local and international market. Today, Niche Cocoa are the fastest-rising local cocoa
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Bottled water has once again reaffirmed its position as America’s favorite drink, outselling all other packaged beverages in 2019, new data from the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) shows. Consumers are increasingly choosing bottled water instead of less healthy packaged drinks. The BMC data detail how, since 2010, bottled water has steadily
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In the future the digital twin will become a key component of industrial production. KHS already uses models to virtually map the machine and conveyor system commissioning process. With the help of smart, digital technologies KHS is networking and automating production processes step by step so that machines, products and complete
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With 2,700 technicians at more than 100 international facilities, Krones is well equipped worldwide to provide fast assistance to beverage producers in terms of maintenance and spare-part replacement or in the event of a complete line standstill. But the coronavirus pandemic has proved a stumbling block for this service set-up: flight
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For food and pharmaceutical manufacturers, sterilising the production areas is a common practice. When producing packaging for the same manufacturers, there is additional demand for sterile and low-particle plastic production. Blue Air Systems has developed a new product: the proven DMS (Dry Mould System) dehumidifiers are now available in the germ
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Sliced bread, BBQ sauces, drinks – the portfolio of the food and beverage producer Spitz in Upper Austria is highly diversified. Demand for energy drinks, juices and ice tea is particularly high at present. This is why Spitz decided to upsize their filling capacities. Thanks to the fine performance of the
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In the fight against COVID-19, Sidel have transformed their international centre of excellence for PET packaging development and blowing solutions in France into a production centre and launched an exceptional production of bottles for hydro-alcoholic gel. A first batch of 5,000 PET plastic bottles for the disinfectant has already been provided
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The water bottler Nera Kritis – as the name indicates – is headquartered on Crete. Its trademark: a multiplicity of different bottle shapes, the more eye-catching the better. A diamond look, figures from Star Wars, the Justice League or Disney, for instance, or private-label products for airlines, hotels or supermarkets. The
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Arca Continental, one of the top Coca-Cola bottlers in the world, received the 2020 National Quality Award which is granted by the Mexican Ministry of the Economy (Secretaría de Economía) and managed by the Institute for the Promotion of Total Quality (Instituto para el Fomento a la Calidad Total, A.C.) for
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In 2020, IFU will hold its Regional Juice Conference in Stellenbosch/Cape Town, South Africa. The conference will be on 19 and 20 of May 2020 held in conjunction with the South African Fruit Juice Association (SAFJA) and combined with their annual meetings. The two days conference will cover topics about the
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