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In cooperation with Sidel, Spanish dairy company Andía Lácteos de Cantabria S.L. have modernised their plant in Renedo de Piélagos with the most modern, state-of-the-art aseptic PET bottling technology for ultra-high-temperature (UHT) milk for the Spanish dairy player. Andía Lácteos de Cantabriaare a part of the Iparlat Group, which originally were created
Read morePrimo Water Corporation, a leading provider of water direct to consumers and water filtration services in North America and Europe as well as a leading provider of water dispensers, purified bottled water, and self-service refill drinking water in the U.S. and Canada, announced that Primo Water North America, a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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Focus on weight reduction and conservation of resources Packaging weighs just 55 grams thanks to optimized base and neck Returnable bottle containing up to 35% recyclate Together with Austrian packaging expert Alpla KHS has now developed a returnable PET container that at 55 grams is extremely light. The 1.0-liter bottle’s high
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In this PETcast we meet Chairman Keith Dai from THC in Taiwan. Enjoy our interview with conversion giant and OEM bottler Taiwan Hon Chuan (THC) from Taichung city. We discuss with Chairman Keith Dai on the latest developments and expansions within his company, which now runs 39 plants in total in Taiwan
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Between one and three litres per litre of beer or soft drinks, two litres per kilo of PET – during a production operation, very substantial quantities of wastewater are created. For precisely this reason, not only beverage and liquid-food producers, but also recyclers are continually seeking solutions for downsizing this wastewater
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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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