WorldStar Packaging Awards: PET bottle cap made from 100% plant-based materials

The WorldStar Packaging Awards Competition is one of the major events of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and is the pre-eminent international award in packaging. WorldStar illustrates the continual advancement of the state of packaging design and technology and creates a living standard of international packaging excellence from which others may learn. One WorldStar

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KHS China to build new plant and service center in Kunshan

In 2008, KHS entered the China market with its first representative office in Beijing. Following the opening of its headquarters in Shanghai in 2014, KHS now intends to build a new plant and service center in Kunshan, enabling the company to respond more quickly to the local market. Kunshan’s deputy city

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KeyKeg and UniKeg builds its reseller community with new partnerships

KeyKeg, a global leader in PET kegs, is expanding its European footprint with the appointment of two new official resellers of KeyKeg and UniKeg – Apiglass in Spain and SwedBeer.se in Sweden. These appointments complement the firm’s global network of warehouses and reduces the supply chain, helping minimise CO2 footprint and

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PET: the closed plastics cycle under one roof

Krones, Hall 15, Booth 15.1 Holistic recycling of packaging Millions of bottles are recycled using Krones’ MetaPure systems, handling different material qualities, all the way up to food-grade PET. Since Krones apply a holistic approach to recycling, they are expanding their technology step-by-step to include other types of plastics. The MetaPure

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Relevant sustainability aspects combined in one bottle

KHS, Hall13, Booth H75 KHS presents a new PET concept based on the juice bottle as an example. It combines individual environmentally friendly packaging solutions in one container and thereby supports the theory of circular economy. Kai Acker, CEO of KHS, emphasises the continuously growing demand in the food and beverage

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Future-oriented extruder machine design

Bekum, Hall 14, Booth C03 The design is eye-catching with modern colours and shape is more functionality with improved ergonomics. Among the practical extras are, for example, the large-scale safety gates and integrated variable colour LED signal lights that indicate operating status and simplify required maintenance. One feature is the optional

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