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LineXpress from Krones enables bottlers running PET containers to achieve a complete article change-over to different products, types, formats and packs in record time. The programme consists of individual automation components. In conjunction with the machines of the bottling line concerned, these modules control the processes involved and support the operators
Read morePetainer and its Brazilian partner, Blue PET, have started manufacturing Petainer’s one-way PET kegs at the new blow moulding plant in Tijucas, Santa Catarina, in the South of Brazil. The first blown petainerKegs already rolled off the production line ready to go to our brewery customers in the region. The plant
Read moreThe world market for aseptically packed products amounted to 152 billion litres in 347 billion packs during 2017, according to the new Global Aseptic Packaging report from leading food and drinks consultancy Zenith Global Ltd and packaging experts Warrick Research Ltd. Volumes, have risen by 2.7% a year since 2012, with
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GEA is expanding its D-tec valve line with the new GEA D-tec P/DV control valve for ultraclean applications in the food, beverage and dairy industries. This allows reliable control of process parameters such as volume flow, pressure, temperature and filling level of a vessel. Due to the hermetically sealing D-tec stem
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Huanlejia, well-known as a Chinese producer of food and beverages, recently started producing its coconut milk – formerly packaged in HDPE – in PET bottles. Its main objectives in this change were to reinforce its brand image and increase production speed. The new coconut milk PET bottle is produced on two
Read moreThe North American beverage packaging and processing industry is experiencing major growth according to the 2018 Beverage Trends in Packaging and Processing report and infographic, produced by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. The expected growth rate is 4.5 percent ($45.5 billion in the next ten years). Despite 70
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Long-time Coca-Cola business partner Mc Donald’s recently announced that it plans to expand its popular Mc Café coffee drinks to the beverage aisle next year with three new ready-to-drink (RTD) Mc Café Frappes – Caramel, Mocha and Vanilla. The new drinks, to be produced, distributed and marketed by the Coca-Cola system,
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In Canada, in British Columbia, Ice Age Glacial Water Company bottles the water coming from glacier sources; a 100 % natural water, which, thanks to the use of modern bottling technologies reaches the tables of millions of consumers in North America maintaining its purity and freshness. In order to meet increasing
Read moreSMI,South Hall 16085, SMI has announced the extension of its Ergon EBS (Electronic Blowing System) range of stretch-blow moulders with the launch of the Ergon EBS K and Ecobloc Ergon 4-12-4 K EV models. New new models offer advanced technology in a compact modular footprint. The machines were presented for the
Read moreThe LiquiForm Group, a division of Amcor, will showcase its forming and filling manufacturing technology at the upcoming NPE2018 May 7-11 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. (Booth #S16078). The company will discuss the latest capabilities of the technology utilising a broad range of liquids, materials, packages, and
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The successful Fuzetea, the Coca-Cola company’s premium brand of ready-to-drink tea, makes its debut in Europe. Its perfect combination of tea extract, fruit juice and carefully selected herbs allowed Fuzetea to quickly win over the taste buds of consumers in over 37 countries in Europe thanks to its ability to satisfy
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