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The 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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Anuga FoodTec, Krones, Hall 8.1 – Stand A020-B039 The Krones stand A020-B039 in Hall 08.1 will focus on gentle and reliable production of milk, tea and juice. Besides field-proven solutions, visitors to Krones’ stand will also find innovations, such as a new shell-and-tube heat exchanger for producing milk, milk-based mixed drinks,
Read moreAnuga FoodTec, GEA, Hall 10.2 – Stand A-090-C-119 The technology group GEA will focus on “Innovations & Liquids” and will be showcasing a host of new technology and services in the area of processing and packaging technology. The exhibits include the GEA Hilge HYGIA H – a high-pressure pump for use
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Anuga FoodTec, KHS, Hall 8.1 – Stand A60/A68 The KHS Group will have compact and flexible systems specially designed for the beverage, food and dairy industries on display. The new KHS chunk dosing unit for functional milk beverages permits gentle filling of chunks measuring up to 10 x 10 x 10mm.
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A pioneer since 1979 and now a leading bottled water provider in the Gulf area, Emirates Natural Drinking Water has selected Sacmi to complete a recent investment decision aimed at expanding production further. Sacmi is supplying a complete filling line to replace the existing plant. The goal is to raise output
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Amcor has proven its LiquiForm technology with the commercialisation of the first consumer package. Amcor partnered with Greenblendz, a Michigan-based co-packer and developer of private label, environmentally-friendly consumer products, to develop and commercialise packaging for the Nature’s Promise brand of hand soap. Amcor produced the 12oz PET bottle on a proprietary
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