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Maag, a worldwide-leading manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletizing systems, filtration systems and pulverisers for use in the plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries, was hosting an Open House on Nov. 24 at its new rotor-sharpening workshop and service center in the city of Vadodara (Gujarat), India, which is located 400km north
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Gebo Cermex, known for innovative packaging line solutions, has received the official mark “Vitrine Industrie du Futur”, awarded by the Alliance Industrie Du Futur (AIF) in recognition of its efforts to introduce, develop and implement Industry 4.0 initiatives at its plant in Saint Laurent sur Sèvre, France. On receiving the award,
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On 9th November the annual World Beverage Innovation Awards took place at BrauBeviale in Germany as part of the 14th Beverage Awards. PET Engineering received during the ceremony its second World Beverage Innovation Award in the category “Best Bottle in PET” for Lux, the new PET premium bottle for still and
Read moreThe Germany-based investment company Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA is selling its Evolve Polymers subsidiary based in Hemswell, UK, to Plastipak Packaging, Inc. Evolve Polymers is a recycler of PET bottles. Operating out of Plymouth, USA, the Plastipak Group is a leading global producer of packaging, manufacturing products out
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Indian Bangalore-based rigid packaging firm, Manjushree Technopack Ltd, announced the acquisition of Varahi Limited. The strategic move which is a first for India’s largest PET and preform manufacturer is intended to widen its lead as the largest supplier of rigid plastic packaging products in India. With this acquisition, Manjushree now has
Read moreThe Coca-Cola Company, together with its three main bottling groups in China – Coca-Cola Bottling Investments Group China (“BIG”), COFCO Coca-Cola Beverages Limited (a subsidiary of COFCO Corporation, “COFCO”) and Swire Beverages Holdings Limited (“Swire”) – commemorated the completion of a definitive agreement to refranchise all existing Company-owned bottling operations in
Read morePetainer has launched a range of new rental agreements for filling and blowing lines to help customers take full advantage of the petainerKeg system. In a first for the one-way keg market, the agreements have been designed to give breweries, wineries, cider producers and other beverage manufacturers access to new equipment
Read moreWith immediate effect KHS is to cooperate with the LiquiForm Group by contributing its own patents to the development of innovative moulding and filling manufacturing technology, a technique which combines two previously separate processes. The two companies have now signed a license agreement to this effect. With their cooperation they hope
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R&D Leverage Europe, acknowledged as a provider to the single stage blow-moulding industry, continually demonstrates its commitment to new technology development by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with PET, PP, and Eastman’s trademarked co-polyester Triton. After the company’s success with the Twist bottle, R&D Leverage showed their new development in
Read moreSukano, a leader in the development and production of additive and colour masterbatches for polyester and specialty resins, announces that it is expanding globally, with investments in all production sites worldwide. These investments are being made in response to increased demand of the company’s products and services. At the same time,
Read moreSidel has been awarded certification for the efficiency of its Sidel Matrix blower by a leading technical service organisation, TÜV SÜD. The new certification is an international stamp of approval for the energy consumption efficiency of Sidel equipment. It is claimed to provide objective validation of the blower’s performance by an
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