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Sipa and Água Monchique flip the script Portuguese mineral water supplier Água Monchique has taken a lead in producing PET bottles that are easy to recycle: with the help of PET processing equipment specialist Sipa, it has developed label-free bottles. This means that the only part of the complete package not
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Enabling PET bottles to achieve circularity Changes in the food and beverage packaging sector never stop, with new materials, design updates, and sustainability demands creating challenges for manufacturers and suppliers alike. However, many believe the race to produce even thinner and low weight PET bottles might be reaching its limits with
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Latest generation of Opera and Kube labellers Sacmi Beverage says that the large, world-spanning industry is also multi-faceted and demands solutions that can be optimised for both high volumes and medium output rates, on which format changeover speed/adaptability are essential. Sacmi Beverage has sold over 2,500 labelling machines worldwide, including both
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For the decoration of bottles, jars and cans, there are more different types of labels available today than ever before. Producers have the choice: established pressure-sensitive labels, indestructible IML decoration, or an outstanding sleeve solution? For the inspection of these decorations, companies are then also spoiled for choice. Why not a
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by Heike Fischer Food-grade rPET with a capacity of up to 500 tonnes/month is produced by the Polysmart Group in Nigeria. The distribution partner is Shad Polymers in Dubai, UAE. PETplanet met live and remotely the dynamic business people running the companies: Wasiu Balogun of Polysmart has dedicated his career to
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For all kinds of plastics, especially for rPET by Heike Fischer Sikora AG, known for measuring and control technology, inspection, analysis and sorting systems, presented at the World Recycling Expo in Essen, Germany, the Purity Concept V. This system is based on optical cameras and detects contamination or defects such as
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PET and polyolefin recycling by Heike Fischer Polymer manufacturers need to create new materials and deliver high quality to meet ever changing end-use requirements. Precise testing and analysis are mandatory to ensure quality and to stay competitive. Dynisco analysers, including melt flow indexers, and rheometers, are well-known for testing the properties
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CCL Industries, a world leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions for global corporations, government institutions, small businesses and consumers, announced it has acquired privately held Creaprint S.L., based in Alicante, Spain. Creaprint is a specialist in mould label (“IML”) producer with a manufacturing facility in Alicante, Spain, and a
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The multinational IFFCO Group, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, is expanding its condiments production capacity by installing Sidel’s complete PET lines in the UAE and a new facility in Iraq. Throughout the entire project, IFFCO Group has entrusted Sidel to oversee the entire turnkey line project and ensure optimal efficiency.
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The manufacturer of specialised digital printing equipment Primera Technology has announced the launch of its new AP-Code Lot & Date Coder, suitable to print onto glass, metals, plastics and laminated labels. The company states that digital printing is a fast-rising area of product development, with major international packaging brands. AP-Code is designed
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The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has granted Responsible Innovation Recognition to Magnomer Inc. for its Magmark SS magnetisable coatings applied to PET-G shrink films for labelling of PET containers. The APR recognition, based on a high-volume commercial scale recyclability test for shrink sleeves, demonstrates that Magnomer’s novel magnetisable coatings technology is expected
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