Fastest-rising local cocoa processor in Ghana branche out to drinks

Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd. were founded in 2011 and currently manufacture high quality, semi-finished cocoa products for export, such as cocoa liquor, cocoa butter, cocoa cake and cocoa powder. In 2017, Niche commenced the production of chocolate for the local and international market. Today, Niche Cocoa are the fastest-rising local cocoa

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Anuga FoodTec 2021: automation and digitalisation

As the complexity is increasing within the food and beverage industry, it is more important than ever to find innovative packing and sustainability solutions for a cost-saving, highly-frequented production while at the same time meeting the consumer’s increased expectations in terms of variety. Automation and digitalisation are two interlinked technologies that

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Global functional additive sales for plastic packaging expected to increase to $2.3 billion

Multinational provider of testing, consulting, information, and compliance services Smithers forecasts global functional additive sales for plastic packaging and global barrier coatings to increase. Global functional additive sales for plastic packaging are forecast to grow during 2020–25 at an annual average rate of 5.3% to approximately $2.3 billion from $1.7 billion

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Meeting co-packer demands of ecommerce-ready packaging

Amcor has designed a family of stock PET bottles that helps co-packers meet the demanding requirements for ecommerce-ready packaging. OmniPack PET bottles are claimed to increase capacity and reduce downtime because they have the same diameter with the same finish – only the height changes to accommodate the varying fill volumes.

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O2 scavenger helps extend shelf life of pharma packaging

Clariant Plastics & Coatings Healthcare Polymer Solutions is adding a new oxygen-scavenging additive masterbatch to its Mevopur line of medical-grade materials and services for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices. Mevopur ProTect is effective at limiting oxygen (O2) degradation of drugs and neutraceuticals stored in PET bottles, even in a transparent mono-layer

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Bottle handling

Rationator Maschinenbau GmbH from Hillesheim, Germany, which is specialised in filling lines, has made developments in its bottle handling machine Bottlemat Robot as part of the filling line: by adding a fourth vacuum gripper, which inserts the bottles lying on a conveyor belt into the transport pucks serving as containers, the

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Sustainable films

Retal increases their sustainability-focused films portfolio with the introduction of up-to 100& rPET films. These food-grade films are made from all colours and all kinds of PET scrap (post-consumer PET bottle, trays and industrial). Regional sales manager Violeta Petkeviciute says, “We’ve been producing up-to 80% rPET films for some time now,

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System and turn-key solutions for the increased use of recycled materials

According to Gneuss an investment in new production facilities is not absolutely necessary for the processing of recycled materials. The company offers technologies and system solutions for retrofitting. With the replacement of individual key components within the extrusion line, decisive key elements are supplied which make the existing line fit for

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Technologies for primary and secondary packaging

With its further developed palletiser infeed the turnkey supplier KHS intends to consistently continuing to provide greater sustainability, efficiency and process reliability in production. An intelligently controlled palletiser with a pressure-less container infeed provides benefits not just regarding sustainability. It also optimises time sequences and simplifies work steps in production, among

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Newly designed blow moulding machine for ecological packaging

Bekum, machine builder and specialist for extrusion blow moulded packaging, recently focused on the processing of recycling materials, calcium carbonate (chalk) and newly developed PET materials. With the “Concept 808” machine study presented at the K 2019 trade fair, Bekum heralds the future of the extrusion blow moulding machine with more

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