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A recent project at Retal was both proposed and initiated by the team at Retal Russia.Driven by Artem Kletchenkov, regional director for Retal in Russia and also the project sponsor who proposed this opportunity for improvement, the team was aiming to define real time monitoring across its production.Under the project name
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In 2020, Sacmi supplied the market with over 3,200 preform stacks, half of which were self-produced. Marketed in synergy with the injection preform system (IPS) machine family, yet also available for the most common commercial applications, the Sacmi mould range provides proprietary design solutions.These mainly regard the hot section, with the
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Years ago, PDG Plastiques and its partners developed Prelactia, a new two-step injection process. It is offering a solution to the dairy industry in finding alternatives to aseptic HDPE and carton solutions, offering complete light blockage. Taking care of the circular economy, PDG Plastiques introduced, as one of the first PET
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French Société Générale des Techniques, SGT, offers a wide range of preforms. While some, such as the preforms for 3 or 5 gallon containers, have been further developed and improved, the company is also introducing new projects like the 24/410 neck preforms dedicated to cosmetic and personal care applications. 3- and
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Not long ago, Sipa broke through a barrier of multi-cavity PET preform production with the first mould in the world to hold 180 cavities. The mould was the same size as one with 144 cavities, but advanced hot runner technology allowed to insert an extra 36 cavities – almost 25% more.
Read moreAptarGroup, a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions, announced the ISCC Plus certification (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification) of ten of their European manufacturing sites, including all of the company’s manufacturing sites in Spain and Italy, with more certifications to come in 2022. The
Read moreFlint Group Narrow Web introduces two UV-flexo coating products to improve the recyclability for shrink sleeves and pressure sensitive labels. These coatings are currently available in North America and will soon be available in Europe and other regions. Using different chemistries, the Evolution Deinking Primer, for shrink sleeves, and the Evolution
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Berry M&H has responded to growing demand for a larger size Boston Round bottle with the introduction of a 1l version for its popular PET Forest range. The extended range now comprises sizes from 200ml to 1l, providing a comprehensive choice – including the provision of family ranges – for a
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In showcasing the PCS 60 PET model from the Aero 2 range at the Fakuma trade fair, dry ice cleaning system manufacturer Cold Jet demonstrated a flexible, IoT-compatible solution for users that wish to carry out cleaning applications with a single machine to different degrees of effectiveness on surfaces of varying
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by Dr Eng Christina Haerter, Head of Application Engineering at Netstal and Christian Tilsner,Technical Director at MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology Acetaldehyde (AA) is a small molecule formed by the body during the degradation of ethanol (alcohol) and the cause of a hangover after a long evening’s drinking. It also occurs
Read moreDigimarc Corporation, the creator of Digimarc watermarks, driving the next generation of digital identification and detection-based technologies, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the product cloud company Evrythng Limited in a stock transaction. Evrythng is one of the market leaders which pioneered the product cloud category, linking every product
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