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Agr helps beverage brand owners manufacturing PET containers In many beverage plants, the decision to self-manufacture PET bottles is a journey not just into the unknown, but the unknown unknown. Agr’s Process Performance Optimization Group (PPOG) consultants help processors navigate this unfamiliar terrain. The new millennium has seen tremendous advances in
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Sidel packaging team in Shanghai, China redesigned the package of Menton flavoured water. The straight-wall lightweight PET bottle, which weighs only 17.85g for the 500ml format, conveys the sense of modernity and is a statement of sustainable packaging. Targeting young consumers in China, this new design is intended to differentiate Menton
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According to Austrian recycling specialst Erema, there has been a noticeable increase in demand for recycling machine combinations featuring ReFresher technology that reduces odour downstream of the extrusion process. This is due to the growing demand for high-quality post consumer recyclates that can be used for a wide variety of applications.
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Less than two years after Krones announced the Contiform 3 Speed’s market launch, a hundred machines have been sold. The 100th Contiform 3 Speed was delivered to the soft-drinks vendor Odenwald Quelle in Heppenheim, Germany. Since October 2020, the machine from Krones has been up and running at the main facility
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Engel at Industry 4.0 – Factory of the Future How can consistently high product quality be maintained in the face of fluctuations in raw material? How can high machine availability and productivity be ensured even in the face of travel restrictions? – Engel will be providing answers to these burning questions
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Digitalisation and resource conservation The Chinese market, and thus the trade fair, is of great importance for Arburg. This is reflected in the first-class trade fair appearance, even though the visitors are likely to be limited to interested locals this year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Those who can attend get
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Packaging solutions The requirements of packaging manufacturers worldwide have increased. In addition to established plastics, machines for processing recycled or bio-based materials as well as natural fibers are also becoming increasingly important. Kiefel, a Germany-based, globally active market leader in high performance thermoforming machines and turnkey solutions, is presenting solutions for
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Sipa supports sustainable growth PET containers production and filling equipment specialist Sipa will demonstrate its strength in sustainable manufacturing solutions. With more than 30 years of experience in PET container manufacturing and filling technologies, Italy-headquartered Sipa has a strong presence in China. It cooperates with many famous Chinese brands – Wahaha,
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Maag Group’s technologies Maag Group, a broadly diversified global solutions provider of Pump & Filtration Systems, Pelletising & Pulverising Systems, Recycling Systems and Digitalisation for use in the polymer industry is showing its latest innovations. The highlight of the booth will be the ERF350, a high-performance melt filter for the filtration
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Otto Hofstetter & Otto Systems: High quality injection moulds and PET Systems Following the successful trade fairs of previous years, the Swiss company Otto Hofstetter is present with its own booth showing its products and services this year. Otto Hofstetter is a producer of PET preform moulds from 2 up to
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Equipment for PET bottling Koch-Technik will be exhibiting equipment for PET bottling with the volumetric dosing unit KEM and the patented gravimetric dosing and weighing system with mixer Graviko (GK 250). KEM: Chamber volume dosing (Kochpatent) with ± 0.15% accuracy for pellets, powder & ground materials: Each chamber of the dosing
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