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10 billion post-consumer PET plastic bottles from across Europe will be recycled per year by 2023 in Indorama Ventures’ new and expanded facilities in Verdun, France and in Bielsku-Białej and Łęczycy, Poland. Thai-based Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) is investing USD1.5 billion globally to expand its recycling facilities. The new
Read moreThe Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Association believes it is inconceivable to hold the fair from 25 February to 3 March 2021 After months of attempting to dialogue with the organisers of Interpack, up until now the world’s most important exhibition of packaging technologies, the Italian companies represented by Ucima recently received
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The fourth consecutive Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) goes virtual for the first time, from December 9th to December 11th. The free-to-attend event will feature a 3-day conference, a unique online networking opportunities, a virtual exhibition, as well as the announcement of the 2020 Plastics Recycling Awards winners. The COVID-19 pandemic
Read moreThe trade fairs interplastica, International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, and upakovka, No. 1 Trade Fair in Russia for Processing and Packaging, scheduled for 26-29 January 2021 at the AO Expocentre exhibition centre in Krasnaya Presnya in Moscow, have been cancelled and will take place on their next regular dates,
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Intravis GmbH now offers a convenient solution for all producers and bottling companies that have to indicate UFI codes on their packaging from 2021 onwards. The new OCR module ensures fast and precise reading of various codes, whether UFI, batch or data matrix codes. Combined solutions are readable without problems. In
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Steadily decreasing rainfall and rising temperatures have been causing devastating droughts and extreme famines since 2015, especially in the southern part of the subcontinent. Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana are among the countries affected but also South Africa – a country more associated with the lush green fruit and wine-growing
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Amcor has adapted its leading-edge engineering and design technology to develop the lightest 900-ml PET bottle for edible oil in Brazil. The custom- designed container for agribusiness and food producer Bunge, in São Paulo, is 22% lighter than competitive bottles while providing greater productivity and increased sustainability benefits, states Amcor. The new bottle
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For three days, more than 3,000 professionals and other interested parties from the international beverage industry gathered online for the Launch Days of myBeviale.com, where they had the opportunity to learn from more than 330 companies offering around 770 products and solutions, interact with each other, and expand their knowledge. The
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This solution from Filtec ensures that only well-presented, correctly labeled bottles are shipped, helping promote sales and repeat business, while reducing customer complaints. The Vision Glue-On Label solution inspects paper, plastic and ceramic labels that cover the neck and body areas of each bottle following the labeler. Accurate registration alignment of
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Anyone who works with empty bottle inspectors knows that not every bottle that the inspector rejects actually has a defect. In most cases, it might simply be water droplets or a bit of foam still clinging to the bottle after cleaning. Since conventional systems can’t always distinguish these from contaminants or
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Herbold Meckesheim supplies a plant with an input capacity of approximately 10.000 tpa for film recycling in England. It is designed for 100 percent post-industrial stretch film. A demanding application for wash lines, as it represents an extremely high surface area and low bulk density. The plant is another step to
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