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The 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
Read moreOneCircle, a global leader in PET kegs, has increased its presence in the US and Canada with the appointment of Country Malt Group as an official reseller of KeyKeg and UniKeg. The Country Malt Group (CMG) is part of Great Western Malting, the oldest malting company in the western United States,
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The Krones Group has adopted a new climate strategy and plans to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by up to 80 per cent by 2030. Krones is taking this step because its previous climate protection target had been met. This had been to cut energy-related CO2 emissions by 30 to 40
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Back in Down Under! Near Sydney Managing Director Nicholas Mellen explains the company’s unique design of PET preforms with IMH, integrated moulded PET handles – all done at preforming stage. The company serves bottlers and bottle makers, who are in search of fully recyclable bottle solutions with handles. Furthermore it develops
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