The worldwide PET magazine
Sipa’s latest Open House in Italian Vittorio Veneto drew customers from all over the world for a first look at a line taking PET pellets to filled and capped bottles via Xtreme preform injection-compression moulding, latest generation bottle blowing, and Flextronic filling. They also saw a brand-new baby stretch-blow moulding machine,
Read moreKrones, a leading manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions, has acquired MHT Holding AG (MHT). MHT, based in Hochheim, Germany, together with its subsidiaries is providing injecting moulding tools and services to the PET industry. The company generates approximately €25 million revenues with 125 employees. The acquisition of MHT represents an
Read moreAthena Automation Ltd., a company manufacturing injection moulding machines near Toronto, Ontario, announced that it is changing its name to Niigon Machines Ltd. “This allows us to emphasise our business objective of becoming a global leader in customised injection moulding machines” said Robert Schad, Chairman. “Niigon is an Ojibwa word that
Read moreThe trade fair alliance consisting of drink technology India (dti), organised by Messe München, and indiapack pacprocess and food pex India, organised by Messe Düsseldorf, recorded higher numbers of exhibitors and occupied more exhibition space. The fair’s further growth reflects the dynamic development of the Indian beverage and liquid food market,
Read morePetainer, a global leader in one-way kegs, is partnering with Great Leap Brewing in China to start manufacturing petainerKeg in 2019. This is in response to rapidly growing demand for draught beer in China and the suitability of one-way PET kegs in a country where logistics are complex. The announcement follows
Read more
Berlin startup share is the first beverage producer in Germany to sell its water in PET bottles made of 100% recyclate. With its expertise from the Bottles & Shapes consultancy program the KHS group supported the company by helping to design and develop the bottle in a very short time. The
Read more
Tomra Sorting Recycling has promoted Business Development Engineer László Székely to the newly-created post of Head of New Plastics Economy. This initiative reinforces Tomra’s commitment to the aims of the New Plastics Economy (NPE) and will steer progress towards objectives which are differentiated from the company’s other business development activities. Tomra’s
Read more
PTI has entered into a business alliance with Big 3 Precision Products, Inc., Centralia, Illinois, to help brand owners achieve quality and speed-to-market goals for products sold in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. For the past three decades, PTI has been the confidential development engine behind many well-known PET bottle commercialisations. Big
Read moreAt the Ocean Conference, organised by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation presented another chapter to its activity, called New Plastics Economy Global Commitment. The Commitment aims to create a new scenario for plastic packaging by eliminating single-use packaging materials, increasing the amount of reused or
Read moreFour months after the founding of the new business unit Keycycle, it can be seen that Erema and its range of overall solutions for plastics recycling projects is being welcomed with open doors in the marketplace. The newly formed team has in the meantime received a number of project inquiries, most
Read more
To introduce the latest Cold Jet Plastics Edition line to the visitors of Fakuma, Cold Jet’s dry ice application and plastics expert, Steve Wilson from the company’s headquarters in the USA was on site. He answered questions and provided visitors with information about Cold Jet’s tailored plastics equipment and accessories, specifically
Read more