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Last week saw leaders from government, business and economics, celebrities and global media gather for the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos under the theme ‘Creating a shared future in a fractured world’. Highlights for the Foundation included awarding $1 million to five winners of the Circular Materials Challenge,
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Sesotec, developer and manufacturer of contaminant detectors and sorting systems, reports a change in its corporate management team. Xaver Auer, who joined Sesotec in 2011 in the course of a change of ownership and as CEO is in charge of strategy, sales, and subsidiaries, will leave the company at his own
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The 555th Series IV stretch blow moulder from KHS has gone to the Japanese producer of milk products, Meiji Co., Ltd. The energy-efficient InnoPET Blomax Series IV, which produces 48,000 PET bottles per hour in Japan, satisfied the hygiene specifications required by Meiji’s milk beverages. “On the Japanese market, which takes
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Droplet Squeezers fit perfectly in the hand and are easy to squeeze and manipulate due to their oval shape. This is why this model is widely used for all kinds of foodstuffs such as honey, dressings and sandwich spreads. PET Power offers the models available in its standard range with two
Read moreAmong the many machinery and equipment manufacturers exhibiting at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, taking place at RAI Amsterdam on 24 and 25 April 2018, Erema and WiPa will showcase new specialist plastic recycling technology. WiPa will feature its new WPP flat die press pelletiser and Erema will present its new
Read moreBeviale Moscow is gearing up for the third time to be the central platform for the beverage industry in Easter Europe. The organisers expect its success story to continue again from February 27 to March 1st, this year, when the doors will be open at the Crocus Expo International Exhibition Center.
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In preform manufacturing, power supply outages reduce system availability levels and have a negative impact on unit costs. In the form of its new CPP option, for challenging industrial situations Netstal is offering a practical solution for its PET-Line that can be amortised within a very short period and reliably ensures
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The Secure Flip next-generation sports cap from RPC Massmould is being used across a number of PET bottles for Highland Spring, the Number 1 UK natural sourced bottled water brand. The closure is available on the brand’s 330ml and 500ml Handy Packs and 750ml Active Packs. To support the highly-recognisable appearance
Read moreClariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, acknowledges the investment by chemical industry peer and partner Sabic, which has acquired a 24.99% stake in Clariant. The acquisition of these stakes, which were previously held by White Tale and 40 North, makes Sabic the largest Clariant shareholder. As is customary in the
Read moreWith gains boosted by continued growth in bottled water, demand for plastic caps and closures is expected to increase 4.1% per year to nearly 1.9 trillion units in 2021. Growth in the pharmaceutical market will be above average. Value gains will be driven by a shift to dispensing and other closures
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Bonaqua, the spring water of The Coca-Cola Company in Argentina has traditionally been bottled in a premium glass bottle for the on-premise market. For the water running a truck travel for more than 700km to its main market, the company was keen to create a premium glass-like PET bottle proposed to
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