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According to New Zealand news media, Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand has unveiled its new state-of-the-art Keri juice manufacturing plant in Auckland. The 10.000m2 facility has a capacity to produce 800.000 bottles/day (36.000bph), which doubles the capacity of previous plants. The plant houses technologies include Coca-Cola Amatil’s new Nitro hotfill processing method
Read moreAt the K 2016 show Erema will be building on the success of the Intarema technology presented in 2013, this time with its trade fair theme of “Careformance – We care about your performance” to grow its pioneering role this year with Industry 4.0 applications. Careformance consists of 4 components, with
Read moreJomar Corp., a global manufacturer of injection blow moulding (IBM) machinery for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal care, beauty, food and beverage, and household products industries, has announced the launch of a next-generation injection blow moulding (IBM) machine series that incorporates a custom-designed servo-driven hydraulic system. The new Jomar IntelliDrive series delivers
Read moreAll of the components within a compressed air system should operate as efficiently as possible: compressors, compressed air treatment and distribution systems. True efficiency is measured at the system level. In other words, components don’t work in isolation, they work together in perfect coordination. In modern compressed air stations from Kaeser,
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Holland Colours has introduced a new generation of their light barrier technology for UHT milk packaging, Holcomer III. It is said to include enhanced light-barrier and laser-marking benefits such as 100% UV blocking and up to 99.9% visible-light blocking in a monolayer PET bottle but with lower production and laser-marking costs.
Read moreClosing 2015 positively in terms of Turnover, profit and market share, and the continued improvement in the first 6 months of 2016, have enabled the management of Negri Bossi to accelerate its implementation of the “2020 vision” as laid out upon acquisition in 2014. The initial stage allowed for a series
Read moreDevTech PET, Inc., a manufacturer of custom preforms and containers, will lease a manufacturing facility in Hanover Township, Northampton County, PA, USA and create 32 new, high wage jobs, according to an information by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. DevTech will lease a 120,000ft2 facility and has committed
Read morePlastics Caps & Closures conference 2016 will be held from November 9-10 in Barcelona, Spain. This year’s conference will look at the latest innovations in caps, dispensers, dosing closures as the market demands more and more functionality. But it will also explore how innovation in manufacturing and materials can deliver the
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The management board of the Albis Plastic Group has announced that Carsten W. Wörner, Chief Sales Officer will, by mutual agreement, leave the company on 30 September 2016. Wörner took on the position of CSO on April 1, 2012 and since then has lead worldwide sales and the technical applications department.
Read moreThe non-profit environmental association Ecoce is promoting the collection and recycling of post-consumer PET and other materials in Mexico. The association has now published new figures on recycling in Mexico: according to their own figures, Mexico has recorded the highest collection quota in America for PET for the past four years.
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Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced the completion of joint venture (JV) of IVL’s PET Company, Micro Polypet Private Limited (MicroPet), in India with Dhunseri Petrochem Ltd. (Dhunseri). Simultaneously, IVL has acquired a 50% stake in Dhunseri’s PET Company in India, Dhunseri Petglobal Ltd. By combining
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