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Drinktec Repi, Hall A4 – Stand 500 Repi, multinational producer of liquid colours and additives for plastics, will present its focus on plastic packaging applications. If flexibility, product safety, sustainability and ease of operation are the key words for the packaging industry, then Repi claims to be on track. Flexibility because
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Drinktec PDG Plastiques, Hall A4, Booth 349 PDG Plastiques is specialised in PET preforms and bottles with a focus on dairy and UHT milk. During Drinktec the company will propose new packagings for UHT milk, drinks and other liquids. In particular, light weighting of PET preforms and bottles and also new
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Drinktec Constantia Flexibles, Hall A2 – Stand 325 Constantia Flexibles will be showcasing their products from around the world. Visitors can see the company’s latest innovations and get a glimpse of the current trends taking hold of the labelling industry. Amongst the company’s exhibits are: Mass Individualisation Mass individualisation allows printing
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Hannes Vorderwinkler was appointed authorized representative and managing director under trade law; he is now in charge of the Austrian production plants at Starlinger & Co. GmbH. After six years of valuable service, Anton Huber withdraws from management at his own request. He is succeeded by Hannes Vorderwinkler, who assumes the
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Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, and Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen GmbH, Ansfelden, Austria, have agreed to collaborate in the field of PET plastic recycling. The aim of this alliance is to incorporate the technical expertise of both companies into the planning and design of PET recycling lines and complete factories,
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Drinktec Shyam Plastic Machinery, Hall A4 – Stand 546 India-based Shyam manufactures stretch blow moulding machines, ranging from 600 B/H to 12,000 B/H. The company will be demonstrating a 7 cavity all electric Pristine series linear blowing machine, with a speed of 10,000 B/H. The preform loading system and heating conveyor
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Thierry Fabozzi has been appointed president of Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), a leader in package development and design, rapid prototyping, and material evaluation engineering for plastic packaging. Effective immediately, Fabozzi will be responsible for global operations and will report to the company’s board of directors. In 2012, he joined the company
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Drinktec Torus Measurement Systems, Hall A4 – Stand 146 Torus Measurement Systems will be exhibiting a fully automated B302 Thread, Body & Thickness gauge for plastic bottles and preforms which will incorporate the use of a robot to automatically load. Torus’ newly developed B302 can be supplied as a semi-automatic manually
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Drinktec Société Générale des Techniques (SGT), Hall A4 – Stand 330 Société Générale des Techniques (SGT), a French family firm, has consolidated its expertise in the manufacture of PET preforms with the recent acquisition of an injection press exclusively dedicated to multilayer applications. This new Husky HPP5 state-of-the-art machine is intended
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With Andrea Festelli, the Sesotec group, with effect from 1 April 2017, has recruited a new managing director for the two Italian subsidiaries. The Genoese-born Festelli studied electrical engineering at the university of Genoa. Before he moved to Sesotec, Festelli had worked for seven years for the Italian subsidiary of the
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Drinktec United Caps, Hall A4 – Stand 535 At Drinktec, United Caps will demonstrate how their market-driven approach fosters the development of closures that perform as well in the plant as they do in the hand. With a 50/50 split between customised and non-bespoke solutions, United Caps will also showcase the
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