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The Clasper bottle engineered by Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) is a combination of two polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers and a shrink label. The first commercialisation of this new technology was the recent introduction of Yumix portable, shelf-stable line of cocktails. The bottom holds 50ml of premium alcohol and features a heat-applied
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The Starlinger recoStar PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line which has been installed in April 2016 in the plastics recycling facility of the Canadian water bottler Ice River Springs in Feversham, Ontario, is said to deliver excellent production results. Due to Nordson’s BKG Flex Disc filter cartridge, which has been included for melt
Read moreJapan’s largest beverage B-to-B show, covering the whole process of beverage and liquid food development/manufacturing, will take place at “Tokyo Big Sight” in Tokyo from June 28-30, 2017. The organisers are expecting 1,860 exhibitors and 63,000 visitors this year. The show is intended to serve as a platform for beverage manufacturers
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In an effort to expand its business into the Latin American markets, R&D/Leverage, a full service packaging supplier that includes full mould manufacturing for PET tooling, IBM tooling, injection moulds as well as its offering in Structural Brand Development, has hired Michael Warkentien as the company’s Director of Latin American Business.
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Mypack team announced that Danone Waters chooses Mypack mobile-centric IoT solution for connected packaging with a scope of activation up to 20 countries in the world where Danone Waters currently operates. The group already had shown strong interest toward IoT solutions, such as marketing campaigns that Evian ran on Snapchat to
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Bruce Margetts, the Managing Director of Bericap in the UK, was elected as president of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) in succession to David Hall at the BPF’s AGM held on 25 May. Margetts was born in 1966 and was educated at the University of Durham, where he took a BSc
Read moreBig 3 Precision, a designer and manufacturer of injection blow and injection stretch blow moulds headquartered in Centralia, IL, USA announces a strategic partnership with Fuseneo Inc. This structural design firm, located outside of Chicago, IL, with a team of designers and engineers offers a blend of creativity, insights and technical
Read moreVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method for producing furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from plant sugars for the production of drinking bottles, paints and industrial resins, which they claim is environmentally sound and economical. This technology enables production of plant-based products. VTT’s new method provides a new route
Read moredrink technology India, the trade fair for the beverage, dairy and liquid-food industry in India, is switching to an annual format and will be held at various locations in the future – every two years in Mumbai, and alternating between New Delhi and Bangalore in the years in between. The objective
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Amcor has been awarded three times by the 2017 DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The global packaging company received a gold award in the Technological Advancement and Responsible Packaging categories for its Vento coffee packaging; silver for the 20-ounce Vitaminwater bottle in the Responsible Packaging category; and – in partnership with
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Following tests on the Nature MultiPack the European PET Bottle Platform (EPBP) has confirmed that it can be fully recycled. The adhesive specially developed and supplied by NMP Systems and KHS has thus been granted interim approval for further market tests in Europe until June 30, 2019. The adhesive on the
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