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Spectra have reported an increase in customers using their Post Consumer Recycled (PCR) materials for their packaging. The company has made great strides in providing environmental alternatives for brands seeking a sustainable outcome, with PCR orders growing rapidly according to Gavin Chenery, Commercial Director at Spectra. Available in both HDPE and
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Amut Ecotech, Recycling Division of Amut Group, has supplied for Edwa city of Minya Governorate, Egypt a municipal solid waste recycling facility for the management of recyclable materials. The plant is planned to go into operation by June 2017. Amut Ecptech was awarded the public tender issued by the United Nations
Read moreHusky Injection Molding Systems, a leading industrial technology provider to the plastics processing community, announced changes that support its ongoing commitment to customer success and its goal of strategic growth. Husky has become well known for a regular cadence of innovation in both tooling and fully integrated injection moulding systems. To
Read moreThe international event for the packaging industry and related processing industries interpack looks back to a successful 2017 event. 2,865 exhibiting companies were visited by 170,500 visitors, 74% travelled to Düsseldorf from abroad. Proving a top trend at many stands was the further digitalisation of production processes on the way to
Read moreGreiner Packaging is establishing a joint venture with the Russian company Plastic System which serves the market under the Souzpromplast brand. Under the name Greiner Packaging System, the joint venture – located in Noginsk – will be driven by a focus on IML, direct printing and larger packaging containers primarily in
Read moreSumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. ( “SHI”) and its subsidiary Izumi Food Machinery Co., Ltd. have established a beverage machinery related joint venture company with Germany-based Krones AG to develop the Asia region. Through the establishment of this joint venture company, SHI Group aims to capitalise on the know-how and supply chain
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Following a global launch at Interpack 2017, Gebo Cermex’ CareSelect bottle infeed system has won the ‘Modular Machines’ category of the ‘Best Future Machine Award’ sponsored by Rockwell Automation. CareSelect is a patented universal and modular shaped-bottle infeed and collating system for robotic or traditional case packers, powered by Rockwell Automation’s
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Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd. a leading manufacturer of PET and plastic bottle stretch blow moulding machines, will be conducting daily live moulding demonstration of its ASB-12M model, the latest iteration of the smallest class of machines produced by the company, that can trace their ancestry back to the early 1980s.
Read more1Blow will present its 2-cavity machine type 2LO that is capable of producing all types of PET bottles between 150ml and 2,5 litres: round, square, oval, off-centred, with or without neck orientation, for cold and hot fill applications. All options are directly available on a new machine or as an upgrade
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Equipment and process technology specialist Sipa will point the spotlight at its expertise in speciality PET containers at interpack. It will have a single-cavity SFL 1 XL stretch-blow moulding machine making large bottles fitted in-line. In addition to its capability in two-stage systems (Sipa also makes several sizes of XForm preform
Read moreUnited Caps, a global reference for the design of high performing plastic caps and closures, announced an investment in the development of manufacturing capabilities in Malaysia. The company will be building a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to meet increasing customer demand in the region for its advanced caps and closures. “We are
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