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On its Ludwigshafen site, BASF is going to expand the capacities for the production of alpha blue pigments which will be available from fall 2016 onwards. The reddish copper phthalocyanine pigments which – in addition to other blue and green pigments that are based on the same chemistry – are sold
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Vicap is now available at the Russian gourmet branch Globus Gourmet in Moscow. The market expansion of Vicap partner Powerlook is the first step in the Russian market. Further activities to follow in 2016. Powerlook is represented by its Russian partner the four-time light welterweight world champion Kostya Tszyu. Visit Powerlook
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With its UpCentre, Erema, has opened the doors to a whole new form of upcycling service which means that customers have Corema technology for the sampling of recycling compounds at their disposal. Robert Obermayr, Corema Product Manager, explains: "On the way from recyclates to made-to-measure recycling compounds you need a lot
Read morePET is by far the most recycled plastic material in Europe, with the equivalent of over 66 billion bottles recycled in 2014. Brothers Drinks Co. Limited started shipping its PET liner to recycling specialist PET UK on a regular basis in July 2014. In the following 12 months, approximately 50 tons
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At the Saudi Plastics and Petrochem trade fair, January 18-21, 2016 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the exhibits and demonstrations of the Austrian machine builder Engel will revolve around the manufacture of bottle caps, thin-walled packaging, pallets and fittings, as well as consumables for medical and laboratory use. The company works with
Read moreThe Gütegemeinschaft Wertstoffkette PET-Getränkeverpackungen e.V. company will again be present this year at the largest German drinks fair, BrauBeviale, from 8 -10 November 2016, with its own stand. In addition, on 9 November 2016 at 14.00 hours, together with the IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. company and the AKÖG konsumenten- und ökologieorientierte
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With its new KHS InnoPET Plasmax 20QS development, the KHS Group Company offers a coating machine designed to produce bottles with volumes ranging from 100 to 350ml. Beverage producers are able to process small format PET bottles particularly economically. The glass interior coating enables beverage producers to reduce material costs and
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Alpla GmbH will take over the Egyptian production site of Argo S.A. at the end of 2015. In doing so, the Austrian-based specialist in plastic packaging will expand its market position in Africa. Alpla opened its first site on the African continent in 2014 in Johannesburg. Argo S.A., founded in 1970
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The "Flacco Round" from PET Power company bottles are characterised by their wide round neck with downward taper. The Flacco can be ordered with or without drops at the top of the round neck. The Flacco range currently consists of a 300ml and a 500ml bottle, both with a standard SP410
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Liese GmbH’s Brau Beviale 2015 stand hosted the public debut of its new Hygienic clamping unit, the latest addition to its Flexximal range. The German manufacturer, based in Walzbachtal, says that the unit is intended for use in fillers, infeed, discharge and transfer starwheels. In common with other products in the
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Microleaks, cracks and closure faults: The Heuft squeezer II QS provides the performance for identifying leaking plastic bottles (PET and HDPE) reliably and rejecting them. The highly automated Heuft Spectrum device platform engineered with a flexible belt drive which guides, rotates and presses the bottles together by applying the right amount
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