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Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced a major new business platform to facilitate small-volume production for emerging beverage companies who seek to reach the market more cost effectively and established high-volume suppliers who want to explore niche markets. Amcor’s Up Start program works closely with growing start-ups like Alkaline Water Co., Scottsdale,
Read moreR&D/Leverage has elevated its level of expertise with the hiring of Shaun Markey as the company’s Brand Strategist. With his extensive background in the consumer package goods industry, Markey will provide strategic insights and collaborative structural packaging development combined with precision mould manufacturing. "I love our unique value proposition here at
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Martin Resch is to become the new head of Finance, Purchasing and Information Technology for the KHS Group as of January 1, 2016. This was the decision reached by the Supervisory Board on November 26, 2015. He takes over this position from Burkhard Becker, who has acted in this post for
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Amsler Equipment Inc. has just completed and shipped its first next-generation single-cavity LM15X PET stretch blow moulding machine to R&D/Leverage in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. The requirement from R&D/Leverage for a machine to test and run moulds for various PET machines led to the development of the new series. The result is
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Husky Injection Molding Systems has been recognised with the Ringier 2015 Technology Innovation Award for the development of its Ultra Helix valve gate technology and its contribution to production efficiency and cost effectiveness. The award was presented to Husky representatives on October 28th, 2015 in Shanghai, China. According to the company
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The Krones subsidiary Kosme S.r.l., Roverbella, has now, in the shape of the 3 Bloc, presented a block configuration available in two different variants, for PET and for HDPE containers. The 3 Bloc for PET comprises three concatenated machines: blow-moulder, filler and labeller. The particular version of the Flexa labeller can
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Tomra Sorting Recycling recently presented their Autosort Flake featuring simultaneous triple-sorting capability. The machine combines color detection and enhanced material information to maximize the recovery of high-quality recycled products. The Autosort Flake analyses and sorts flakes by color and material at the same time and also detects metal. In his launch
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The competition, which recognises and rewards international packaging design innovation is organised by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and is recognised as one of the important packaging awards competition, with WorldStars presented to packs that have already won acknowledgement in national or regional competitions. In selecting winners, representatives from 19 packaging
Read moreThe German Brückner Group, a family-owned enterprise in the machine building industry, announces internal management changes. Ludwig Eckart goes into retirement on March 31, 2016, after nearly 30 years in leading positions with the group company Brückner Maschinenbau, 15 of those as Managing Director Sales & Projects. His successor Helmut Huber,
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The announced tracer workshop taking place on February 24, 2016 at Brussels aims a cross-industry discussion to harmonise the use of tracers into plastic packaging materials. The workshop will focus on PET as a start and intends to create a precedent for other plastics later on. It is organised by Petcore
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Polymetrix A.G., formerly a Buhler Group Company, and Chemtex, through its Affiliate Biochemtex, and Hosaf, a division of P.G. Bison have entered into definitive agreements to increase the capacity of the Hosaf PET resin plant at Jacobs, South Africa by about 88%. The project will utilise state of the art Invista
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