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Intravis, S15063 Intravis, a global provider of vision inspection solutions for plastic packaging, is ready to showcase its range of solutions at this year’s NPE. A total of six state-of-the-art quality control systems are brought to the forefront across four pivotal areas: Closures, bottles & containers, preforms, labels and decoration. They
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Netstal, W223 Netstal’s Cap-Line system solution offers performance and efficiency on a small footprint At the NPE, Netstal, together with their system partners and customer Alltrista, will be presenting a powerful production system for lightweight beverage closures. The 26 mm water closures are produced in a mould with 128 cavities. The system
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Mold-Masters, W1601A Mold-Masters will showcase new products including hot runner systems, temperature and motion controllers, an auxiliary injection unit, a gate seal, and sustainable processing solutions. The new hot runner systems include the Fusion Series G3 and the Ecoone Series. The Fusion Series G3 hot runner system comes pre-assembled and features
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Amut, W7389 Amut invites guests to explore extrusion, cast and recycling technologies enhancing production efficiency. Amut have been designing and manufacturing, extruders and extrusion lines for a vast array of applications, ranging from food to medical and pharmaceutical packaging, building & constructions, from the automotive to industrial sectors, to mention a
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Most of us will have recently held an increasing number of beverage closures in our hands that can no longer be removed from the bottle. The reason for this is an EU directive fr om 2019, which stipulates such tethered closures for beverage bottles from July 3, 2024. The company corvaglia,
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The Coca-Cola Company debuted the 500ml Coca-Cola Trademark brands in 100% rPET bottles in Hong Kong on April 9. All 500ml Coca-Cola Original, Coca-Cola No Sugar and Coca-Cola Plus have now adopted 100% rPET (excluding caps and labels) in the production of their bottles. The new packaging features “I’m a 100%
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KHS GmbH is investing tens of millions in the targeted expansion and conversion of its German sites. The most recent example can be seen at the production headquarters in Worms: a logistics hall measuring around 4,400 square meters with state-of-the-art technical and energy equipment is being built in the Enzinger Straße
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Whatever path plastic processors take in the future, productivity supported by connectivity and digitalisation will inevitably be in the driving seat. At the launch event of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s inaugural mobile roadshow setting off from Schwaig, CEO Gerd Liebig defined the company’s clear roadmap that is in place to support processors
Read moreEarlier this year the committees of K 2025 chose the motto for the coming K in Düsseldorf, The World’s No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, from 8 to 15 October 2025. It consists of one slogan and three core messages, all focusing on the key topics of K in 2025:
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For the first time in the European lubricants industry, two key players – Total Energies and Bericap – have joined forces to develop a new closure incorporating 50% postconsumer recycled plastic (PCR). This closure, meeting DIN 60 standards for lubricants, will be used for Total Energies Lubrifiants’ 20-liter premium lubricant cans
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The Coca‑Cola Company is rolling out redesigned, lighter-weight PET bottles across its sparkling beverage portfolio across the U.S. and Canada as part of a broader commitment to create a circular economy for its packaging. For the first time in a decade, 12-, 16.9- and 20-oz. bottles of Trademark Coca‑Cola, Sprite and
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