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PDG Plastiques launches white rPET milk bottles and lighter large containers Over the past 30 years, PET converter PDG Plastiques has built a reputation for its proficiency in PET preforms, bottles, and containers. The company, which is located south of Paris and has a subsidiary plant in Algeria, is active in
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An ‘on-field’ approach by Sacmi The availability of advanced instrumentation and pilot lines means that every solution developed by the laboratory, together with customers, can be tested in the field to validate the performance of the cap, preform and blow moulded container. Functional and elegant design, lightweight and sustainable. With an
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In the latest years, in many countries of the Gulf region, the growing tourism flow has generated a significant hike in the consumption of small-sized PET bottles of water. In these areas people prefer using small containers which allow the water to be consumed immediately in a single serve and to
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Creating the perfect bottle design As a mould manufacturer, Röders creates its bottle designs from a technical point of view. After almost 50 years of bottle engineering and blow mould manufacturing, the company benefits from a huge experience of what is technically feasible and which details can be recommended to the
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Tomra launches of the new Innosort Flake for high-throughput purification of plastic flakes. Its features are claimed to enable simultaneous flake sorting by polymer, colour and transparency achieving high quality even from very contaminated inputs. Equipped with a powerful sensor combination, the development sorts polymers by material type and colour, removing
Read moreAxium Packaging, specialising in the production of jars, bottles and closures in PET, recycled PET & PP, PCR PP for personal care and food markets, has signed the acquisition of the Italian company Silte srl. Silte srl, family-owned SME based in Budrio next to Bologna in Italy, is specialising in the
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Chlorophyll Water has transitioned to bottles made from 100% rPET with Clean Flake technology. These rPET bottles are manufactured from food-grade PET which is recycled as per the technologies approved by the US FDA and European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) for food-grade recycled material and repurposed into new PET bottles. “As
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Berlin Packaging, a leading Hybrid Packaging Supplier, has partnered with the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) on a sample bottle program to assist in the design and testing of recyclable PET plastic packaging. Under the partnership, Berlin now offers small quantities of specific PET bottles required to conduct PET recyclability test
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) officially unveils more than 90 Educational Sessions ahead of NPE 2024: The Plastics Show, taking place May 6-10, 2024, at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla, USA. The trade show is redefining the education experience for attendees through a new learning journey on key
Read moreAfter a successful first half of the year, the third quarter of 2023 also went well for Krones. Although the overall economic outlook has clouded over, the company’s international customers in the food and beverage industry continue to show high levels of market activity and willingness to invest. This reflects the
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In 2020, Axens, Ifpen and Jeplan entered into a partnership to develop and license a recycling process, called Rewind PET, that is claimed to be able to recycle all types of waste PET, especially those difficult to recycle mechanically. With the support of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe),
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