Bottles / Bottle Making News 

Packaging specialist Alpla opens new plant in Thailand – Chachoengsao site includes manufacturing, product development and design centre

Heike Fischer 1322 Views 3 min read

Alpla is expanding in the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region and opening a second location in Thailand. The modern plant in Chachoengsao, near Bangkok, combines all production technologies, technical centre and STUDIOa, the one-stop-shop for design, on a 24,000 square metre site. The global packaging and recycling specialist is thus increasing capacities, expanding

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Bottling / Filling Materials Packaging / Palletising 

Vilsa-Brunnen replaces shrink wrap with adhesive dots

Gabriele Kosmehl 1551 Views 2 min read

Vilsa-Brunnen is the first German beverage manufacturer to eliminate shrink wrap on all its single-use bottles, replacing it with adhesive dots. With the introduction of the “VILSA NIX-PACK”, the company aims to redefine the classic six-pack [“NIX” meaning “nothing” in German, highlighting the absence of shrink wrap]. Instead of being held

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People 

NAPCOR appoints Srinivasan “Shankar” Prabhushankar as new Technical Director

Heike Fischer 1019 Views 2 min read

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Srinivasan “Shankar” Prabhushankar as its new Technical Director, effective February 3, 2025. Shankar, who recently retired from Indorama Ventures after 22 years with the company, brings a wealth of experience in the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic

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Materials Recycling 

MacroCycle raises $6.5M to commercialise upcycling technology with 80% less energy

Gabriele Kosmehl 1351 Views 2 min read

MacroCycle Technologies, a developer of a novel PET & polyester textile waste upcycling technology, announced the close of a $6.5M seed financing round. The round was led by Clean Energy Ventures and Volta Circle, with participation from KDT Ventures and Neotribe Ventures. MacroCycle will use the funding to grow its operations

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Bottles / Bottle Making 

Coca-Cola installs KHS InnoPET Blomax at its German Knetzgau plant

Gabriele Kosmehl 885 Views 1 min read

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has made strides in energy conservation with the installation of KHS’ latest-generation InnoPET Blomax stretch blow moulding technology at its plant in Knetzgau, Germany. The new equipment replaces two older machines from 1998, with the goal of increasing energy efficiency and reducing operational costs. The InnoPET Blomax

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Materials 

Avantium and EPC Engineering & Technologies collaborate to commercialise continuous PEF production technology

Gabriele Kosmehl 1044 Views 1 min read

Avantium N.V., a leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, has signed a collaboration with EPC Engineering & Technologies GmbH, an international technology provider as well as an engineering and plant construction company. This partnership aims to advance the continuous PEF polyester production technology, targeting plant capacities of 100 kt/a and beyond. The collaboration will

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Events 

PETtalk in São Paulo

Gabriele Kosmehl 845 Views 1 min read

Leading global and Brazilian companies in the PET packaging market, along with their key executives and experts, will gather on March 24 in São Paulo for the 2025 edition of PETtalk – International PET Industry Conference. This year’s event will take place at the Grand Hyatt São Paulo. Promoted by the

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