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Petcore Europe’s annual conference 2025 will take place in Brussels on February 4-5. President Antonello Ciotti sat down with us to explain what they have planned. PETplanet: Petcore’s annual conference is now in its 31st year. What is the secret to its ongoing success? Mr Ciotti: Our conference is unique as
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based on an article by Johannes Laier The German Würzburg-based company WeSort.AI GmbH develops advanced sorting technology using artificial intelligence (AI), enabling waste to be sorted with much greater granularity. This allows new material streams and purity levels to be achieved. Granular waste sorting involves two consecutive steps. First, waste objects
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Husky Technologies, a technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announces that its groundbreaking PET closure has won the Packaging Europe Sustainability Award in the Driving Circular Economy category. This award, presented at the Sustainable Packaging Summit that took place in Amsterdam on November 12, reflects
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From 24 to 26 February 2025, plast alger and printpack alger will be opening their doors in Algiers for the ninth time. Following the event in 2024, attracting 5,199 trade visitors from 42 countries as well as 297 exhibitors from 22 nations, the trade fair will be staged annually going forward.
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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag announced the placement in the 94th percentile of worldwide companies assessed by EcoVadis, a globally recognised sustainability ratings platform. Awarded silver for the second year in a row, the company narrowly missed out on a gold medal. This repeated recognition confirms Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s dedication to sustainability, ethics,
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In 2024, Coca-Cola took a significant step toward its sustainability goals, announcing plans to reduce virgin PET use by 2025. This initiative aims to lower annual virgin PET consumption by the equivalent of nearly 800 million bottles by 2025. The change is part of Coca-Cola’s broader strategy to reduce environmental impact
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Repi’s UV absorber formulations ‘REMAP 00395’ and ‘REMAP 00561’ received a RecyClass Recyclability Approval. Independent testing was carried out by the Institut für Kunststofftechnologie und -recycling e. V. (IKTR), following the RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for PET bottles. The results showed no adverse effects on the recycling process, confirming its compatibility
Read morePack Expo International concluded at McCormick Place in Chicago, drawing a total attendance of 77,500 people, including 48,000 attendees and 29,500 exhibitor personnel. This year, international attendance rose by 19% compared to the previous show in 2022. Organised by PMMI, the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the show occupied 1.32
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Heuft – Hall 8 | Booth 104 The Heuft FinalView II LBL makes label inspection more adaptive. New types and designs can now be taught in within a short time. This is good for production quality and also increases the availability and overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) of entire filling plants at
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SMI – Hall 7A | Booth 503 SMI will showcase an ACP 22 S Ergon case packer to pack 33 cl glass bottles in cardboard case in the 4×3 format, with adhesive tape closure. The cardboard case is a good solution to create a multipack and guarantees a resistant packaging that can
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PET Technologies – Hall 7 | Booth 646 t is difficult to overestimate the role of the blow mould in making a PET bottle shine as if it were glass. And these are the moulds PET Technologies will bring to BrauBeviale. PET Technologies’ manufacturing facilities span 9,000 m² and include over
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