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R&D Leverage’s new Opti-Sim Virtual Prototyping process, which lets PET packagers anticipate a bottle concept’s impact on engineering, operations and marketing, is now available. According to the company’s Vice President of Engineering, Dave Brunson, Opti-Sim performs a complete range of diagnostic, real-world simulations addressing myriad variables, speeds time-to-market, cuts tooling and
Read moreOn July 22, 2015, Husky Injection Molding Systems and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) joined together to host a one-day event at Husky’s global headquarters in Bolton, Ontario, Canada. The event was held during the first day of NAPCOR’s summer membership meeting and was attended by more than
Read moreSacmi labelling technology will take part at Scanpack, northern Europe’s biggest international packaging fair that will – following the success of the 2012 edition with 13,000 visitors – be back from 20 to 23 October in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. The Group’s stand (hall B02, n° 09) will be displaying
Read moreSC Johnson announced Logoplaste as a recipient of its 2015 Customer Service Excellence Supplier Award. The company is being recognised for its best-in-class on-time/in-full delivery speed and flawless execution, while remaining agile and proactive in its supply chain. Winners were recently announced at an awards ceremony during an SC Johnson supplier
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It was a good 5 years ago when Bericap first brought the PET 26/21 bottle neck onto the market. This reduced bottle neck size allowed a weight saving of as much as 1.37g compared with the PET 29/21 then dominant on the market, enabling Bericap to make a major contribution to
Read moreHusky Injection moulding Systems today announced changes within its global Beverage Packaging organization. Gerardo Chiaia will take on the new role of President of Global Beverage Packaging for Husky. In this role, Mr Chiaia will be focused on continuing to grow the business through the ongoing development of innovative technologies that
Read moreAt CBST 2015 (4-6 November) Sacmi will be presenting the latest additions to the range, the CCM 48 SC, equipped with moulds for the production of ultra-light caps, and the ARENA RF labeller, produced directly by Sacmi Nanhai. The CCM 48 SC presented at CBST (hall W1, stand 1D02) will be
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On July 6th, 2015, Mark Stirpe joined Athena in the role of Business Manager, PET reporting to Jim Overbeeke, VP of Sales and Engineering. His responsibilities include sales and project engineering for preform machines and PET relationships across all levels. Mr Stirpe brings over 13 years of product development, sales engineering
Read moreChilds Farm has recently turned to Spectra Packaging for new bottles for their award winning hair and skincare range for babies and children. The new 150ml packs are the latest containers from Spectra and follow previous bottles from their range of standard offerings. Moulded in PET, the new containers are designed
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In March of this year, Krones reported that changes were afoot within its Executive Board. At the time, due to an agreement with the incoming CFO’s current employer, Krones was not at liberty to disclose the name of the successor to CFO Christoph Klenk, who had been appointed to take over
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Ferromatik Milacron India has been awarded in the category of "Excellences in Procurement Transformation" during the 3rd Annual CPO Forum India 2015 organised by Conference Asia. The award was conferred upon FMI for delivering Short Lead Time (SLT) injection moulding machines. In an award function organised on 10th and 11th July,
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