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DuPont has announced its 2016 Awards for Packaging Innovation, recognising companies that have responded to worldwide demand for improvements in customer product experiences and sustainability, and incorporated simpler messaging and cost-efficient production technologies. Graham Packaging, based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, received the highest accolade, the Diamond Award, for its ThermaSet Blow
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Our next appointment has been made and still in the greater Shanghai area. As we have previously mentioned, we are not allowed, with our Beijing number plate, to use the inner city motorways during the rush hour. This complicates the logistics a bit. Another problem was that after our departure from
Read moreThe International Bottled Water Association (IBWA), in conjunction with Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC), has released 2015 bottled water statistics, which show that U.S. Americans’ consumption of bottled water increased by 7.9% and bottled water sales are up 8.9% since the previous year. BMC now indicates that bottled water is poised to
Read morePolyone announced that its ColorMatrix business has licensed the right to manufacture, market and sell a high-performance light blocking technology for liquid dairy packaging from PET resin and concentrate manufacturer Novapet. Novapet’s DCU (Dairy Concentrate Ultra) additive protects liquid dairy products packaged in monolayer PET bottles from degrading due to light
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We have now completed the long haul from Beijing to Shanghai. We allowed almost 3 days for this 1200km journey. Our first stop was in Qufu. Confucius was born and died here. He was active more than 2,500 years ago. His real name was Kong. Right up to the present day,
Read moreCSD manufacturer Refres Now from Argentina as invested in the biggest Sidel Combi ever built.? Part of a complete line, the Sidel Combi was installed at the company’s bottling plant as a high-tech solution for bottling family pack sizes, which are in great demand in Argentina. The line features a Sidel
Read moreKrauss-Maffei Corporation, the US subsidiary of the KraussMaffei Group with headquarters in Florence, Kentucky, celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 18 and 19 with more than 400 customers. The company has grown continuously since it was founded in 1966 and has established itself as a leading provider of machinery for plastics
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Beijing is behind us, and we are now on our way to Shanghai. We have visited Sidel’s factory as well as premium supplier Red Bull. While Sidel is up against a stagnating market for beverages in China, RedBull by contrast has invested in new PET lines to cope with growth in
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Sidel, has collaborated with Algar Agro to produce the world’s lightest 900ml PET bottle for edible oil. A large player in the Brazilian market, Algar Agro worked with Sidel to reduce the total weight of its finished bottle from 18 to 14 grams – a reduction of 22%. The bottle was
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GP Resources, LLC (GPR), is launching its real-time thickness measurement system for the plastic bottle and container manufacturing market. The GPR Wall Thickness System (WTS), based on a non-contact optical technology that enables measurement of bottles’ walls independently on both sides, is installed on an existing conveyor downstream of a blow
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Achim Ebel, the former associate and general manager of B+B Anlagenbau GmbH has joined Herbold Meckesheim GmbH as division manager for washing lines. Achim Ebel has many years of experience in conception, manufacture, supply and operation of plastics recycling lines. He can profit from his knowledge gained in plant engineering and
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