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The challenges associated with manufacturing PET containers are varied and complex. Process windows are short, and even the daily changes in ambient temperature and humidity in the production hall require regular manual adjustments to various process parameters to ensure the required level of container quality. Added to this are the steadily
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The manufacturer of specialised digital printing equipment Primera Technology has announced the launch of its new AP-Code Lot & Date Coder, suitable to print onto glass, metals, plastics and laminated labels. The company states that digital printing is a fast-rising area of product development, with major international packaging brands. AP-Code is designed
Read moreAvantium N.V., a leading technology provider in renewable chemistry, has been granted Critical Guidance Recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR). The APR Critical Guidance Protocol is one of the most universally accepted measures for assessing recyclability in plastic packaging design. Avantium earned the recognition for the use of PEF,
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The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has granted Responsible Innovation Recognition to Magnomer Inc. for its Magmark SS magnetisable coatings applied to PET-G shrink films for labelling of PET containers. The APR recognition, based on a high-volume commercial scale recyclability test for shrink sleeves, demonstrates that Magnomer’s novel magnetisable coatings technology is expected
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In the heart of the Caucasus region, Georgia is one of the richest nations in mineral and thermal waters, even if its large-scale marketing is a fairly recent activity, entrusted to leading companies such as Aqua Geo. In this state of the former USSR, on the border between Europe and Asia,
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Reaching new heights in water bottling Polish producer of mineral water, Masspol is a supplier to one of the leading chain stores in the country. What allowed them to secure a long-term business partnership, was to expand their offering with a 5 l bottle. Answering the call for the upsizing trend, STM
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Yili Group, Asia’s largest dairy company, received support and expertise from Sidel to install a versatile Aseptic Lab filler, which has been designed primarily for research and development and is situated in Yili’s specially constructed facility. It will enable the regional market leader to launch new products and adapt existing bottles,
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Processing demineralised seawater The Saudi-Arabian drinking-water producer Makkah Water Company has, for now, finished updating and expanding capacity at its main plant in Jeddah. The new, high-performance water treatment system from Krones passed final acceptance testing in October 2022. Before that, acceptance testing on two new high-speed filling lines was completed
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The 3R approach (Re-duce, Re-use, Re-cycle) has become a “must” in the global beverage bottling market. And within this three-pronged pursuit of a circular economy, Sacmi has a wide range of solutions on offer for bottlers in PET. Less weight, same performance Sacmi has identified new standards for closure caps which
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Intravis GmbH is known for its vision inspection systems for plastic packaging. Many manufacturers of closures are familiar with the company’s systems such as the CapWatcher Q-Line. Not as well known is that Intravis also has a portfolio system explicitly for closure inspection in the wet area of filling lines: the
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Additional operating modes, extended functionality, new machine connections: The Heuft One expands its range of applications. From now on the entry-level device can not only be used for checking full containers but also as a smart distribution system, for detecting downtimes and serial faults on master machines or for localising the
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