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Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is celebrating 15 years of German-Japanese partnership this year. This occasion was acknowledged by Gerd Liebig, CEO, during the press conference at the beginning of Fakuma 2023. Over this period, synergies have been developed to enhance efficiency and increase market activities, said Gerd Liebig, CEO. As another milestone
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Engel was able to achieve Platinum status in the Ecovadis sustanability ranking in the autumn of 2023 and now ranks among the top 1% of the world’s most sustainable companies due to strong initiatives. Ecovadis is the world’s largest provider of sustainability rankings. The rankings include data from more than 90,000
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Recoup members and industry representatives gathered at the Kingsgate Conference Centre in Peterborough, England, on September 28 for the latest annual Plastics Resource and Recycling Conference. It was essentially UK focused but addressed issues that are of interest in Europe more widely and across the world. Sponsors included Berry bpi recycling,
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50th anniversary of the company M.Tanner AG 25 km north-east of Zurich, Switzerland, lies the city of Winterthur, where the headquarters of M.Tanner AG is located. The family business, now in its second generation, invited its employees, friends, suppliers and customers to the three-day anniversary celebration. The company produces preform handling systems
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GEA introduces the GEA Visitron Small-in-One filling block for production speeds of up to 10,000 containers per hour. The slimline filling solution rinses, fills, and seals on a very small production area and saves a lot of time during filling and format changeover thanks to a sophisticated process chain. It can
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The launch edition of the Plastics Recycling Show India (PRS India) will take place at the NESCO Bombay Exhibition Center (BEC) in Mumbai from 4 to 6 December 2024. The three-day exhibition and conference is the first event in India specifically dedicated to plastics recycling. PRS India is the latest extension
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Resilux, known for sustainable packaging solutions, has joined forces with Inex, a frontrunner in authentic dairy products. Together, they made it possible to close the loop in UHT milk packaging. With the Rebirth series, they created a sustainable and circular solution in which white opaque milk bottles get reborn into new
Read morePlastics recycling market in Europe has been heavily destabilised throughout 2023. Since the beginning of the year, prices of recyclates have decreased by up to 50%, while cheap imports of materials from outside of the EU have significantly increased. If urgent measures are not taken to alleviate the pressure on recyclers,
Read moreRecyclass and EPBP announced that latest independent testing proves Penn Color’s ‘66UV11964’ UV blocker as compatible with the clear transparent and coloured PET bottle recycling streams in Europe. UV light exposure can induce the degradation of specific vitamins, flavours, colourants, and additives, resulting in diminished potency and a shortened shelf life.
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New climate-friendly container for the German mineral water market – The packaging and recycling specialist Alpla and the mineral water company Privatbrunnen Tönissteiner Sprudel have developed a reusable PET bottle made entirely of recycled material. The reusable 1-litre bottle for mineral water reduces carbon consumption and also offers logistical advantages thanks
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After being the first company in India to launch a one-litre bottle made from 100% rPET for its packaged drinking water brand Kinley, Coca-Cola India has announced the launch of Coca-Cola in rPET in pack sizes of 250 ml and 750 ml. These rPET bottles are being manufactured by Coca-Cola bottling
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