SGT, which manufactures polyethylene terephthalate (PET) preforms, officially confirmed the construction of its new production site at the Saôneor business park to the north of Chalon-sur-Saône, during a signature ceremony attended by local elected representatives and dignitaries. Sébastien Martin, President of the Grand Chalon region, Jean-Jacques Boyer, Sub-Prefect of Chalon, Guillaume
Read MoreThe amount of materials used to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, and glass bottled water containers has been reduced by 42.8 percent between 2007 and 2015, according to a new study. The Quantis Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental Footprint of Bottled Water for the North American
Read MoreNestlé Waters has announced that it will strengthen its collaboration with the Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS) to certify 20 factories by 2020. Nestlé Waters has already certified four bottling facilities in Sheikhupura, Pakistan, and in California (Ontario, Sacramento and Livermore). It plans to certify additional sites in Africa, Asia, Canada,
Read MoreIn May 2017, the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC) launched a European survey on the current and future use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in the Europe’s plastics converting industry. Following a period of 5 months during which 485 participants from 28 different countries filled in the online questionnaire, EuPC now
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With its “Sweet Solutions”, Sensient Flavors supports sugar reduction concepts in various beverage, bakery and dairy applications. The range helps to maintain the full sensorial perception in the end product, even if sugar is significantly reduced. Without the need to change the labelling, Sensient Sweet Solutions can help to create pleasant
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One year after moving into the premises in Regensburg’s TechBase and successful completion of its first projects, Krones AG’s Innovation Lab was officially inaugurated in October 2017. The TechBase is located directly next to the university and the East Bavarian University of Applied Science (OTH), and offers space for start-ups, research
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The new updated edition of Birkner’s Beverage World 2017/2018 provides professional company and trade information with regard to companies of the international beverage industry. The catalogue contains 20,000 company profiles from 197 countries with more than 5,400 breweries, 5,500 producers of mineral water, juices and soft drinks, 2,400 distilleries, 1,300 hop,
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Fakuma, Gneuss, Hall A6, Booth 6501 Gneuss systems are optimised for the challenges of PET recycling. The Gneuss-Processing-Unit, consisting of the Gneuss MRS extruder, rotary filtration systems and online viscometer represent the heart of the Gneuss recycling systems. With the MRS Multi Rotation System, Gneuss provides a processing system which can
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Fakuma, Engel, Hall A5, Booth 5204 iQ weight control sold more than 1,500 times-Industry 4.0 has arrived in the injection moulding industry. With production cells becoming more and more complex due to increasing process integration and automation, steering and controlling them must become that much more simple and intuitive. This is
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Fakuma, Gabriel Chemie, Booth 5204, Hall B5 Gabriel-Chemie is active in almost all business areas of the plastics and packaging sector. The packaging of drinks and foods is one of the most demanding and sensitive packaging tasks there is. Gabriel-Chemie has developed the “Pure” seal of quality on the basis of
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United Caps, an international manufacturer of high performance plastic caps and closures, announced that the company is taking over the plastic closures division of Closures4you. The takeover offer includes 28mm caps for re-usable glass bottles and for disposable PET bottles. This latest acquisition is part of United Caps’ comprehensive growth strategy.
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