Month: August 2019

Bottles / Bottle MakingNews

Plastics machinery shipments improved in the second quarter

The shipments value of primary plastics machinery (injection moulding and extrusion) shipments in North America increased in the second quarter according to the statistics compiled and reported by the Plastics Industry Association’s (Plastics) Committee on Equipment Statistics (CES). Following a 27.6% decrease in the first quarter, plastics machinery shipments increased 8.2%

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Bottles / Bottle MakingRecycling

Dasani boosts sustainability credentials with launch of recyclable, reusable and package-less innovations

One of America’s leading mainstream bottled water brand will roll out a next-generation lineup of recyclable, reusable and package-free options – anchored by the first-ever HybridBottle in the U.S. made out of 50% plant-based, renewable material (PlantBottle) and recycled PET (rPET). The 20-oz. bottles will launch nationwide in mid-2020 and will

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Bottles / Bottle MakingEventsNewsPackaging / PalletisingRecycling

FachPack 2019: Focus on “environmentally friendly packaging”

Packaging industry demonstrates innovative solutions and discusses new approaches at FachPack 2019, September 24-26, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg. Demonstrations against the flood of waste and calls for more environmental protection in the 1980s and 1990s led to the Packaging Ordinance, can deposits and dual systems. The discussion about environmentally friendly packaging is

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