In the fight against COVID-19, Sidel have transformed their international centre of excellence for PET packaging development and blowing solutions in France into a production centre and launched an exceptional production of bottles for hydro-alcoholic gel. A first batch of 5,000 PET plastic bottles for the disinfectant has already been provided
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As part of consortium comprising industrialists and stakeholders in the dairy sector, Société Générale des Techniques (SGT) has perfected a process for incorporating recycled opaque PET into new UHT milk bottles. A French manufacturer of preforms, SGT has joined a working group to develop a 100% recyclable long-life milk bottle. The
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As of 1 April 2020, Prof. Andrea Büttner is the new Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising. Prof. Büttner joined Prof. Horst-Christian Langowski as Co-Director of the Institute on 1 November 2019, and now takes over the full role as Executive Director following
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Maintaining the familiar/popular design of a glass bottle and adapting this for the production of PET bottles is a challenge Kiefer GmbH is used to. The implementation of a glass bottle for PET bottle production is often asked for premium catering. In a recent example the elaborate engraved logo in the
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Dr Frank Stieler will resign from his office as CEO of KraussMaffei Group GmbH on March 31, 2020 and Dr Michael Ruf, present COO of the company, will take over the position from April 1, 2020. The COO position will not be taken again. Since 2018 KraussMaffei Group GmbH is part
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Contrary to the equipment suppliers for the automotive segment, the suppliers of waste disposal and recycling technology see a boom in incoming orders. Herbold Meckesheim has full order books for 2020 and even further projects for 2021are already being finalised. That is unusual for a market that used to have delivery
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Sacmi is pleased to announce the addition of Mr Nadeem Amin who will be committed to support customers in the North America PET Preform market. Mr Amin brings over 30 years of experience in the PET preform business and will be a key asset in supporting customers with manufacturing solutions. His
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From Down Under to Japan It’s time for the Editour Road Show to hit the road again! The start of the new decade will see us undertaking a trip from Australia and New Zealand to Japan, via the Philippines, Taiwan and South Korea!With support from Drinktec, the world’s biggest beverages show,
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PETplanet collects official statements from customers & companies in the PET value chain on how they cope with the situation. Wittmann Battenfeld: Community masks from Fröbel manufactured with Wittmann Battenfeld injection moulding technology Fröbel, domiciled in Blaufelden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, has developed a high-quality community mask for the fight against COVID-19 together with
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Due to current coronavirus / Covid-19 situation many events have been cancelled or postponed. Here you can find regular updates on PET-related events.
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Illig Maschinenbau has appointed Carsten Strenger (50) to the position of Managing Director as of February 17, 2020. Beginning April 1, 2020 he will succeed Karl Schäuble (68), who has held this position for more than 30 years. Mr Strenger will be responsible for production operations and business administration. Dr Heinrich
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