1 July 2021 will see Engel complete the generation change in the management of its sales and service subsidiary in Mumbai. Frank Schuster, Regional President METAI, takes over the management of Engel Machinery India Pvt. Ltd. Stalinjose Selvanayagam is the new Sales Director. Jitendra Devlia, the previous managing director and sales
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Plastipak, a leading rigid plastic packaging producer and recycler, has teamed up with anaerobic digestion (AD) operator BioteCH4 to deliver a low carbon solution to power its Clean Tech PET recycling plant. Based in Hemswell, Lincolnshire, BioteCH4 operates an anaerobic digestion plant, recycling over 90,000 tonnes of food waste per year.
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The new KHS sustainability report has been published under the title of Global responsibility – acting reliably and with foresight. In it the systems supplier presents its activities and results for 2019 and 2020 regarding strategy and product responsibility, corporate environmental protection and social issues. Furthermore, KHS outlines its position on
Read MoreOmya International AG announced the launch of OmyaPET, a new product family of functionalised Calcium Carbonates for PET applications. The market introduction will begin in Europe and will be step-wise enlarged to other Regions. OmyaPET is a marketed as a new and cost-effective opacifier for the production of white opaque PET
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Agr International introduces a robotic handling system for its Gawis 4D measurement system As speeds increase, weights are reduced and recycled material is becoming a significant factor in bottle production, regular testing and measurement of production samples is essential to properly manage quality. However, with limited personnel and equipment, laboratory throughput
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From the individual component to the full, capped container, Sacmi provides a complete range of quality control solutions for cap, preform, bottle and labelled container lines. Patented systems and the incorporation of AI algorithms in the software combine high output rates and precise defect detection with a new approach to quality
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Lloyd Instruments, specialists in materials testing equipment, announced the launch of its NexygenPlus 4.1 materials testing software. Combined with the company’s advanced LS or LD Series materials testing machines, NexygenPlus 4.1 offers a strong solution for the rubber and plastics industry where tests of tyres, O rings, pipes, bottles, shoe soles,
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Quality assurance developments in the rPET packaging industry The Lithuanian company Sprana Ltd is a well-known player in the fertiliser industry. After the focus of their analysing technologies was expanded to the plastics industry, their customer Retal encouraged them to develop a PET preform inspection system to assure production quality control
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They are mainly found in Japan. In Europe and the United States, an increasing number of bottles are decorated with them as well: We are talking about sleeve labels. To meet the special requirements of this particular decoration method, Intravis GmbH has designed a new system specifically for sleeve inspection, the
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How do you know if all the containers in each pack are full, or if there are the right number of containers in the pack? Once each pack is sealed prior to shipment, there is no way of knowing if the contents of each pack are complete. Intellect Pack Inspection solution
Read MoreLoop Industries announced that it intends to form a strategic partnership with SK global chemical Co. Ltd. , a subsidiary of South Korea’s SK Group to accelerate the commercialization of Loop’s PET plastic and polyester fibre manufacturing technology throughout Asia. Loop’s patented technology has been invented to upcycle PET waste into
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