Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions, has announced a technical collaboration with Claranor, a world leader in Pulsed Light packaging sterilisation. This synergy highlights the benefits of the Fullcap sterilisation solution with the Uno sport cap family in PP material, specifically adapted for use with functional beverages.
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Set to recover from Covid-19 to face sustainability challenge by John Nelson, Smithers Exclusive new data from Smithers show that the North American rigid plastics packaging market will grow by 6.6% to reach a projected $ 42.79 billion in 2021. This marks a return to positive growth following a drop of 1.1%
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Featuring collaborative robot automation system Proco Machinery Inc., the Ontario, Canada-based manufacturer of automation systems for the blow moulding industry, has unveiled the next generation of its Pakman case packer, which is integrated with Yaskawa Motomon HC10 and HC20 collaborative robots. Proco says that this integrated, automated arrangement offers more efficient
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Ukrainian engineering company Thermo-Pack Ltd, headquartered in Bila Tserkva, about 90 km south-west of Kiev, manufactures filling, labelling, packaging and conveyor systems machinery and complete solutions for beverage companies. The company’s approach to projects is to work with clients at all stages, from initial technical approval and design, through to manufacture, installation
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Wisecap Group welcomes its new R&D Manager Cristian Bugatti to furtherly improve the company focus on new developments and innovations. This new entry is intended to drive the Group activities in this field and witnesses the level of commitment and investments that Wisecap is dedicating to this activity. Cristian Bugatti has
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Day after day, valuable plastics are lost from the recycling loop. At the same time, the demand for resource-conserving packaging systems is constantly on the rise. By enabling film made entirely of recycled material to be processed on all KHS shrink packers, the KHS Group now provides a further sustainable alternative
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Online conference April 22, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CEST The fourth PETinar organised by PETplanet Insider took place on April 22, 2021. PETplanet invited Dr Rana Pant of the European Commision to present the EU Plastics Strategy and its impact for the PET value chain. You can download the presentation here. The
Read MoreAmcor Rigid Packaging has announced the appointment of Dan Murphy as Vice President of North America Operations. He will be responsible for driving ARP’s North American safety agenda, promoting operational excellence, increasing supply chain capability, and expanding the company’s production capacity. Before joining Amcor, Murphy spent several years with Howmet Aerospace, the
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StackTeck Systems Ltd. announces a successful introduction of technology for overmoulding PET preforms with multiple layers. The first overmoulding system has been designed to achieve a light barrier for light sensitive applications. The system incorporates two preform moulds used in concert with a Niigon rotary cube injection moulding machine, using its
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At NPE, Spanish blow moulding specialist Urola would have presented its increased range of services; Urola Performance, Urola Design and Urola Teleservice. Urola Solutions offers a variety of 100% electric and compact linear PET stretch blow moulding machines for medium production needs. The machine range, all under the name of URBI,
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Gneuss Filtration Technology is introducing an additional size across its line of rotary filtration systems. The models RSFgenius, SFXmagnus, SFneos and CSFprimus are now available in a size 110, which offers almost 20% more active screen area than the size 90 for each model, 46 to 62 square inches, depending on
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