It’s Saturday. Motivated by the fact that the Middle East Roadshow is finally getting underway, I make my way to Vienna Airport, from where I’m heading to Dubai with a stopover in Istanbul. Despite Vienna’s excellent public transport infrastructure, I decide to take an Uber, as it has been snowing so
Read MoreFrom 19 to 22 March 2024, intralogistics specialists at Anuga FoodTec will present innovative solutions for a fully automated supply chain in the food industry. Not only racking storage and retrieval vehicles and shuttle systems for pallets will be presented on the Cologne fairgrounds, but also a new generation of autonomous
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Husky Technologies celebrated the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art service center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA on November 30 with an official ribbon cutting ceremony event. This strategic investment comes as Husky celebrates its 70th year anniversary, confirming an ongoing commitment to service excellence and innovation. Tony Black, Husky’s President of
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Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialised and sustainable material solutions and services, announced its OnColor, Smartbatch, and ColorMatrix colourants and additives produced at the Tangerang site are now certified to comply with Indonesia’s Halal Product Assurance Regulation 33/2014 by the Council of Ulama, Indonesia. This expands the Halal certification already
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The international manufacturer of caps and closures United Caps reported that the company have been awarded Gold at the inaugural Save Food Design Awards held at the Shanghai World of Packaging event (Swop 23) for its Bump Cap product, developed in collaboration with Mimica. Astrid Hoffmann-Leist, United Caps’ Chief innovation and
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Cap processing for food-safe HDPE Gneuss celebrated 40 years of its existence with a huge ceremony at the Imperial Palace in the spa gardens of Bad Oeynhausen, Germany. For 40 years now, the Gneuss family has been working with melt filters and extruders for the plastics industry. One focus is the
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Italian Ferrarelle Società Benefit partnered with Sidel to install its first aseptic line at the Boario plant to produce its product range of Vitasnella ‘Le Linfe’ functional water and teas. The bottler is one of the largest mineral water producers in Italy, well-known for its naturally sparkling water brands. “Boario”, “Vitasnella” and
Read More“Packaging neutrality objectives and similar material circularity targets will create the level playing field that Europe really needs.” stated EuPC managing director Bernard Merkx in his first reaction to the vote. Last week, the European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) proposed last year
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PETplanet’s Editour project enters the next round Late autumn is just the right moment for the start of our Middle East Road Show, the new PETplanet Editour project for 2023-2024. This time, several editors will be visiting our readers along the PET chain in Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and
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On Thursday, 23rd of November 2023, Petcore Europe announced that Roberto Bertaggia has been appointed as Executive Director. He replaces Martin Stephan, who previously served in the role. Roberto Bertaggia has spent over 30 years of his career in managing both complex contractual sales and coordination roles. He has deep experience across
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On Wednesday, European Parliament adopted its position on new EU-wide rules on packaging including PET bottles. In adopting the report, Parliament aims to build a circular economy, avoid waste, phase-out non-sustainable packaging and tackle the use of single use plastic packaging. Once again the rules provide for exemptions for composite packaging,
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