“The Rapid Guide to Perfect PET Bottles” (by Ottmar Brandau) is a troubleshooting guide that should be in every operator’s toolbox or on their smartphone or tablet. Over 125 pages the author analyses 31 common defects of PET bottles and gives tips on how to solve them. These tips focus separately
Read MoreThe Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced that the sold-out Bottle Zone at NPE2018 will cover more than 65,000 net square feet on the exhibit floor. The new zone will provide a comprehensive look at the trends, technical knowledge, innovations and suppliers that serve this booming sector of the plastics industry. With
Read MoreInventra, part of Creon, will host the Fourteenth International «PET 2018» Conference and the Fourth International «RPET and Recycled Plastics 2018» Conference on February 15-16, 2018 at the Hotel Baltschug Kempinski, Moscow. According to the organisers, there will be significant changes in the structure of global PET consumption in the near
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Chem-Trend’s Ultra Purge PO extracts the material residues that can build-up in hot runner systems and cause hang up spots in injection moulded parts weeks after a colour change. A recent trial demonstrated that Ultra Purge PO purging compound can pull carbon chunks from injection moulders’ hot runner systems. Chem-Trend –
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A leading firm in the Vietnamese beverage sector has purchased two complete preform inspection solutions from Sacmi. Each inspection unit consists of an advanced PVS-3 – the vision system recently developed by Sacmi’s Automation & Inspection System Division – and comes with an automatic centrifuge positioner upstream. Designed to operate directly
Read MorePET packaging company Petainer has appointed three new distributors in Europe, expanding its footprint in the region. The new distributors are Ice Techic in Bulgaria, BrewTec Europe in France and Scangothia in Sweden. The distributors will be promoting and selling products from the petainerKeg range, including the Classic keg and Linestar,
Read MorePlastics recyclers released a set of bales quality guidelines to drive market transformation towards circularity. “It is time to understand that each product needs to be sorted towards a specific stream to keep the value of plastics,” said Ton Emans, PRE President and Chairman LDPE Working Group, “These guidelines are the
Read MoreNow is the time to explore the processing and packaging industries in The Philippines – a powerful market with a large population and is one of the top performers in ASEAN. ProPak Philippines 2019 will be the first highly international professional B2B trade event for the processing and packaging industries to
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The Open House event on November 20/21 had already been the second occasion as part of which Maag, Gala, and Reduction Engineering Scheer showcased their products together. This particular event centered around “Rotomolding” and took place at the subsidiary in Grossostheim, Germany. The Open House event had been scheduled for two
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Niemeyer, chairman of the Executive Management Board at KHS GmbH, is leaving the company at his own request to face new challenges elsewhere. In his years in this post he has sustainably furthered technological product development, made an important contribution to significantly increasing sales and bringing about a
Read MoreAfter 13 very successful years as Board Member of MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG, Christoph Kückels will leave the company on November 30, 2017, to tackle new challenges elsewhere. Starting December 1, 2017, Christian Wagner, currently serving on the Executive Board specialising in Technology and Distribution, will lead the corporate
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