Home and personal care brands will have increased access to leading packaging innovation at a new center to be opened by global packaging company, Amcor, in New Albany, Ohio. Amcor will deliver design expertise, rapid prototyping, product sampling, and testing capabilities to help consumer goods companies stay ahead of the competition.
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British health food brand Press is selling its cold-pressed juices in a new container called Eco Bottle. This is made from 75% rPET and 25% bio plastic (made from sugar cane rather than fossil fuels). The company states that they were chosing PET over glass for several reasons. Firstly, to ensure
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KeyKeg/UniKeg’s fifth manufacturing facility in Guadalajara, Spain is now fully operational and open for business. The additional capacity provided by the plant meets the rapidly growing demand for KeyKeg and UniKeg in the region. The facility is state-of-the-art with the latest Lanfranchi blow moulding technology and equipment, as well as the
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Nissei ASB, Hall 14, Booth B38 Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd., a leading manufacturer of machines and moulds for injection stretch blow moulding of PET and other plastics, intends to be making a strong impact with the target audience with live moulding demonstrations of five ASB-Series machines strongly showcasing ASB’s recently
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SMI S.p.A., Hall14. Booth B69 Among the exhibits of SMI will be the compact EBS 4 K ERGON series of compact fully electronic stretch-blow moulders. Capable of satisfying production demands of up to 9,200 bph, the EBS K models are available in 2, 3 and 4-cavity versions, and offer all the advantages
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Krones, Hall 15, Booth 15.1 Holistic recycling of packaging Millions of bottles are recycled using Krones’ MetaPure systems, handling different material qualities, all the way up to food-grade PET. Since Krones apply a holistic approach to recycling, they are expanding their technology step-by-step to include other types of plastics. The MetaPure
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Urola, Hall 14, Booth B14 The Urbi Series of Urola linear blowers, 100% electric, have a compact, solid and ergonomic design that guarantees high performance for the manufacture of PET containers with a capacity of up to 10 l and speeds between 2,500 and 13,600 bph. Because of the high technology and the
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Kiefer, Hall 3, Booth C94 In cooperation based on partnership Kiefer mold technologies bring 30 years of know-how as an independent tool maker into the customer’s ideas, across the fields of thermoforming, PET blow moulding and injection moulding. The company states to be a leading partner for the plastics processing industry
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And&Or, Hall 14, Booth B03 The And&Or AGV is specially designed for flexible blow moulding line automation, which requires intensive work and complex production flows. It can easily be integrated in existing production plants, with no need for machine movements or civil works. It allows the transport of pallets, boxes, bottle
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Jomar, Hall 14, Booth A32 Jomar Corp. manufacturer of injection blow moulding (IBM) machinery for the pharmaceutical, healthcare, and household products industries will launch the TechnoDrive 65 PET machine at the K show. The newly designed IBM machine is specifically designed to run PET resins but can easily switch back to
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1Blow, Hall 14, Booth B70 rPET is more than just a trend, it is a reality for all companies who have put sustainability in their daily rules. Thanks to their advanced features, all 1 Blow machines are suitable for the production of PET bottles with up to 100% rPET. However, due to
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