The Gütegemeinschaft Wertstoffkette PET-Getränkeverpackungen e.V. company will again be present this year at the largest German drinks fair, BrauBeviale, from 8 -10 November 2016, with its own stand. In addition, on 9 November 2016 at 14.00 hours, together with the IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. company and the AKÖG konsumenten- und ökologieorientierte
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With its new KHS InnoPET Plasmax 20QS development, the KHS Group Company offers a coating machine designed to produce bottles with volumes ranging from 100 to 350ml. Beverage producers are able to process small format PET bottles particularly economically. The glass interior coating enables beverage producers to reduce material costs and
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Alpla GmbH will take over the Egyptian production site of Argo S.A. at the end of 2015. In doing so, the Austrian-based specialist in plastic packaging will expand its market position in Africa. Alpla opened its first site on the African continent in 2014 in Johannesburg. Argo S.A., founded in 1970
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The "Flacco Round" from PET Power company bottles are characterised by their wide round neck with downward taper. The Flacco can be ordered with or without drops at the top of the round neck. The Flacco range currently consists of a 300ml and a 500ml bottle, both with a standard SP410
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Liese GmbH’s Brau Beviale 2015 stand hosted the public debut of its new Hygienic clamping unit, the latest addition to its Flexximal range. The German manufacturer, based in Walzbachtal, says that the unit is intended for use in fillers, infeed, discharge and transfer starwheels. In common with other products in the
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Microleaks, cracks and closure faults: The Heuft squeezer II QS provides the performance for identifying leaking plastic bottles (PET and HDPE) reliably and rejecting them. The highly automated Heuft Spectrum device platform engineered with a flexible belt drive which guides, rotates and presses the bottles together by applying the right amount
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GCS has developed a bi-injected flip-top cap with a tamper-evident device for Ponti, the Italian producer of vinegars, vinegar-based condiments and antipasti. Manufactured by Zeller Plastik Italy, one of the GCS’ 21 factories, the Phebus push-on cap for PCO 1881 bottle has a raised directional spout that makes it ideal for
Read moreTo keep up with developments on the Indian food and beverage market, the range of products and services at International PackTech India and drink technology India will be joined by a third event, the newly developed FoodPex India. It will focus on the processing and packaging of solid foods of all
Read moreShanghai World of Packaging 2015 was successfully concluded on November 20, 2015 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), P.R. China. The 4-day exhibition was organised by Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (MDS), Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd. and the China Center for Food and Drug International Exchange (CCFDIE) and was
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P.E.T. Engineering presented its new materials and injection processes consultancy services for the first time at the Brau Beviale International Fair 2015 with the goal of supplying bottlers and converters with practicable solutions from granules all the way through to bottles on shelves. Thanks to the addition of this new service
Read moreKHS 0.5-liter PET bottles weighing 8.9 grams and 1.5 liter PET containers at 22 grams are now available in Brazilian stores for the first time. The German systems provider of packaging and filling machinery has developed special bottle designs and preforms for both formats, making the PET bottles much lighter than
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