A former aerospace designer skillfully turns trash into cash, as well as contemporary works of art. DelMuro Ray (Ray DelMuro) hopes his efforts to save 10 million bottles from reaching the landfill. A former designer of the California ...
Tags: Glasses, Real Works of Art
Rawlings has developed a lightweight glass bottle for mineral water client Belu in a bid to reduce the UK’s carbon footprint. Through new techniques and innovation, Rawlings, in partnership with sustainability focused glass ...
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Mountains of recyclable glass have been piling up ever higher at centres in and around Montreal, ever since Klareco, a glass processing plant in Longueuil that prepared about 70 per cent of the glass in Quebec for recycling shut down last ...
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Packaging used to just be about the three P's: protection, preservation and presentation. But nowadays it's about so much more than that. In addition to delivering the above listed qualities packaging has to tell a story about the brand. In ...
The robotic equipment will be supplied with four FA250 fully automatic debagging and bottle feeding machines which will deliver lightweight HDPE milk bottles to the diaries' milk filling lines. The FA250 machine utilises patented ...
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has announced the launch of a new recycling initiative for plastic bottles, which will run for six weeks initially. The new 'Don't Waste. Create' campaign aimed at getting the public to think creatively about ...
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More than 60 billion PET bottles were recycled in 2012, according to Petcore Europe, a non-profit European trade association based in Belgium. Petcore chairman Roberto Bertaggia said the consumption of PET bottles is showing clear trends ...
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The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the largest market in the world for Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by 2020, thanks to the region’s improving living standards, cross-industry usage of PTA products and expanding ...
Tags: PTA Demand, textile
US-based Boulevard Brewing has introduced new Sample Twelve package, which includes three bottles, of which two are exclusive tasting room beers. Westside Rye Ale and Mid-Coast IPA are the two new beers included in the pack, along with ...
Alpha Packaging, a manufacturer of bottles and jars, has selected InfinityQS ProFicient to automate data collection, take control of quality, and achieve visibility across its manufacturing operations. The company, which deployed the ...
US-based Fat Head’s Brewery is set to launch two new seasonal beers called Oktoberfest Lager and Spooky Tooth Imperial Pumpkin Ale. Oktoberfest Lager is brewed by using German noble hops and malts, and includes aromas of toasted ...
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Island Abbey Foods, a Canadian producer of specialty food and natural health product, has launched Honibe Honey Delights candies and Honibe Pure Liquid Honey in Co-Op Atlantic stores. Honibe Honey Delights contain 100% pure honey and ...
Diageo North America has completed more than $120m investment in its bottling facility in Plainfield, Illinois, US, which is part of the company’s investment of more than $250m in its manufacturing network since 2010. The facility, ...
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PET is the largest plastic material recycled in Europe, with the equivalent of more than 60 billion bottles recycled in 2012. PETCORE EUROPE Chairman Roberto Bertaggia says: "Despite the poor economic situation in the European region, the ...
Tags: PET Bottle Recycling, PET Bottle, Packaging, Printing
Independent non-profit organization Colalife working with Coca-Cola has approached Packaging Automation (PA) for a solution to package their new AidPod concept. The AidPod is a wedge-shaped container that fits between the necks of the ...
Tags: Packaging Automation