US-based food-grade recycled PET or rPET producer CarbonLite has installed Buhler's SORTEX Sorting Technology to increase its output quality to near-perfect purity. Bühler's technology has the ability to conduct simultaneous, ...
Tags: recycled PET, Packaging
hosted by Sidel, took place in Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 25 and 26. More than 120 attendees from Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa met to discuss the need for sustainability to assure the future of the bottled beverage industry. ...
Nestlé has joined forces with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and seven consumer firms to develop bioplastics, derived from plant materials. The Bioplastics Feedstock Alliance (BFA) includes consumer goods firms such as Coca-Cola, ...
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UK-based The Good Whey Company has selected Eastman Embrace HY copolyester material to develop labels for its Upbeat dairy drink bottles. The labels are supplied by the UK-based CCL Label Decorative Sleeves and the copolyester is expected ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Bottle Labeling
Eight of the world's leading consumer brand companies and conservation group World Wildlife Fund (WWF) announced November 19 the formation of the Bioplastic Feedstock Alliance (BFA) to support the responsible development of plastics made ...
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Liquid packaging firm Sidel has unveiled new half-liter PET bottle for its packaged still water, the RightWeight, offering reduced weight. The new lightweight bottle design is claimed to offer the product quality and better consumer ...
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Plastic Packaging manufacturer Appe has developed an environmentally friendly recycled PET (rPET) bottle for Oji's sustainable functional fruit drink, in collaboration with Oji and Hero. The new bottle allows the brand to achieve closed ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Pet Bottle, Fruit Drink
Empresas Polar, a leading Venezuelan food and beverage manufacturer, has broken new ground with the commercial launch of the first ambient stored yogurt in Venezuela. The non-refrigerated pourable yogurt, called MiGurt, is packaged in an ...
Tags: Pet Packaging, Packaging, Printing
India-based dairy products producer Amul has partnered with brand strategy and design firm DY Works to revamp the design and packaging of Amul Kool Lassi. Under the partnership, Amul wishes to swap the traditional design with a new PET ...
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Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied a new aseptically filled, 750g barrier polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle to Venezuela-based food and beverage manufacturer Empresas Polar for the launch of its pourable yogurt. The barrier PET ...
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The supply of recycled material is not the issue; demand for recycled material has to be created by innovation in the sector. I recently presented a selection of the packaging-related outputs of BFF's work with Defra to develop a UK Soft ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Plastics Recycling
Italy-based SIPA has launched the third generation stretch blow mould machine under the name SFR EVO for the benefit of PET bottle manufacturers. The company is planning to release 10, 20 and 24 cavity models of SFR EVO later in 2013, ...
Tags: SIPA, Stretch Blow Mould Machine, SFR EVO
US-based beverage maker Constellation Brands has invested in Tetra Pak bottling line for its vendage wine brand as part of a $20m investment in several of its California wineries and vineyard operations. The company's Mission Bell Winery ...
Mohawk is committed to continuous innovation proved by the company's powerful investments in the triexta and nylon categories. Today, P.E.T. carpets represent a $1.5+ billion market, according to the company. Mohawk has invested $180 ...
While the flexibility and durability of plastic PET bottles have made them popular with manufacturers and consumers, recycling these bottles has proven to be a challenge. PET bottles typically require dense shrink sleeve labels that often ...
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