KHS will showcase its InnoPET Plasmax coating technology for the first time at China International Beverage Industry Exhibition on Science & Technology in November in Shanghai. The technology seeks to couple hygienic and qualitative ...
Tags: PET bottle, coating
Belgium-based Martens Brouwerij has launched a new beer brand using digitally printed PET bottles which come to life using a smartphone app. Called Dagschotel, the brand features the faces of several Belgian TV actors. When the app ...
Italian packaging machinery company SIPA has launched two single-stage PET injection stretch blow moulders for small production runs. Sales manager Pietro Marcati said the ECS SP80 and ECS SP50 “fill the last gap” in the ...
Tags: PET injection, packaging machinery
Amcor has delivered Method Products its first liquid laundry detergent to be packaged in 100% PCR PET. The sleek, transparent container is used for its new 4X concentrated detergent product in a 53oz polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...
Tags: Amcor, Pet Bottle, Packaging
Cintas Corporation, an apparel uniforms program provider said that has recycled 19.5 million PET bottles and diverted them from landfills to manufacture apparel. Cintas uses plant-based ingredients and plastic bottles to create fibres ...
Tags: Cintas, Pet Bottles, apparel uniforms
Scratches, abrasions, deformations and breakages of containers on packaging lines have negative consequences for line efficiency, cost efficiency and/or brand image. So Gebo has added two new options to its range of audits, “shocks ...
Tags: Solve Packaging, Packaging
Sidel's new Intelliblower technology brings control and self-regulation to the blow moulding process. According to Sidel, the new technology ensures greater accuracy in distribution of material during the production of individual bottles, ...
Tags: individual bottles, Pet Bottles
Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
Tags: plastic packaging, packaging
The Can Makers, the industry trade body representing UK drinks can manufacturers, said growth for CSDs was strong, with can deliveries up 146m units to 5.296bn, an increase of 2.8%. Nielsen figures showed the share of overall CSD ...
Tags: Drinks Can, PET bottles
The labels division of Austria-based Constantia Flexibles has developed a pressure-sensitive label for PET bottles, SpearRC. The new cost-effective recycling solution includes clear, white and metalized film material options and is ...
Tags: PET Bottles, Packaging
Sitemani, a Romanian ketchup, mustard, and sauces producer, has partnered with Greiner Packaging for new packaging for its products. Under the partnership, Greiner will redesign and develop Sitemani's entire range of bottles based on ...
Tags: Greiner Packaging, Sauce Packaging
A report from the nonprofit organisation, As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reveals that while there is a rise in the use of plastic packaging across the US market to meet the needs of fast food and consumer ...
Tags: plastic PET bottles, Agriculture
France-based fruit and vegetable juice producer Jus de Fruits d'Alsace (JFA) is investing €15m ($17.9m) in a new PET bottling line at its production plant at Sarre-Union. With the new line that will become operational in April 2015, ...
Tags: PET bottling line, vegetable juice producer, Agriculture
Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, recycling, Packaging
Mid-market pan-European investor Aurelius has acquired Europe's leading ethical plastic bottle recycler Eco Plastics for an undisclosed amount. With this investment, Aurelius will supply its highly specialised operational improvement ...
Tags: Plastic Bottle, Eco Plastics, Agriculture