South Africa-based Africa Stereos has chosen a new Screen PlateRite FX1524 platesetter, installed and commissioned by Kemtek Print Solutions. Africa Stereos MD Sean Drake said the new Screen PlateRite system gives them more leverage in ...
Plastic packaging products manufacturer in the US, AEP Industries has announced that the company, along with its Canadian subsidiary AEP Canada has agreed to acquire the films business from Transco Plastics Industries for about $5.3m. The ...
US-based ITW Dynatec has designed the new Dynamelt S adhesive supply unit for use in the packaging industry. The product is enhanced with design and performance features that make it easier to maintain and service, flexible to install and ...
Tags: Adhesive Supply Unit, Packaging Applications, packaging industry
US manufacturer of sheet extrusion machinery Processing Technologies International (PTi) has announced the sale of a new sheet extrusion system to Aserpet, a PET recycler. Turkey-based Aserpet has purchased the machinery as part of its ...
Tags: Sheet Extrusion System, Pet Recycler, packaging industry
Wohl Associates has bought a used Anderson PP-8806 Pump Placer with Conveyer, which is equipped with a 14ft long stainless steel in feed conveyor with a pumped/ dip tube chute. The unit has Allan Bradley panel view 550 PLC controllers and ...
Tags: Anderson Pump Placer, packaging and processing equipment, pump feeder
The recycling rate for all aluminium packaging in the UK based on the figures released by Defra show that it has increased by more than 4% putting the overall recycling rate at 45%, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling ...
Tags: Aluminium Packaging Recycling, Packaging Recycling, metal packaging
Manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging products Mold-Rite Plastics has acquired Stull Technologies, a manufacturer of dispensing closures, caps, lids, and packaging components. Thus acquisition of Stull is part of the larger expansion ...
Tags: Stull Technologies, plastic packaging, packaging components
European organizer of trade shows, easyFairs has announced that there will be two major new features for the PACKAGING INNOVATIONS show when it returns to the NEC on 27 & 28 February 2013. Initially, a conference will be held where ...
Tags: Packaging Innovations, packaging industry, trade shows
At the 2012 GlobalPack International Packaging Conference held from 24 to 27 July 2012 in the Philippines, the industry experts said that local packaging industry must be on par with international standards by keeping tabs on trends ...
Tags: Packaging Development, local packaging, international market
Ring Container has appointed the Energy and Sustainability division of Premier Alliance Group to implement cost cutting measures through Southern California Edison’s (SCE) automated demand response (Auto-DR) program. Incentives of ...
Tags: Ring Container, Cost Cutting Measures, consumer packaging
UK-based flexographic printer and laminating company Parkside has announced plans to invest in a 100% secure waste management system provided by its partners Roydon Group. A shredding and compacting system has been installed and ...
Tags: Waste Management System, tobacco packaging, investment
Spain-based MAER has developed new cutters with the WM500 TC10 rotary system. The company said the WM cutting system offers versatility in admitting the pass-through of other formats which do not need cutting and need not bypass the ...
Tags: MAER, new cutter, WM500 TC10 rotary system
Austria-based injection molding machine maker and automation specialist ENGEL will show e-victory injection molding machine at Arabplast fair from 7-10 January 2013 in Dubai. The company will use a tie-bar-less ENGEL e-victory injection ...
Global idea-to-mold provider R&D/Leverage has announced the launch of its new Opti-Sim Virtual Prototyping tool, which lets PET packagers anticipate a bottle concept's impact on engineering, operations and marketing. R&D/Leverage ...
Tags: Virtual Prototyping tool, PET packagers, production molds
Italy-based cosmetic packaging industry, Lumson has launched a new range of plastic tottles in the skin care and makeup markets to expand the range of packaging solutions in that segment. The new Tottles Amanda, are 2 new complete ...
Tags: cosmetic packaging, skin care, makeup markets, PE, Tottles Amanda