Filling and packaging systems manufacturer KHS has paved the way for smaller PET bottles with the launch of a new coating machine. Designed to produce bottles with volumes ranging from 100ml to 350ml, the machine is called the Plasmax ...
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Austrian plastic packaging firm Alpla Holding is to expand its market position in Africa by acquiring a production site in Egypt from Argo. The acquisition is scheduled to take place at the end of this year whose financial terms are not ...
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Indorama Ventures has made its foray into Indian polyethylene terephthalate (PET) market with the acquisition of Micro Polypet (MicroPet) for an undisclosed amount. The company's wholly-owned subsidiary Indorama Ventures Global ...
Blue Buffalo Company is voluntarily recalling one production lot of Cub Size Wilderness Wild Chews Bones. This is being done in an abundance of caution, as the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can ...
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Indian mustard oil producer B L Agro Oils has installed a new PET bottling line from liquid packaging solutions provider Sidel at a purpose-built facility near its existing refinery unit in Parsakhera, Uttar Pradesh. The bottling line ...
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Linx Printing Technologies has expanded its portfolio of laser coders with the introduction of a new CO2 steered beam model. The Linx SLHP (Scribing Laser High Performance) produces superior quality codes at some of the fastest speeds ...
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Holland Colours, a supplier of pigments and pigment dispersions for the plastics, has developed a new slip agent that is claimed to reduce scuff marks and scratches on PET packaging. The new bio-based HolcoSlip 271-Series is said to ...
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A lightweight PET milk bottle has won recognition in the World Beverage Innovation Awards in Nuremberg. At this year's BrauBeviale, the product from filling and packaging specialist KHS GmbH won in the Best Environmental Sustainability ...
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Switzerland-based PET products developer Sidel has launched a new PET blowing solution, which will replace hot oil with electrical heat resistance (eHR) to heat the mould for the PET bottle body. The new Sidel Matrix blower eHR creates ...
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South African paper and packaging firm Mondi has acquired 95% stake in a flexible packaging company KSP in South Korea. KSP operates a production plant in Seoul, in addition to having an interest in another plant in Thailand. Nearly ...
Coca-Cola has launched a new $5.7m PET bottling line in Liberia which was formally commissioned by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who has challenged Liberians to create the enabling environment for businesses investing in this country to ...
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Milacron Holdings, a industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry announced its Klear Can technology has undergone and passed an important food safety test and is undergoing additional testing with a number of ...
All you need to capture fantastic and authentic video at your next trade show is a smartphone and a twenty-five dollar microphone. People love to watch videos, and they love to share them. According to Facebook Media, in just one year, ...
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Top 10 Orlando Trade Shows Orlando, Florida is consistently one of the largest trade show and exhibition cities in the country. Home to more than a dozen amusement parks, most notably Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, Orlando is ...
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Spectra Packaging has created new containers for Auld Sharkey's eco-friendly pet care products range. Made out of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), the new containers in Spectra's popular Broadway oval design come with Aptar's Small ...