Japan-based packaging manufacturer Takigawa has broken ground on its $46m flexible packaging and high-performance films plant in Nelson County, Kentucky, in the US. The new 148,000ft² facility, which is expected to create 180 jobs, ...
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Tomra Sorting Recycling has developed a new technology designed to separate single-layer PET trays from PET bottles. The new technology, Tomra Sharp Eye, is intended to enhance the previous capability of the company's Autosort machine to ...
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US-based Prestige-Pak has installed Paper Converting Machine’s (PCMC) Fusion C flexographic press to better meet its customers’ needs. Based in Fond du Lac of Wisconsin, Prestige-Pak supplies printed and laminated flexible ...
UK’s Costa Coffee, a part of Whitebread, has pledged to recycle over a half a billion takeaway cups per year by 2020, in a bid to prevent them from ending up in landfill. The coffee chain, which plans to recycle at least 100 million ...
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Electrify America has selected ABB, BTC Power, Efacec and Signet to jointly install more than 2000 ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging systems across the US. The chargers will be installed across 484 stations in the US. The ...
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AB Inbev’s innovation unit ZX Ventures has acquired UK-based spirits company Atom Group for an undisclosed amount. Atom Group, which is based in Kent, UK, consists of three units including Master of Malt, an online retailer, Atom ...
PET Technologies has introduced the 4th generation of PET stretch blow molding machines APF-Max with output range 6 000 - 14 000 bph for bottles volume of 0.2 – 3.0l. The product range consists of basic 3 models: APF-Max 4, APF-Max ...
China has opened its markets to Irish beef exports, ending an 18-year ban that was imposed on Ireland following the outbreak of mad cow disease. The Asian country had banned beef imports from Ireland and other European Union countries and ...
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BOBST has launched the new 20SEVEN CI flexo press to deliver Extended Color Gamut (ECG) solutions for a variety of printing technologies and applications. BOBST Business Unit Web-fed strategic products marketing director Federico ...
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Switzerland-based food and beverage company Nestlé has outlined its plan to achieve 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025. As part of this effort, the firm plans to focus on three core areas including eliminating ...
Thick-It, a provider of dysphagia nutrition solutions, has launched new packaging to better reflect the brand positioning and its promise to consumers. Among the goals of the package redesign were to increase a point of differentiation ...
Bosch is set to showcase its new SVP250 LF processing system for an economic production of injection solutions at this year’s Achema event in Germany. The event will take place between 11 and 15 June in Frankfurt. The new flexible ...
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Electric car-maker Tesla Motors has missed its Model 3 targets for the first quarter of this year. Last week it produced 2,020 of Model 3, against the target 2,500 vehicles. For the next week, the company forecasts to produce 2,000 ...
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Volkswagen of America has announced full pricing of the all-new 2019 Jetta, which the company says raises the bar in the compact sedan class, with new technology features. Now based off the award-winning MQB platform, the 2019 Jetta ...
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Bosch Sprang, a subsidiary of Kiefel, has unveiled a new patent pending thermoforming tooling system to produce coffee cups. The coffee cups produced by the system can be recycled in water separation systems, as they will have material ...
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