Sidel announces the world`s first Combi dedicated to bottling beer in PET. This machine, which integrates blow molding, filling and capping functions, was previously reserved for water, carbonated soft drinks and dairy products. It has proven to be an effective solution, with output rates of up to 61,000 bph.
Introduced at Fakuma 2008, one product that is guaranteed not to make a big noise in the marketplace is the Rapid Silencing System (RSS) from Rapid Granulator AB, the Swedish world leader in plastics granulation technology. With increasingly stringent noise constraints being applied to the workplace by national and EU regulatory authorities, the RSS offers moulders and OEMs an innovative noise reducing solution.
In the shape of the newly developed Carboflow carbonator, Krones is presenting an affordable, user-friendly solution for making both still and carbonated water products.
Plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers in Europe: high expectations for production in 2008 - downturn in 2009
Last week at Poleko 2008 - the largest fair in Central Eastern Europe for experts in the field of environmental protection and municipal services - Orwak presented new baler Orwak 3610.
Building on a position of world market leadership in tape and textile yarn extrusion, Starlinger has launched two new monofilament extrusion lines.
The Spanish BDE Nivea: Two production lines have been developed for restyling part of the machine fleet.
The rapid growth to 20 mil Smart Cards per month resulted in the necessity to extend the production process. Circle Smart was looking for a fast and flexible solution to increase the required cooling capacity for the extended production. - After the good experience we`ve had with gwk there was no point in finding a different supplier. Therefore we decided to employ a large compact chiller by gwk, so that we would be prepared for further extensions - says Hans P. Kästner, CircleSmartCard AG.
Energy costs account for an ever-increasing share of manufacturing costs. For this reason, KraussMaffei Berstorff is identifying ways of helping customers to reduce power consumption. For example, the company now offers its range of 36D single-screw extruders with energy-efficient, high-performance, three-phase AC motors.
Logopak, the company which launched on the market a new Logomatic 920 DK pallet labelling system received few days ago a Gold Medal of Taropak - the biggest event for packaging industry in Poland.
Turning point reached following boom in orders for plastics and rubber machinery in the first half of 2008. After years of healthy growth rates and record output in 2007, the upward trend in German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturing seems to be over.
Coperion Werner & Pfleiderer GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart/Germany, has delivered its two so far biggest compounding lines for polyoxymethylene (POM) to a company in the eastern part of China.
