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Innovia Films launches new polish website
The acquisition in 2019 of a Polish manufacturing plant in Plock, Poland identified the need for a new Innovia Films Polish website to ensure they could continue to provide comprehensive information to their primary market.
Beyond COVID: the ‘next normal’ in packaging
Market trends. New products, design and technology. These topics will be explored on 27 April 2021 in a live web event organized by Sacmi in collaboration with Aptar and McKinsey.
152,134 visitors joined the mega show
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinaplas has once again proved itself to be a high standard platform for presenting new technologies and sourcing latest products for the plastics and rubber industries.
Kosme Barifill Canto: multipurpose filler for bottles and cans
For the first time, the Krones Group presents a multipurpose filler that handles glass bottles, PET containers, and cans – the Barifill Canto. The Italian subsidiary Kosme is responsible for its development, construction, and installation.
Armenian water bottler A&M Rare procures two lines from KHS
Sheikh Mohammed Mussallam has run a good number of companies in many different fields in his time – among them the construction and telecommunications industries and hotel sector.
Chinaplas debuts in Shenzhen
Chinaplas, Asia’s No. 1 plastics and rubber trade fair, will be held in Shenzhen for the first time and it becomes a breakthrough of Shenzhen’s exhibition and convention industry with an exhibition area of 350,000sqm.
KHS packers now also process shrink film made of 100% recyclate
By enabling film made entirely of recycled material to be processed on all KHS shrink packers, the KHS Group now provides a further sustainable alternative for secondary packaging.
Youthful packaging design by Sidel opens a new page for Menton
Sidel packaging team in China redesigned the package of Menton flavoured water by integrating youthfulness into its health attribute. The straight-wall lightweight PET bottle, which weighs only 17.85 grams for the 500 ml format, conveys the sense of modernity and is a statement of sustainable packaging.
New rejoin PCR masterbatch makes 100% PCR a reality for polyolefin packaging
Avient today announced the launch of Rejoin PCR Masterbatch for polyolefin packaging applications. Made with post-consumer recycled (PCR) polyolefin as a carrier resin, Rejoin PCR Masterbatch can enable a bottle or part to be manufactured from 100 percent PCR.
Alpla UK to focus on regional PET recyclate
Alpla UK, a subsidiary of the Alpla Group, a leading plastic packaging company, will henceforth be cooperating with the British waste management company Biffa. With this collaboration, Alpla will increase the proportion of British recyclate used in the United Kingdom to manufacture packaging for home care products.
Paccor and Digimarc take their partnership to the next level
Paccor, the leading global player in the packaging industry, has been designated by Digimarc, the inventor of the Digimarc Platform for automatic identification as a Platinum Pioneer Plastics Partner.
