Tag: PET
Americas: Sleever International launches recyclable LDPET bottle sleeves
At packaging exhibition Emballage 2014 in France, Sleever International launched a low density polyethylene (LDPET_) solution that allows bottles decorated with either a total...
Americas: Sidel wins patent claims against US company
Sidel has for the third time enforced its intellectual property (IP) rights on the same key innovation.
The patent claims made by Sidel against the...
Americas: Husky to exhibit at NPE 2015
Husky Injection Molding Systems will at NPE 2015 (March 23 – 27, Orlando, Florida) showcase a HyPET HPP5 system – a fully integrated injection...
World: Global plastic rigid food packaging market to reach £37.2B by...
The global plastic rigid food packaging market was estimated at almost £30 billion pounds in 2013 and the market is expected to reach about...
Europe: Sidel launches PET savings calculator for efficient material usage
Sidel has introduced an online PET savings calculator that allows beverage producers and bottlers to calculate the savings they could achieve based on their production...
Europe: Investor buys reprocessor of recyclable materials
Pan-European investor Aurelius has acquired ECO Plastics, a reprocessor of recyclable materials.
Aurelius will supply both its specialised operational improvement capabilities and financial support to...
World: Asia, US invest in creating market-ready bioplastics products, finds report
Bioplastics production capacity is set to increase from around 1.6 million tons in 2013 to approximately 6.7 million tons by 2018, according to the...
Europe: SIPA launches injection- compression- stretch-blow molding system in German show
SIPA has launched the XTREME Sincro, a preform compression molding system with a high-speed stretch-blow molding unit, at BrauBeviale in Nuremberg, Germany in November...
Europe: SIPA introduces weight filler for edible oils in PET bottles
The new Flextronic W from SIPA is a weight filler that is ideally suited to filling polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles with edible oils.
The company...
Europe: Krones’ lightweight bottle wins design award
Krones’ superlight polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle wins the German Design Award 2015 in the packaging category.
The bottle is suitable for being filled with carbonated...