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Food Packaging

Lightweight champ

January 12, 2016

Amcor Rigid Plastics has been named the winner in the beverage/nonalcoholic category of the AmeriStar Package Awards Competition, sponsored by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP).

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Bottle filling system

January 8, 2016

The Hinds-Bock 36RBI rotary bottle filling system allows a single operator to fill, cap, label and pack off a range of containers.

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PET bottle blower shock

December 10, 2015

The Ace Controls MAXIMACE PET27M shock for PET bottle blowers has an aluminum outer tube and large oil reservoir.

Food Packaging

Food packaging: Feeling fresh

Debra Schug

September 15, 2015

Liquid water enhancers allow consumers to flavor their water using a concentrated formula.

Food Packaging

Food packaging: Pushing away from petroleum

Coca-Cola unveils the first 100 percent plant-based PET bottle and begins work on its commercialization.

Debra Schug

September 8, 2015

As more companies continue to beef up their sustainable manufacturing practices, Coca-Cola has introduced a PET plastic bottle made entirely from sugarcane.

TECH FLASH

Three Coca-Cola bottlers merge

The three will combine to form a new Western European bottler, Coca-Cola European Partners Plc.

August 12, 2015

The new company will operate more than 50 bottling plants and employ approximately 27,000 associates in 13 countries.

Food Packaging

Tall and handsome

May 31, 2015

The highly competitive energy beverage space has a new player on the market.

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Used with select Videojet continuous inkjet printers, Videojet V420 and V528 inks utilize an adhesion promoter and binder chemistry for adhesion to returnable bottles; they withstand temperature-variable filling conditions, as well as hot, humid and wet environments.

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Blow molding system

April 16, 2015

Self regulating, the Sidel Intelliblower system automatically detects and corrects process deviations in a blow molding process, analyzing and controlling the blowing curve on each PET bottle.

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Melt-formed rPETpellet

April 10, 2015

Created for larger commercializations of food-grade bottles and containers, Phoenix LNOc melt-formed rPET pellet can be bulk handled and transported without affecting the color and low acetaldehyde attributes of the original compacted resin.