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The FreshSafe PET® success story: what started out in the 1990s as an application for the pharmaceutical industry is now an established coating technology for PET bottles.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made an unprecedented impact on communities worldwide. To support the global response to this crisis, the Tetra Laval Group will donate € 10 Mio to various voluntary organisations supporting the health care systems across the countries that we operate in.
GEA, one of the largest suppliers of packaging and processing solutions for food, launches its new SmartPacker TwinTube vertical packaging machine in Europe.
The possibility of increasing one's own efficiency and productivity through data collection and analysis, as well as developing new business models, fires the imagination of machine and plant manufacturers looking for new growth and profit opportunities.
Dr. Frank Stieler will resign from his office as CEO of KraussMaffei Group GmbH on March 31, 2020 and Dr. Michael Ruf, present COO of the company, will take over the position from April 1, 2020.
The German machinery and plant manufacturer Reifenhäuser Reicofil has temporarily converted two of its test plants due to the corona pandemic.
Like most of the businesses worldwide today, also the Wittmann Group companies have to face special challenges due to the corona virus crisis.
Sidel design expertise helps the fastest growing edible oil company set new packaging standards in India.
As per Decree of the Italian President of the Council of Ministers issued on Sunday 22 March 2020, Italian manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery may continue their activity, since they belong to a production chain defined as necessary.
The water bottler Nera Kritis - as the name indicates - is headquartered on Crete. Its trademark: a multiplicity of different bottle shapes, the more eye-catching the better.
About 550 companies have confirmed their presence within the first enrolment deadline, 10 February, for Plast 2021-international exhibition for the Plastics and rubber industries which will take place in Milan from 4 to 7 May 2021.
The organisers inform that Plastpol 2020 has been rescheduled to take place on 6 - 9 October in Kielce.
Friday, 6 March 2020 marked the opening ceremony of Arburg’s new Training Center at the company’s headquarters in Lossburg.
The Chinese industries have been normalizing operations as the spread of the coronavirus was slowing down. Indeed, the plastics industry, among others, has to stay positive and prepare for the expected market rebound after the epidemic.
Even faster, even more stable, even more efficient: Engel presents the next generation of the all-electric e-cap injection moulding machine series for beverage caps.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony by Nordson Corporation today marked the startup of an extensively equipped process laboratory to serve the Americas market for pelletizing systems and melt delivery equipment.
China is one of the largest export markets for the German plastics processing machinery industries. Therefore, the VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association has been keeping close eye on the latest developments related to the coronavirus outbreak.
In consideration of the measures adopted by the Government with regard to the spread of coronavirus, Amaplast underlines that to date its member companies have implemented all the actions required by legislation to protect the health and safety of their employees.
At this year's Propak East Africa in Nairobi from 17 to 19 March, visitors to the shared trade fair stand (D9 in the Tsavo Hall) can find out how the recycling company Mr. Green Africa combines social responsibility with the highest specification technology and cost effectiveness.
OnRobot’s 3FG15 three-finger gripper with a 150mm stroke is a powerful alternative to bulkier and less-flexible three-finger grippers currently on the market - a unique solution
In view of current developments regarding the Coronavirus, Arburg management decided on February 26th to cancel the International Technology Days from March 11th to 14th, 2020, in Lossburg.
March is just around the corner and Moretto is preparing to participate to numerous events.
Bekum, machine builder and specialist for extrusion blow moulded packaging, will be at the exhibition Interpack, at booth B32 in hall 13 and inform about packaging trends and production innovations.
Roughly 2000 exhibitors are expected to participate at the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen from the 13th through the 17th of October, 2020.
First-class natural mineral water and an exclusive bottle design are the trademarks of the Badoit spring. From the bottled water to the packaging the premium brand makes the highest demands of the quality of its products.
Sebastian Dombos is the new head of sales at the Engel Deutschland Nuremberg location.
The notarised signing of the purchase contract on 12 February 2020 officially confirmed the takeover of German RepRap GmbH, based in Feldkirchen, by the entrepreneurial families Hehl und Keinath.
The Chinaplas show organizer – Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd., formally issued the notice - Chinaplas 2020 Rescheduled to 3-6 August 2020 at NECC in Shanghai, on 19 February.
The industrial robot manufacturer FANUC and the automotive group BMW AG have signed a framework agreement for the supply of 3,500 robots for new production lines and plants.
With the founding of a new sales and service subsidiary in Tokyo, Engel Austria strengthens its market presence in Japan. The new subsidiary can build on a long established market position.
At the last edition of the trade fair duo comprising interplastica and upakovka there were already signs that the Russian market was moving out of the trough again – at least for the packaging and related processing industry as well as for the plastics and rubber industry.
Imitating human learning, deep learning shows promise to find solutions to sorting challenges where none currently exist
With its 4-tie-bar injection moulding machine BOY 35 E the specialist of injection moulding machines in the clamping force range up to 1250 kN will attend the French Industrial Fair.
The Bekum group celebrated recently three anniversaries – 60 years Bekum in Berlin Germany, 50 years Bekum in Traismauer Austria und 40 years Bekum in Williamston, USA.
On 11 February 2020, Arburg Partner Eugen Hehl received the Richard Vieweg medal of honour for lifetime achievement from the Association of German Engineers (VDI).
JEC World 2020 from 3 to 5 March in Paris, France, showcases the entire value-added chain of the composites industry. One important part of this chain is forming thermoplastic fibre-composite preforms.