Packaging
PET Preform Molding Advances on Display
At K 2022, SACMI exhibited its latest PET preform injection molding machine, as well as quality control via integrated vision and rPET molding specialization.
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Partnership Recognized for Recyclable Food Packaging
Polysack and Intrama recyclable food packaging won 2022 “Prize-Pack” award.
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U.S. Collection of Postconsumer PET Hits All-Time High
PET bottle collection rates rebounded in 2021 after declining in the preceding years.
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New Pepsi Goal Would Deliver 20% of Beverage Servings Via Reusable Models by 2030
PepsiCo will pursue multiple strategies to reduce proportion of single use packaging.
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Plastics in the Home (Mine), Continued
What to do with a growing stock of reusable plastic shopping bags and a pile of plastic cutlery packs from restaurant takeout?
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Advanced Plastomers for Production of PE-Based Sealant Resins
Nova Chemicals’ new Astute products are suitable for a broad range of applications including food packaging, heavy-duty sacks and e-commerce.
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Clothing Reseller Finds Recycling Pathway
A partnership between ThredUp and Azek will recycle clothing bags to composite deck products.
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K 2022: ‘All-in-One’ Bottle Tester Takes Three Measurements at Once
Delta Engineering’s new system performs simultaneous topload, height and both pressure-decay and high-voltage leak testing.
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New Inspection Systems for Caps at K 2022
Improved separation and simpler inspection of tethered caps; cloud-based remote data access; new cap-tightening evaluation; and new sanitary washdown design.
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Handheld NIR Instrument Distinguishes PET from PETG
Mobile spectroscopy from trinamiX detects more than 30 different plastics—and now PET vs. PETG as an aid to recycling.
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