PET
Ultra-Compact PET Machine For 12 L in Two Cavities
New size of all-electric reheat stretch-blow machine for large PET bottles debuted from 1Blow at K 2022. It retains the company’s signature small footprint and energy-sparing features.
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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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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.
Read MoreComprehensive Optical Inspection for PET Preforms
Delta Engineering teams with Intravis to inspect preform mouth, body, thread and color.
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Starlinger Unveils New PET Recycling Line
The recoSTAR PET Art line, unveiled at K Show 2022, offers advances in efficiency and uptime.
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K 2022: ‘We’ve Been Waiting 40 Years!’
With sustainability top-of-mind in the plastics industry, this was a ground-breaking show for builders of recycling equipment. It also prompted new thinking in thinwall injection molding.
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All-rPET Bottles with Glued-in Handles Save Material
At K 2022, KHS is showing a 2.3 L PET bottle with glued-in handle that offers 10% material savings and other advantages over clip-in handles. Bottle and handle are both 100% rPET.
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Sidel Opens New R&D Hub to Study Design for Recycling PET Packaging
Sidel’s small-scale recycling line in France will study different PCR materials for bottle-to-bottle rPET recycling.
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Mold Opaque White PET Bottles – Without Pigment
Trexel and Husky are cooperating on molding recyclable opaque white preforms for PET bottles, which provide a light barrier using foam instead of pigment.
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Sustainable Resource Management of Plastic Feedstocks
How Encina sees its future in the circular economy.
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