Sun Chemical Introduces MTG UV Hard Coat System
Screen printers have a new ink system solution that holds up better to the high heat and immense pressure used in manufacturing formable plastic parts.
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Watermark in plastics
Warwick Manufacturing Group`s process creates a "watermark" in plastics A technology to fight against the growing worldwide problem of product counterfeiting has been developed by researchers at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), at the University of Warwick in the UK.
Ilapak will show at interpack how minimize cost per pack
Ilapak launches new technology at interpack which enables all customers to achieve lowest cost per pack.
Amcor launches first PET bottle with built-in handle
McCormick Distilling Co., Weston, MO, commercializes the first PET liquor bottle with a built-in handle. The 1.75-L polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for the company`s popular vodka brand is being supplied by Amcor PET Packaging.
Two new grades of DuPont`s Entira antistatic additives
DuPont launches two new grades of Entira antistatic additives. New additions provide permanent, immediate anti-static performance and outstanding aesthetic properties.
24000 carton packs per hour
The new aseptic high-speed filling machines CFA 124 and CFA 724 (photo) from SIG Combibloc are the fastest in the world for small-size carton packages, capable of filling 24,000 combiblocMini or combiblocSmall carton packs per hour, with the same unmatched volume flexibility as its predecessors. SIG Combibloc is setting new standards in speed and efficiency when it comes to filling technology for aseptic carton packs.
New cap for the Tetra Top package
Tetra Pak, one of the world`s leading suppliers of food and beverage processing and packaging solutions introduces a new easy-to-open cap for the Tetra Top package. The Tetra Top 38 mm package is a one-step opening with tamper evidence built into the cap.
Wireless LAN as a cost saver
Gammaflux Europe GmbH, Wiesbaden/Germany, has for some time been offering its new option, "Wireless LAN", for all of its hot runner temperature controllers. It permits particularly low-cost remote monitoring of the temperature controllers and the operating condition of the hot runner system, as the complex wiring that was necessary hitherto can now be completely waived.
Sacmi will display its latest bottling innovations
Sacmi is preparing at Interpack 2008 in Düsseldorf an integrated solutions for the beverage production process. The company will be displaying all its very latest bottling innovation
METROLUX - all inclusive, flexible drying and conveying
Small drying systems with up to three drying bins and integrated conveying system for standardised supply of up to three processing machines - these are features of Motan`s new smart solutions range METROLUX 50 and 80. These compact units meet the requirements of many plastics processors for flexible equipment in material supply, stand-alone solutions covering a wide range of applications.
New Motan`s crystalliser for PET
Motan offers large experience in crystallisers for PET processing and supplies installations designed to customer specifications. The latest achievement of the company is a standard series for PET and PLA recycling represented by the crystallisers Luxor HDC and Luxorbin C. They are appropriate for a material throughput of 80 to 900 kg/h. The crystallisers, especially used for in-line thermoforming offer a series of convincing advantages.
Innovative single-column Krones palletising robot
At the interpack 2008, Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, will be showcasing two completely new machines for optimising the grouping and palletising functions, in the shape of the Modulpal 1 ADR and the Robobox. On a stand measuring more than 1,000 square meters.
