Building a circular economy in the packaging industry: progress and challenges in 2023
Once again this year, the subject of how to establish a circular economy has gained significant pace.
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Krones at BrauBeviale 2023
With Brewnomic, the Freising team has set the industry standard for some time in order to make the brewing process energy self-sufficient and CO2 neutral and offers various concepts for energy recovery, residue recycling or process water saving.
Krones scoring highly in EcoVadis rating
Krones emerged with a gold medal in the latest EcoVadis sustainability rating.
KHS receives its first gold medal in the EcoVadis rating system
Sound sustainability credentials: KHS aiming for net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045
Climate protection: Krones clearly sets out all relevant information
The Krones Public Carbon Transition Plan was published on 26 July 2023.
Krones joins econsense
Krones joins econsense: Major boost to the German economy sustainability network
Krones.digital is growing internationally
• In 2022, Krones.digital was established as a community spanning departments and disciplines internationally. • The aim in building it was to bring together all of the resources for digital innovation and automation across the group to collaborate on software solutions. • And now, another Krones.digital site, in Bengaluru, India, was established.
Sacmi leads Europe’s transition to green rigid packaging.
Sacmi’s goal: to provide customers with profitable ‘green transition’ solutions, such as the ready-to-market products and technologies on show in Düsseldorf.
Sacmi at Chinaplas 2023
Sacmi at Chinaplas 2023: raw material and energy savings, ‘smart vision’ inspection
Flexible production with faster neck changes on the stretch blow molder
Whereas in the past only one category of product was usually run on aseptic lines, bottlers of sensitive beverages now face an ever-growing demand for flexibility.
GEA opens state-of-the-art Technology Center in Wallau/Germany
GEA opened the doors of its new 1500-sqm Technology Center (XLAB) in Biedenkopf-Wallau for the first time on March 20. From now on, the new XLAB will be available to customers for product testing and training.
Food: Packaging against waste
Along the entire value creation chain, globally more than 930 billion tons of food are thrown away every year. This figure comes from the last report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
