Amcor PET Packaging introduced the new Amcor Big Mouth, a high-performance wide mouth PET (polyethylene terephthalate) container. The industry leader for hot fill applications, Amcor`s newest product is designed for pasta sauce, apple sauce, jams and jellies, salsa and other food products filled at temperatures up to 195° F.
The specialist symposium on "PET Strapping" held jointly by Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, and their Italian technology partner Techno Plastic s.r.l., on 27 and 28 October 2008 at Erema's headquarters in Ansfelden generated enormous interest.
As a low-cost, renewable material, cardboard is an attractive packaging option for a wide range of products, but it has never been seen as practical for pressurised containers. Sagentia has developed a prototype cardboard can which is strong, waterproof and gas tight - representing a significant technical achievement.
The 11th PETnology Europe took place, this time in Neuss near Duesseldorf and directly prior to Interpack. Attendees, exhibitors and speakers gave highest marks for quality and organisation of the event. Mostly appreciated, however, was the fact that the conference offers the possibility of top-level discussions among the participants.
Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, and their technology partner Techno Plastic s.r.l., Castelfranco Emilia (Modena), are to hold a special symposium on "PET Strapping", the inline processing of PET bottle flake to make strapping and monofilaments, on the 27th and 28th of October this year.
Oman-based Octal Holding and Co. SAOC will add 500,000 metric tons per annum (tpa) of production capacity in PET resins by May 2010, making it one of the world's largest polyester producers with 800,000 metric tons of annual capacity.
The German compounding specialist TechnoCompound, Bad Sobernheim, will be presenting its broad portfolio of engineering plastics for the automotive industry at the next international VDI conference "Plastics in Automotive Engeering", which will be taking place at Mannheim on 5th and 6th March 2008.
