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CHINA – Leading provider of packaging equipment, services, and complete solutions, Sidel has designed an aseptic lab filler to be situated in Yili Group‘s specially constructed facility primarily for research and development. Compact in scale, the aseptic lab filler was conceived to enable Yili to research and test product designs consisting of a small number of bottles with different shapes…
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FRANCE – Leading provider of packaging equipment, services, and complete solutions, Sidel has launched Bottle Switch, a changeover solution to maximize production uptime and efficiency for the packaging industry. Designed for the Sidel EvoBLOW range, the Bottle Switch solution can be applied to gravimetric preform feeders, ovens and blowing wheels for switching in preform neck finishes and bottle shapes. It…
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GERMANY – Multivac, a leading global provider of packaging solutions has developed the new Multivac Pouch Loader (MPL) for chamber belt machines. The company has created a semi-automatic solution, which significantly improves the filling of the film pouches and the loading into the packaging machine when it comes to overall performance, efficiency, hygiene and ergonomics. The MPL is said to…
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GERMANY – Packaging and bottling machine manufacturer, Krones has inaugurated the Process Technology Center for beverage customers to create ultra-small production batches to develop, compare and enhance recipes, processes and parameters. The new Process Technology Center is designed to support Krones customers in their product development processes and meet the flavor demands of the global markets. It makes no difference…
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INDIA – Finnish company Valmet has been awarded a new order to rebuild a board machine, named PM 1A, operated by Indian conglomerate company ITC. This board machine will be installed at ITC’s Bhadrachalam mill in Telangana, India. The companies have not disclosed the value of this order. As part of the new order, Valmet will support the modernization of…
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GERMANY – Bavarian-based equipment specialist Somic is displaying its new 434 machine line for tray packaging, tray lid, or wraparound solutions, and the Somic Coras collection and grouping system, at Interpack 2023. The new modular Somic 434 machine concept is based on proven, tested, standardized function groups and offers maximum performance on a compact footprint. According to the company, Somic…
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GHANA – Packaging manufacturing company Sidel has helped Niche Cocoa Industry Ltd, install the country’s first-ever aseptic line, which enables the company to venture into milk-based products in PET. The 16,000 bottles per hour aseptic PET line integrates Tetra Pak processing systems technologies and the Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis with dry preform and cap sterilization systems, a sleeve labeler, a…
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GERMANY – Dortmund-based supplier of filling and packaging systems, KHS has introduced Innopal PLR high-performance palletizer to boost line efficiency. The Innopal PLR combines the benefits of low-feed machines with the capacities provided by palletizers with a high infeed – relying entirely on robotics in the process. The low-level container infeed greatly increases accessibility. You can also do away with…
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USA – Nevada-based agricultural technology firm GreenBroz has introduced Holy Roller, a high-capacity pre-roll machine for filling cannabis cones. The Holy Roller is the result of ‘extensive’ research and development (R&D) by GreenBroz’ engineering team, which has more than 30 years of experience in automated packaging and cannabis. It can produce more than 3,000 cones an hour and is claimed…
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VIETNAM – Singapore-based Tetra Pak South East Asia has inked a deal with Austrian technology group Andritz for the supply of a new system for recycling Used Beverage Cartons (UBC) to be installed at a Vietnamese paper mill. The new recycling line will be installed at the Dong Tien Binh Duong Paper facility in Ben Cat Town, Binh Duong Province,…
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