Category: Packaging
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Asahi has added high-speed glass bottling at its Wisconsin plant. The 20,000-bottle-per-hour installation adds bottles to existing can and keg capacity within a wider $35m US investment.
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Technosys restored pork scratchings packaging rapidly after a factory fire. Three A200 VFFS machines and bespoke bulk loading helped the Midlands manufacturer restart its first line within weeks.
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IFS has launched tools to structure companies’ PPWR compliance work. The pilot-tested self-assessment combines process questions and supporting documents before an optional independent conformance check.
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Ardagh will electrify plant heating at Obernkirchen using heat pumps. Two ammonia units and waste-heat recovery will provide around 3.5MW of thermal output from November.
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Metsä will scale Muoto fibre packaging at Äänekoski from 2028. The €25m line will exceed 100 million packs annually, shifting the format beyond demonstration output.
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CJ Biomaterials is advancing PHA packaging made through sugar fermentation. Films, food containers, cups, and coatings show where the biopolymer could displace conventional plastics.
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SICK has added AI-driven 3D inspection to its Nova platform. Height data and deep learning extend machine vision into packaging defects that fixed rules can struggle to identify.
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Go-Pak has launched 100% recycled PET cups for foodservice operations. Clarity removes virgin PET from the cup material as recycled-content evidence gains commercial importance.
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Food production is being asked to adapt faster than ever. Issue 4 examines the engineering consequences of GLP-1 adoption, functional formulations, tighter capacity, food safety, and packaging accountability.
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Seven million KitKat wrappers demonstrate Australia’s recycled polypropylene manufacturing pathway. The trial links refinery processing, polymer manufacture, film conversion, and food-packaging production through a certified domestic chain.