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Coca-Cola’s Redesign of Small PET Bottles Pushes Lightweighting Below Prior ‘Floor’
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Coca-Cola’s Redesign of Small PET Bottles Pushes Lightweighting Below Prior ‘Floor’

Coca-Cola thought it had reached the limits of lightweighting for its small PET carbonated soft drink bottles. But a “complete redesign” led to a further 12% reduction.

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Stretching the Boundaries of Large PET Containers

NPE2024: Cypet shows off new capabilities for its ISBM machines.

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At NPE, Cypet to Show Latest Achievements in Large PET Containers

Maker of one-stage ISBM machines will show off new sizes and styles of handled and stackable PET containers, including novel interlocking products.

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All-Electric Shuttle and Stretch-Blow Machines

NPE2024: Meccanoplastica shows off a double-sided shuttle for containers up to 5 L and a reheat stretch-blow molder for up to 2.5 L PET containers with four cavities — both all-electric.

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Krones Acquires Netstal

Krones adds PET preform injection molding to its bottle blowing and filling capabilities, as well as cap molding and expansion into medical, food and other markets.

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Adding Remote Service Functions for PET Bottle Blowing

KHS has added features to its internet machine communications portal for PET stretch-blow molding.

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Sidel Launches Ultra-Small, Ultra-Light PET Bottle for Liquid Dairy Drinks

Sidel’s drinkable yogurt bottles from 65 to 150 ml save material and energy in production, and they’re qualified for 100% rPET.

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Latest Stretch Blow Molding News And Updates

North American Distributor for Italian Blow Molding Heads and Stretch-Blow Molds

Globeius now offers Preven blow molding heads and tooling in U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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First Water Bottles With Ultrathin Glass Coating

Long used for sensitive juices and carbonated soft drinks, KHS Freshsafe PET Plasmax vapor-deposited glass coating is now providing freshness and flavor protection for PET mineral water bottles.

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Packaging

Lightweight 100% rPET Bottle Design, Tooling for CSD

Sidel addresses challenges to blowing high-quality, lightweight CSD bottles with 100% rPET.

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‘Ultrafast’ Machine for Large PET Bottles

Sidel’s new EvoBLOW XL stretch blow molder makes up to 10 L PET bottles at up to 18,000 bph.

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Automation

Compact, Affordable Robotic Palletizer for FHPC Bottles

Sidel introduces high palletizing performance in a compact, affordable package for food, home and personal care bottles.

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‘Contactless’ Accumulator Is Gentle to Superthin PET Bottles

Sidel’s Gebo AQFlex protects ultralight PET water bottles from dents at Suntory Japan.

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How Was K 2022 for Blow Molding?

Over a dozen companies emphasized sustainability with use of foam and recycle, lightweighting and energy savings, along with new capabilities in controls, automation and quick changeovers.

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Matt Naitove marks his first half-century in plastics reporting, with a few of his favorite headlines.

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Solve Four Common Problems in PET Stretch-Blow Molding

Here’s a quick guide to fixing four nettlesome problems in processing PET bottles.

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I was lucky to get an early look at many of the past half-century’s exciting developments in plastics. Here’s a selection.

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Aptly named Ring Container Technologies beefs up R&D staff to meet customers’ future needs before the customers even know what they will be.

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Stretch-Blow 1000-Liter IBCs from PET

Cypet introduces a one-stage ISBM system to provide a clear alternative to HDPE bulk containers.

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