Packaging
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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Enhanced Temperature Controls for Hot Runners, Extrusion and Packaging
NPE2024: Athena introduces expanded hot-runner controller with up to 120 zones, plus updated panel-mount “universal” temperature/process control.
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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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PHA Compound Molded into “World’s First” Biodegradable Bottle Closures
Beyond Plastic and partners have created a certified biodegradable PHA compound that can be injection molded into 38-mm closures in a sub 6-second cycle from a multicavity hot runner tool.
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Higher Stretch-Blow Productivity for PET and HDPE
NPE2024: Aoki debuts higher output, single-stage ISBM presses and a lightweight packer bottle in HDPE.
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Higher Productivity & Energy Savings for Packaging, Industrial Parts
NPE2024: Bekum is running EPET on its first U.S.-built all-electric shuttle. it is also highlighting the new XBLOW 200 industrial machine with new clamp design, plus a new extrusion head, three-layer retrofits, energy-saving extruder and EBLOW 08 electric shuttles.
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Advanced Inspection of Bottles and Labels
NPE2024: Intravis shows new system for full label inspection on round, randomly oriented bottles; and redesigned bottle inspection system with more modular design.
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In the Zone: Packaging
The Packaging Zone is the place to learn about the latest in customer product delivery.
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Austrian Recycler's Mission to Recycle PET Takes It Beyond Bottles
Mission PET supplements bottle-to-bottle capability with alternative applications for recycled PET.
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Pipe Extruder, Die Heads Plus a Cobot Demo
Milacron to debut updated extruder, control and die head packages. Also demonstrating how cobots can be used to automate pipe production.
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