Matthew Naitove

Matthew Naitove Contributing Editor

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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sustainability

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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PET

‘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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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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Blow Molding

Robotic Bottle Unscrambler Debuts at Pack Expo

Dual infeed system maximizes productivity.

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Packaging

‘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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Postconsumer

ALPLA Launches ALPLArecycling Brand & Expands Food-Grade rPET Production

Global packaging powerhouse continues its growth as a major international plastics recycler.

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Services to Help Blow Molders Convert to rPET

Sidel launches “RePETable” range of services as “one-stop” solution to efficient adoption of rPET for bottle production.

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Blow Molding

New Blow Molding Service Offerings from W. Müller

Several new aftermarket service packages are launched by W. Müller for extrusion blow molders.

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Packaging

Coca-Cola Europacific Transitions to Tethered Caps and Lighter PET Bottle

Sidel is converting all Coca-Cola PET bottling lines in Europe to meet new EU packaging regulations by July 2024.

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sustainability

OPINION: Another Step into the Minefield

A European industry-academic association calls for recognizing the distinction between “biobased” and “bio-attributed” content of plastics.

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Plastics Size Reduction
Process Cooling