Stretch Blow Molding

Packaging

Precision Concepts Buys Meredith-Springfield

Latest acquisition by this diversified producer of rigid packaging is a Northeast leader in technical blow molding.

Read More
PET

Make PET Containers From 20 ml to 5 L on One Machine

Cypet’s new PRO Series of one-stage injection stretch-blow molding (ISBM) machines boasts high flexibility, high output, fast payback.

Read More

Lightweight Bottle Base for 100% rPET Still Products in High-Speed Production

Sidel’s new StarLITE-R Still base design for still products meets the combined challenges of lightweighting, high-speed production and 100% rPET.

Read More

Is There a Better Way to Heat PET Preforms for Stretch-Blow Molding?

Is near-infrared (NIR) heating better, faster and more energy efficient? So far, only two machine builders are making such claims for NIR in place of standard mid-infrared preform heating, though their systems appear to be well accepted. Meanwhile, an altogether different alternative is in the works.

Read More
Automation

SACMI’s PET Bottle and Labeling Machinery Integrated Into Omnia Techologies

SACMI Bottling and Labelling are now subunits of Omnia’s ACMI.

Read More

New ‘Eco-Audit’ for Your PET Bottle Lines

Sidel introduces a three-phase audit of environmental impact of PET stretch-blow molding operations.

Read More
PET

All-Electric Stretch-Blower for up to 3L PET Bottles

PET Technologies debuts compact APF-Max 2L liner reheat machine with quick changeovers, NIR heating and blowing-air recovery.

Read More

Lighter, Higher Performance Base Design for Premium rPET Bottles

Sidel’s StarLITE-R Premium base for thicker rPET bottles ensures bottle stability in high-speed production, while saving energy.

Read More
Packaging

Brewer Chooses Quick-Change Flexibility to Blow Wide Range of PET Beer Bottles

Beermaster Brewery found a “universal” stretch-blow machine from PET Technologies enables multiple changes per day among four sizes of beer bottles.

Read More

End-to-End Quality Management For Aseptic PET Beverage Bottling

Sidel introduces Qual-IS comprehensive quality system to merge all QC activities in PET aseptic beverage bottling, from the preform blowing to laboratory management.

Read More
Blending & Dosing
Plastics Size Reduction