Stretch Blow Molding
PET Base Tooling for Oval Bottles Boosts Stability, Trims Weight
Sidel’s new StarLITE HPC base design boosts bottle stability by up to 25%, cuts weight, and enables faster blowing and lower blowing pressure.
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Shrink Packers Now Can Use 100% Recycled Shrink Film
KHS shrink packers for bottles now can handle shrink film with up to 100% recycle.
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Fresh Milk in Clear PET with 20% PCR
Use of clear PET bottles for fresh milk is a growing trend, and Amcor offers up to 100% PCR content, as well as a UV barrier additive that doesn’t affect clarity.
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Blow Molder Bets on New Options in Large PET & HDPE Containers
Priority Plastics is thinking big—large, wide-mouth containers and drums, that is—to offer new concepts to the U.S. market. The company is launching lines of industrial and consumer packaging made on machinery said to offer capabilities not seen before in the U.S.
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Priority Plastics Brings New Technology to U.S. for large PET Containers
Priority Plastics promises wIder neck openings, a variety of handle options, energy savings and quick changeovers with novel PET ISBM machinery.
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Blow Molding: Compact, Integrated Blowing & Labeling System for PET Bottles
Integrating PET bottle blowing and labeling saves floorspace and prevents bottle damage in conveying.
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Blow Molding: Faster, Super-Compact PET Blow-Fill-Cap System for Still Water
Sidel’s new Super Combi Compact is 30% faster and occupies 30% less floorspace.
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Novel PET Water Bottle Pushes ‘Eco-Friendly’ Boundaries
Sidel’s AYA offers super-light weight, 100% rPET content, and reduction of secondary and tertiary packaging materials.
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Injection Molding: Lubricant Coating Keeps PET Preforms Scratch-Free
Prevent scratching of PET preforms during bulk packaging and handling with a new system for spraying a lubricant coating on the preforms.
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Lighter Weight & PCR Content in Multi-Trip PET Bottles
Refillable PET bottles are a significant factor in Mexico and parts of Latin America, as well as in Germany. This development combines 15% lightweighting with 35% recycle content.
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