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Buddha's Brew Kombucha custom-designed bottles

Food Packaging

Bottling probiotic brew

March 5, 2015

Kombucha, a fermented tea drink, has been growing in popularity for the last 10 years.

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Bottle unscrambler

January 16, 2015

The NJM UNISORT 32 stainless steel bottle unscrambler orients and feeds round, rectangular or square plastic bottles that are 1 1/2- to 7 1/2- in. high and 3/4 to 4 in. in diameter.

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Helix spiral conveyor

January 16, 2015

Able to elevate or lower products in a production line, the Nercon helix spiral conveyor handles cartons, pouches, bottles and bundles.

METTLER TOLEDO CI-Vision Mosaic 360 vision inspection system

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Label/print verification system

January 16, 2015

The METTLER TOLEDO CI-Vision Mosaic 360° vision inspection system employs 6 cameras to inspect labels on bottles, jars, cans and tubes; it automatically verifies each label is complete and correctly applied and matches the product inside the package.

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Bottling machines

January 9, 2015

Used to bottle distillate, liquor and spirits, MBF Monoblock and Superbloc bottling machines come in standalone versions.

Food Packaging

Foamed PET bottle makes US debut

January 7, 2015

Brands in the US looking to make their PET bottles stand out on retail shelves now have access to a new foamed bottle technology.

New legislation would require more information from bottled water companies

TECH FLASH

Bottled water to become number one packaged drink

Last year, the bottled water segment grew 4.7 percent and is expected to grow to $13 billion in 2014.

Jeremy Gerrard

December 15, 2014

BMC says in the past five years the bottled water market has grown from 14.4 percent of the overall beverage market to 17.8 percent.

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Temperature probe

December 8, 2014

Designed for the manufacture of reheat, stretch blow-molded PET bottles, the PTI PreTemp handheld temperature probe measures a preform’s interior temperature.