PET Packaging | Food Engineering

The grinder is designed for mono-material cup packaging cutting technology

Slicing/Cutting

IMA Dairy & Food Installs Sharpening Grinder

February 12, 2024

The grinder is designed for mono-material cup packaging cutting technology.

ALPLA Radomsko rPET manufacturing facility.

Sustainable Packaging

ALPLA Expands rPET Operations in Poland

July 31, 2023

The company is expanding one of its existing rPET plants and on track to meet EU standards.

Design/Branding/Marketing

7UP’s New UPlifting Brand Identity

February 17, 2023

The brand is launching a new marketing campaign, new logo and new brand identity with a theme of positivity.

Rows of beverages stacked closely in grocery store isles

Sustainable Packaging

More Sustainable Beverage Packaging is on the Horizon

Doris Bünnagel

January 26, 2023

The future of beverage packaging remains to be full of innovation and adaptability. With sustainability a motivating consumer demand, and legislation becoming stricter in guidelines, more sustainable products are forecasted to enter the market.

Amcor Introduces New Lightweighting Technology

October 27, 2022

A new two-step, lightweighting technology reportedly eliminates more than 50% of the material in the finish.

Food Packaging

Water brand teams with KHS on Germany's first recycled PET bottle

Rose Shilling

January 7, 2019

Germans can buy water in bottles made of 100 percent recycled PET for the first time, KHS Group filling and packaging says.

Packaging

Anellotech moves closer to 100 percent recyclable PET bottle

Company has shown it’s possible to make a 100-percent bio-plastic bottle

Wayne Labs

July 20, 2018

Anellotech, a sustainable technology company, has achieved new milestones in its pursuit of a 100-percent bio-based bottle.

PET

Unilever working on converting PET back to virgin grade material

Company working to to pioneer breakthrough food packaging technology in partnership with Ioniqa & Indorama Ventures.

Crystal Lindell

April 5, 2018

Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa and the largest global producer of PET resin Indorama Ventures to pioneer a new technology that converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.

Hot-Fill PET

Alamo Red Salsa switches from glass jars to hot-fill PET jars

Contract packager, Consolidated Mills, partners with TricorBraun on plastic alternative to standard glass jar for their own brand of salsa.

Crystal Lindell

March 18, 2018

Consolidated Mills wanted to be able to fill the PET jars with their current equipment line used to fill glass jars.

Food Packaging

Sidel partners with Coca-Cola to create new Fanta bottle

Crystal Lindell

February 16, 2018

To make the Fanta Splash's bottle shape stand out in the market, Coca-Cola worked with Sidel and the Drink Works design agency to create a new proprietary packaging shape.