Brigl & Bergmeister, producer of 1-side coated paper for labels and flexible packaging has signed a cooperation agreement with Cham Paper Group. Once base paper production at the facility in Cham, Switzerland, has been shut down, B&B in Niklasdorf, Austria, will take over the production and marketing of their silicone base papers (Clay Coated Kraft paper). Cham will provide its highly specialized technical expertise. The first products will be available during the second half of 2013, giving the Niklasdorf plant an additional pillar to its successful, wet strength label papers. Following this, there are plans to make further investments in expanding capacity at Niklasdorf in 2014.

Rexam, one of the leading global beverage can makers, has opened its new can manufacturing plant in Finland on 30th January. Located in Mäntsälä in southern Finland, it is Rexam’ s first plant in the country and represents an investment of about BP 68 m over three years as part of the company’ s current capital investment plans. The new plant will employ around 100 local people.

Packaging is integrating the sense of touch into design. Sleeves are stylish packages with extravagant textures. With its "Star Opening" patent, PDC Europe helps realising sleeving ideas using highly malleable elastomer sleeves. This exclusive technique, branded "Skin Evolution", has been developed in a partnership with Eos Innovation.

Introducing a tasting test for general use – Part 5

The fifth part of this series of articles goes into more detail about the tasting test presented. A switch is made from tasting two beer samples to tasting three beer samples. The equations described have to be adapted and supplemented. These considerations are verified in a final tasting test and compared to the results from the previous tasting.

Khmer Brewery takes off

Founded in 2011, Khmer Brewery Ltd. in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh is the brewery from Cambodia for Cambodia. A subsidiary of the Chip Mong Group, it’s firmly in Cambodian hands. Peter Leang, senior executive vice-president of Khmer Brewery, sees his company “clearly as the brewery for our country and its people”. This is also evident from the corporate philosophy: For example, the Beer Cambodia brand gives the people of Cambodia the taste they want from their beer, and the team of employees is 99.99 percent Cambodian. All the campaigns are fully suited to the country and its people. The young brewery invested in no fewer than three KHS turnkey lines: a canning line, a glass line, and a keg system.

Petainer, after its recent successful Husky installation is to invest further millions into new injection moulding plant and machinery to boost its production capacities within the Group’s Lidköping site.

The installed Husky HPP-equipment is also supposed to contribute to a more ecological production.

With the help of the newly developed Airback Plus technology by KHS Corpoplast, up to 40 percent of the compressed air used in the stretch blow molding process can now be directly ‘recycled’ in the blowing wheel.

UnBARRELably simple container logistics

Because simple should be precisely that, there is a foolproof system to aid breweries and filling plants in identifying their kegs. With various types of transponders, custom mounting systems and easy to use data collection software, RFID can be rapidly implemented and is designed for long-term usage, resulting in substantial savings.

High-quality, hygenically designed: The new Innofill Glass Micro

A high-quality bottling machine which is hygienically designed, easy to operate and service, extremely flexible, compact, and robust with a long service life: this is just what small and medium-sized breweries and soft drinks manufacturers want when they invest in new filling technology. And this is exactly what KHS can offer them with the Innofill Glass Micro. Plants that invest in this innovation profit from KHS’ extensive knowledge of high-performance filling technology, among other things, and in conjunction with this from tried-and-tested, low-oxygen filling techniques and proven components which are now being used in fillers in the low to medium capacity range.

MyFeelBack has signed a global distribution agreement with the Ceisa Packaging Group, a European manufacturer of plastic packaging. Client companies will now have access to connected and interactive packaging.