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Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of beverage filling and packaging technology, has purchased a 100 % stake in the Gernep Group, Barbing, Germany. As an international vendor of labellers in the low and medium output ranges, Gernep offers customised solutions. Besides the beverage industry, the company’s principal markets are food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Krones is thus strengthening its activities in these market segments.
Packaging
With its new spare parts service, Sidel, one of the leading global providers of PET solutions for liquid packaging, is aiming to encourage a more proactive approach to inventory management of its high-quality original parts among its customers.
Packaging
The Circular Economy is regularly making the headlines. Designing zero-waste products with future life-cycles in mind provides a logical way to mitigate rising demand in a world of limited resources. The Carlsberg Circular Community is bringing partners together to develop innovative solutions that, it hopes, will benefit business, society, and the environment in equal measure.
Fermentation/Maturation
Containers are becoming lighter, more customized and often more delicate. At the same time, the performance of filling systems is improving, while demands to reduce costs are on the rise. The key questions within this context are as follows: How can one both monitor and optimize pressure on containers in the bottling line in order to reduce scuffing and broken bottles? How can the necessary optimization be carried out using simple and efficient methods and how can their efficacy be evaluated? This article shows to which extent this challenge can be met with the Quantifeel System© developed by Smart Skin Technologies Inc. in Canada.
Packaging
In the context of its participation in a panel on Wasteless Supply at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2015, Carlsberg announced a ground-breaking agreement to develop the world’s first fully biodegradable wood-fiber bottle for beverages.
Filling
Krones, the leading manufacturer of beverage filling and packaging technology, has acquired a 51% stake in Till GmbH, Hofheim, a German company located in the state of Hesse. Established in 2011 the technology company develops systems for direct digital decoration of containers. The remaining 49% of the shares are held by the company’s founders, who will continue to play an active role in the company. Till GmbH machines are modular in design and suited for high-speed applications in the beverage industry and other sectors.
Packaging
As part of its ongoing commitment to offering global experience backed by local sales and service support to customers, Sidel has relocated its UK office to better serve customers in the UK and Ireland. In its continued efforts to strengthen long-term business partnerships, the Europe & Central Asia team has moved to larger, refurbished offices in Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, UK, which include Sidel’s sales and customer service departments, previously located at the former site in Hatfield. The new offices cover approximately 400 square metres.
Packaging
Petainer, a UK-based container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages has developed the petainerKeg™ Linestar based on the petainerKeg™ a classic blown, one-way, recyclable PET keg, featuring a significantly redesigned outer shell which enables it to fit specifically on existing steel-keg filling lines; reduce logistics costs up to 30% and maintain taste quality equal to that of steel.
Brewhouse
Modern human-machine interfaces place efficient completion of working processes, an attractive visual design and an optimized usage experience at the forefront of human-machine interaction. KHS, one of the worldwide market leaders in the filling and packaging industry, has developed a new solution for the operation and control of production lines and machines in the drinks industry, on the basis of zenon HMI/SCADA software. It has already received many awards.
Packaging
This 8th edition of Pentawards®, the first worldwide competition devoted exclusively to Packaging Design, chaired by Gérard Caron, received over 1500 entries from 5 continents and 53 countries. Despite the global economic crisis and the widespread cost reduction that goes with it, the Pentawards show an increase of nearly 7% in enrollment over the previous year. The international jury announced its 2014 winners at the Trophy Ceremony in October in Tokyo.
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