Loop Industries and L'Occitane en Provence unveiled a Almond Shower Oil bottle made with 100% recycled Loop PET resin from Loop's upgraded Terrebonne, Quebec facility, as a pilot on L'Occitane production lines.
GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies introduced the Grasso L XHP high pressure screw compressor and Grasso V XHP high pressure piston compressor at Chillventa 2022 in Nuremberg.
Fenton Packaging Solutions worked with Silberline's European division to develop steel pails sourced in Europe instead of shipped from Ohio, reducing CO2e per TEU by over 73%.
Mondi launched Hug&Hold, a paper-based kraft sleeve and corrugated clip that replaces plastic shrink wrap for PET bottle bundle packs. The solution was tested with Krones and a global beverage brand.
Graphic Packaging launched its KeelClip fiber-based can multipack packaging in the United States with an AutoClip KC1600 machine installed at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages' Elmsford, New York facility. The system removes plastic rings and shrink wrap from can multipacks.
STP LLC, a resident of Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, has started producing diesel generators for the first time in Azerbaijan, initially two models of 27.5 kVA and 55 kVA, with more models planned.
Schoeller Allibert developed a Corona 20-pocket beer crate for AB InBev containing at least 20% recycled maritime plastic waste, launched in Germany. The article is dated June 27, 2022.
Amcor Rigid Packaging and Danone launched a 100% recyclable, label-less PET bottle for the Villavicencio water brand in Argentina, with a 21% lower carbon footprint than the previous bottle. The bottle is made from 100% recycled content.
Neles introduced the renewed Nelprof valve sizing and selection software as a free web-based tool. It supports selection of Neles, Jamesbury and Easyflow intelligent automated process valves.
Contract packer WePack announced the launch of a new vertical form fill seal solution made entirely from paper, reported on 10 March 2022.
CCL Label launched certified EcoFloat polyolefin shrink sleeves for PP dairy cups to boost recycling rates.
GEA Heating & Refrigeration Technologies introduced a heat pump combining its RedGenium heat pump with the new Grasso V XHP reciprocating compressor, providing temperatures up to +95 °C at high efficiency. The announcement was made on 19 October 2021.
The Paper Lid Company and Metsä Board unveiled a 100% recyclable paperboard lid for takeaway beverage cups.
Smurfit Kappa Bag-in-Box introduced Vitop Renew, a more sustainable version of its Vitop tap made from bio-based PP resins with 53% recycled and renewable content.
Heinz rolled out its Eco-Friendly Sleeve Multipack in the UK, a paperboard sleeve for canned products made with WestRock's PEFC-certified CarrierKote paperboard.
Contract packer Framptons became the first company in Europe to use SIG's combidome filling machine to produce plant-based milk cartons for start-up brand Lilk. The launch was reported on July 17, 2021.
Carbios, working with L'Oréal, Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe, produced sample food-grade PET bottles made entirely from enzymatically recycled plastic. Carbios plans a demonstration plant and a 40,000-ton facility by 2025.
Marotta Controls, a New Jersey aerospace and defense supplier, announced it has integrated additive manufacturing into its services and validated it with a patented selective laser sintering method for a manifold valve.
A 42-inch motor-operated valve manufactured in Iran by a consortium of Iranian companies was installed at pump station No. 4 of the Goreh-Jask National Crude Oil Transfer project, according to Shana citing the National Iranian Oil Company.
Scholle IPN, partnering with Georgia-Pacific's corrugated packaging solutions, released a bag-in-box pack for liquids certified by Amazon as ship in own container, in sizes from 2 to 23 litres without shrink wrap.
uNyazi Sales and Services, an official distributor, is offering the Clarkson slurry knife gate valve range to the South African mining and process market.
Georg Utz in Schüttorf started series production of the GS1 Smart-Box, a reusable polypropylene transport container; the first 100,000 units were delivered in late April 2021 to pooling partner IPP.
Golden West Packaging Group has launched a digital corrugated packaging solution using an HP PageWide C500 press at its Livermore, California site, allowing faster speed-to-market for wine and beverage customers.
Graphic Packaging International developed a paperboard multipack for Estrella Damm cans to replace plastic shrink wrap. The format will initially come in six-, 12- and 24-can packs.
DunAn Microstaq expanded its modular silicon expansion valve (MSEV) family to cover cooling capacities from under 1 to 50 tons for R-410A and low-GWP refrigerants. The family has three capacity ranges, with fast-response MEMS piloting for HVAC/R systems.
Golden West Packaging Group launched a digital corrugated packaging solution using an HP PageWide C500 press at its Livermore, California site, cutting lead times to 10 working days or fewer for wine and beverage customers.
Over the past year Danfoss expanded its Turbocor oil-free compressor portfolio with three new compressors, including the TTH/TGH range for high-lift applications, the 450-ton VTX1600 and the TGS490 optimized for low-GWP R515B.
Coca-Cola European Partners began manufacturing and distributing WestRock's CanCollar cardboard can collation ring at its Barcelona plant, first in the Balearic Islands, after a 2.6 million euro plant investment this year.
TI Fluid Systems has begun high-volume production of new R744 heat pump and thermal coolant loop assemblies for the Volkswagen ID.3 and ID.4 battery electric vehicles.
KGHM ZANAM S.A. is launching production of actuators for self-propelled mining machines at its Legnica plant, with underground tests scheduled for October 2020 and capacity for over 60% of actuators used in its mining machines.
Georgia-Pacific started manufacturing curbside recyclable paper padded mailers for e-commerce at its recently opened Arizona facility, with Amazon as the key customer.
Calgary-based Compact Compression introduced its Multiphase Transfer Pump, a product derived from its HCG Compressor designed for satellite and header sites to reduce field infrastructure and operating costs.
KHS Group and Martens Brewery in Belgium developed a film-free Nature MultiPack of six 0.5-liter recyclate PET bottles for Karlskrone beer, sold through a German discounter. The packaging removes shrink film to cut plastic waste and CO2 emissions.
Italian elevator maker Omarlift unveiled its Smart Hydraulic Pump Unit with Electronic Valve at a launch event on August 5, 2020, at its Ankara factory in Turkey.
Atlas Copco Compressors has released its CR Range, a line of single and two-stage cast-iron piston air compressors with working pressures up to 175 psig and flow capacities up to 72 cfm, for industrial, automotive and commercial use.
WANNER has added two high-pressure variants of its seal-less Hydra-Cell T200 API674 pump, the T200P (276 bar) and TP200Q (310 bar). The announcement was made on 1 May 2020.
GEA introduced new GEA Bock CO2 compressors designed for supermarkets and distribution centers, announced on February 5, 2020.
Colombier Group has announced the launch of EasyCup, a product in its sustainable packaging range.
MEYER launched MEYER Aftermarket Services (MAS), offering inspection, machining, welding, repair, remanufacture and recertification of oilfield pressure control equipment, led by Mike Colby and Shane Wood. The launch was announced on December 17, 2019.
Ball Corporation unveiled a redesign of its special effects can range and a new two-stage temperature-reactive Thermochromic Reveal technology at BrauBeviale.
Atlas Copco launched its new GV oil-sealed rotary screw vacuum pump system for rough vacuum between 0.5 and 500 mbar, with capacities of 20 to 5,000 m3/h. The launch was reported on 17 October 2019.
Xi'an Pump & Valve Plant Co. received an appraisal on 4 September 2019 in Xi'an for its independently developed titanium forced circulation pump, which experts said fills a domestic gap and reaches advanced world-level performance.
Maspex Wadowice Group has adopted SIG's combidome carton bottle to relaunch its Tymbark juice range, the first use of this carton format in Poland.
Rheinmetall unit Pierburg GmbH has developed a 2/2 coolant valve usable in both combustion-engine and battery-electric vehicles, according to a 15 July 2019 press release.
3Epack Ltd has introduced the 3EPak paper bottle concept, which uses about 5 g of plastic and is up to 75% compostable, along with a prototype production line for the packaging.
Aker Solutions is developing low-cost wet Christmas trees at its Parana plant, designed to be up to 30% more competitive, with the project developed with Shell and Petrobras and expected to be ready in two years.
Cepac developed a shelf-ready, recyclable corrugated pack replacing tray and shrinkwrap for ShinDigger Brewing's 12-pack 440ml cans, which reached shops from late spring 2019. The design removes shrink tunnel heat requirements and speeds pack assembly.
Emerson announced an expansion of its Copeland Discus III semi-hermetic compressor line with new 4DA/4DE and 6DU/6DV/6DZ models, available now for purchase and installation. The six-cylinder models increase capacity by more than 20 percent.
Saica Pack has launched a Digital Briefcase application to offer a complete end-to-end packaging solution. The report is dated 7 February 2019.
UPM Raflatac has successfully completed the first pilot of its RafMore smart label solution for e-commerce. The report is dated 6 February 2019.