September 2016

To increase the capacity of its Prolom mineral water production facility, the Serbian spa resort owner and bottler Planinka is again turning to Sidel, the leading provider of production equipment and services for liquids in PET, in establishing a new complete line. Maintaining the healthy properties of Prolom water was key for this customer. This is why the excellent hygienic conditions and the high accuracy offered by the Sidel Matrix™ equipment represented a central factor in the decision making process.

Innovia Films is expanding its portfolio of peelable Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films - Propafilm™ RCP is now available in 52 and 60 microns. This significantly proven, easy-to-open, food packaging film range now includes heavy duty, high barrier and snap wrap options.

• Concept impresses thanks to scalability and high dosing accuracy
• International jury rated 213 projects from nine countries
• Sigpack VPF offers unique flexibility thanks to expandable modules

Nuremberg, Germany/Beringen, Switzerland – The prototype Sigpack VPF (Vertical Platform for Flat Pouches), the first freely scalable flat pouch machine, has been honoured with the German Packaging Award 2016. The award is presented on an annual basis by the German Packaging Institute (Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut – dvi).

Videojet ink experts develop solvent ink for TIJ printers, designed to deliver high-resolution text, logos and bar codes on non-porous materials

Chicago, Illinois – 28 September, 2016 – The global flexible packaging market is rapidly growing, and its value is predicted at US$248 billion by 2020 due to rising demands in consumer convenience.i As more consumers lead increasingly busy lifestyles, demand for convenience products in the healthcare, personal care, food & beverage, and pharmaceuticals market is ever increasing.

A leading global player in the dairy industry, with operations spanning production and packaging, Saudi firm Almarai has chosen Sacmi’s roll-fed technology to meet the complex labelling requirements on its 2-litre milk and laban (a yogurt-like product popular in the Arab world) container production lines. Almarai placed the order after carrying out a detailed comparison of alternative technologies and suppliers. The outcome?

The member companies of AEROBAL, the International Organisation of Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers, could be more than happy with developments in shipments around the world. In the first half of the year, they boosted output of aluminium aerosol cans by a remarkable 4.5 per cent compared with the corresponding period a year earlier to about 2.9 billion cans. AEROBAL’s member companies account for about 70 per cent of the world’s production of aluminium aerosol cans.