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Commercially-advantageous Bioprocess for Bio-nylon: Genomatica & Aquafil Team up

06 Mar 2018
Ajit Pandey

Aquafil and Genomatica have announced a multi-year agreement to create sustainable caprolactam, a key ingredient for producing 100 percent sustainable nylon. The collaboration aims to develop a commercially-advantageous bioprocess (Genomatica’s GENO CPL™ process) to make caprolactam using plant-based renewable ingredients, rather than the crude oil-derived materials traditionally used by the nylon industry.

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EconCore presents latest developments in continuous production of high performance thermoplastic honeycombs for composites at JEC World 2018

06 Mar 2018
Bhaskar Ch

EconCore is extending the capabilities of its innovative ThermHex technology for production of high-performance lightweight thermoplastic honeycomb core materials and sandwich panels. The company, which already licenses the technology for production of polypropylene honeycombs, is now able to produce honeycombs from high performance thermoplastics (HPT). A further development enables the integrated production of Organosandwich preforms with continuous fibre-reinforced skins.

 

Craft beer, the US market keeps on growing. Sacmi to play pivotal role at Food+BevTec 2018

05 Mar 2018
Bhaskar Ch

Sacmi will be at the USA's key brewery event to showcase its latest technological developments for labelling, inspection and filling. Taking centre-stage will be the LabelCheck-360, a precise, versatile solution for total inspection of labelled bottles

 

Uflex manufactures first Glitter Printing Rotogravure Cylinder in India

05 Mar 2018
Bhaskar Ch

Noida, 05 March 2018: There has been a recent addition in the list of very many firsts that Uflex has introduced in the flexible packaging industry.

 

Uflex is the first Indian company to manufacture Glitter Printing Rotogravure Cylinder on its state-of- the-art direct laser engraving line. Pigments of glitter inks are substantially bigger in size as compared to conventional gravure inks therefore rotogravure printing on substrates using glitter inks has always been a challenge for convertors.

 

Sacmi food & beverage know-how at Djazagro 2018

05 Mar 2018
Bhaskar Ch

The Group will be showcasing its integrated beverage range, the hub of which is the new heroLINE, the first complete, integrated solution that lets manufacturers go directly from cap and preform to labelled container. The Group's Food Division will also play a prominent role, with CM-OPM and CM-FIMA presenting new tailor-made solutions for the chocolate industry

 

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PET bottle with reduced weight

03 Mar 2018
Radhika Rewri

The polyethylene terephthalate (PET) Vitaminwater bottle uses two innovations to improve performance, while weighing less than conventional hot-fill containers.  The base of the bottle features Amcor’s PowerStrap technology to strengthen its structure and increase vacuum absorption during filling. The sidewall incorporates the company’s ActiveHinge technology to further improve rigidity. Besides reducing the weight of the package, these technologies also improve labelling efficiency and stacking strength.

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Syringe Pack equipped Electronic Compliance Monitor

02 Mar 2018
Radhika Rewri

Med-ic is an electronic compliance monitor that addresses non-compliance with prescribed medication by monitoring medication taking behaviour in real time, tracking each dose removed by the patient. The entry submitted was a syringe package that not only would record the date and time a syringe was removed, but it allowed the patient or caregiver to indicate the injection location on a body part, upper arm, abdomen, buttocks or thigh. Med-ic can also monitor storage temperature to ensure product integrity.

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