Ceepackaging

The KHS Innofill DVD can filling system, tried and tested worldwide, now offers a variety of innovative advantages. A new generation of the Innofill DVD precisely geared towards today's requirements is now being introduced to the market. Even greater machine availability, optimized sanitizing processes, hygienic design as far as the eye can see, simplified changeover: these are just a few of the numerous benefits offered by the new Innofill DVD concept.

Rosewood Packaging is targeting drinks manufacturers and bottlers with its new, revolutionary bottle suspension packaging. The product, originally produced as a bespoke pack for a UK based customer, achieved a gold trophy at the prestigious Starpack Industry Awards, earlier this year.

The market introduction of BERICAP SuperShorty® is progressing. After the conversion of beer in PET from PCO 1810 to PCO 1881 in Germany, SuperShorty® has been introduced for aseptic filling in China and for carbonated drinks in Europe. With in the next months BERICAP will increase its capacity for SuperShorty® to more than 5 billon units.

A good 1,400 exhibitors of beverage raw materials, technologies, logistics and marketing ideas present their products for the around 34,000 expected visitors at BRAU Beviale 2008 in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 12-14 November. The event focuses on the whole technology spectrum with machinery and installations for production, filling and packing of beverages, operating and laboratory equipment, and energy systems. About half the exhibitors are in this segment. Beverage producers and suppliers with a special interest in this segment should possibly consider travelling to Nürnberg earlier, as the Academy and SGS Institute are organizing the English-language seminar “Filling Technology 2008” on 10-11 November immediately before BRAU Beviale. The one-and-a-half-day seminar in the CongressCenter Ost of NürnbergMesse is devoted to trends in filling technology: What must be considered when planning and taking new installations into operation? Where is optimization possible? How can the stringent hygiene regulations be fulfilled?

The European Commission has closed an infringement procedure against Germany relating to the deposit system for one-way drinks packaging, such as cans and plastic bottles. The Commission considers that the rules applied are now in line with the requirements concerning the free movement of goods and Directive 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

In 2006 HANSA-HEEMANN AG, one of Germany's leading mineral water and soft drink suppliers, purchased a new facility in Bruchsal, 20 kms North of Karlsruhe. Sidel handled the new plant’s lines design and equipment supply providing a customized, highly innovative proposal that met the customer’s high standards for quality, efficiency and flexibility.

Nutrend, the leading Czech producer of nutrition and dietary supplements for sports enthusiasts and all those who lead an active life-style, has launched two new sports drinks. The IsodrinX and Carnitin Drink range come in a handy 750ml pack capped by a 28mm Seaquist Closures Original Sport Cap with SimpliSqueeze® silicone valve.

The RPC stand at Interpack 2008 promises to be something of a talking point at the show with a design that focuses on some of the key markets served by the group – food and drink, healthcare and beauty, industrial and automotive, and home and garden. RPC says that the stand will provide the ideal environment for the Group’s latest innovations in rigid plastics packaging.