Ecosure, an exciting new sustainable paint range from Dulux Trade, has enhanced its ‘green’ credentials by using pails from RPC Containers Oakham that incorporate 25% post consumer recycled (PCR) material within the container body.
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Plastic packaging manufacturer Greiner reported turnover of EUR25m in 2007, up almost 30% on 2006, when it registered EUR18.9m, after it became a supplier for Tnuva Romania, Cumpana, La Fantana and other companies.
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Be it hairspray bottles, paint cans or oil tanks – thanks to BASF’s new Ultraform® E3120 BM, hollow objects with demanding requirements can now be made of polyoxymethylene (POM) by means of extrusion blow molding. In comparison to containers made of polyethylene (PE), they display considerable better barrier properties against gases such as oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Ultraform E3120 BM is resistant to many types of media such as alcohol, oil and hydrocarbons, and moreover, it can be sterilized with hot steam. This product is now available in commercial quantities.
Easy to process, translucent and chemical-resistant
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Paint sundries such as thinners and solvents tend to be packaged in metal containers, ideally equipped with BERICAP closures.
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Colour matching is a shady business. The slightest difference between the colour on the label and the shade of the contents can result in unhappy customers and lost future business, which is why self-adhesive label printers take so much time and trouble to ‘get it just right.’
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Kaller Kunststoff Technik GmbH (KKT), a specialist in the production of plastic bottles
for the food, beverage, cosmetic and paint industry, has selected a biaxially oriented
polypropylene (PP) grade from Borealis to manufacture injection stretch blow
moulded (ISBM) bottles for water-based paint. The choice of this material gives KKT a
competitive edge in this specialised market traditionally dominated by extrusion blow
moulded high density polyethylene (HDPE)-based bottles. Lower production costs,
improved aesthetics and better impact resistance are among the advantages provided
by Borealis’ PP ISBM grade RF926MO.
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The Austrian Bein Pack and Print has announced that it has introduced a new flexographic printer FP1 + FP2 is designed for installation onto intermittent deepdrawing packaging machines for printing on medical paper or TYVEC®. The printing system is installed before the sealing station.
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