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Kofola- Hoop , a company operating in Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia, producer of non-carbonated and carbonated drinks, juices and water won the Water Innovation award for best childrens’ concept at the Global Bottled Water conference held in Wiesbaden in September with their Jupic Aqua brand of flavoured water.

The Rexam Turbo InsertÔ, designed to powerfully boost the sprayed application of emulsions, gels and lotions as high as 100-times the viscosity of water, is now available to makers of personal care products in markets such as sun care, hair care and body care.

Paperboard manufacturer Iggesund Paperboard, which is part of the Holmen forest products industry group, is investing EUR27m to improve wastewater purification at its Swedish mill Iggesunds Bruk. The purification facility will come online in the autumn of 2009. The mill manufactures Iggesund’s flagship product Invercote, which has a leading market position as a packaging material for prestige products and for use in graphics applications such as book and brochure covers and greeting cards.

An accolade for the best packaging innovation in 2008: Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, won the 2008 Water Innovation Award in Gold from the trade periodical “bottled water world” in the "Best packaging innovation" category for a 0.5-l PET bottle weighing a mere 6.6 grams. This year’s competition, organised by Zenith International Publishing, attracted 201 entries from 40 different countries.

GLS has introduced a new phthalate-free TPE material that the company claims is very suitable for flexible bottles for medical use, thanks to its water clarity and sterilization capability.

In April 2008, Isklar, a premium still Norwegian Glacial Natural Mineral Water will make waves when it breaks into the UK market. The launch is the result of a close collaboration between Isklar and Sidel, one of the world’s leading suppliers of beverage packaging equipment.

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.

Mattoni, the Italian owned, biggest bottled water company in the Czech Republic has opted for the 28mm Original bi-colour sports cap for its range of 0.75L flavoured and functional waters.

The Nałęczów Zdrój Corporation, now second in the bottled mineral water market in Poland, has relaunched Cisowianka in a handy 0.7l. format. Cisowianka, a natural mineral water, has been drawn from the same source near Spa Nałęczów since 1979.

Nestlé Waters, the world’s bottled water leader, received the 200,000th blow mold made by Sidel. This mold will be making ultralight half liter bottles produced at high speed.

Numerous breweries and mineral water bottlers are indirectly affected by higher world market prices for dairy products. Traditionally used labeling adhesives contain casein obtained from cow’s milk. The price of casein has recently risen dramatically and, in the opinion of raw materials experts, is unlikely to decrease shortly. As an alternative, Henkel supplies innovative casein-free adhesives that are significantly less expensive and perform equally.

Announced September 13 at the 2007 Global Bottled Water Congress in Mexico City, the 2007 bottledwaterworld awards honored the water market’s best innovations chosen from 169 entries from 32 countries. The prize for the year’s best packaging innovation went to Sidel for its NoBottle™.

A new joint venture company has been launched in Bulgaria to deliver better localised service and a wider range of bag-in-box packaging and filling systems in South Eastern Europe.

Sidel has developed an elegant, high-performance package that is also the lightest PET bottle yet for water (9.9 g per 500 ml bottle). This novel concept, dubbed NoBottle, is possible due to another Sidel innovation known as Flex.

Cleaning weight filling machines and treating effluents represent a non-negligable expense. Treatment expenses (water, detergents…) are added to the cost of machine down-time. These unproductive and environmentally-unfriendly procedures are issues focused on by fillers, open to any suggestions that will reduce the impact of these negative factors. One solution consists of getting rid of the product tank, thereby reducing cleaning time and costs.