How It's Made: Plastic Crates (PAE-520T Injection Machine)

We recently set up a line to manufacture HDPE plastic crates for a client of our in West Africa. Due to the extremely high cost of machinery from Europe and the difficult maintenance issues, many beverage packagers in the region have no choice but to outsource finished products at exorbitant prices. Our machine is not only cost effective, but easy to operate and maintain. We offer our clients these ease to manufacture their own consumables like crates, closures, handles, preforms, and other plastic products in-house. The moulds are also easily interchangeable for HDPE and PET products.

Check out the video below to see how plastic crates are made from raw material to finished product. Our PAE-520T Injection Machine features low noise, quick response, high stability, high water saving, and high power saving. For more information about how we can save you time and money on your upcoming projects, please email info@panasia-exports.com

GreenBottle UK to Launch Paper Bottle in 2012

UK based company GreenBottle is set to launch its latest invention, the PAPER BOTTLE as early as 2012. Experts say the introduction of the new PAPER BOTTLE could revolutionize the beverage packaging industry worldwide by slashing its carbon footprint. Big claims but we have set to see the packaging massed produced for industrial consumption.

Martin Myerscough’s invention could help rid the planet of an estimated 30 billion plastic bottles and billions more glass ones that are produced every year – 6.5 million of them in the UK alone.

GreenBottles use less than a third of the plastic of conventional milk bottles, with a much lower carbon footprint. The paper bottle itself is compostable, can be recycled several times and decomposes in just a matter of weeks.

The packaging is made of paper with a thin plastic lining and was the brainchild of Suffolk inventor Martin Myerscough following a chance conversation with a waste tip supervisor worried about the growing and seemingly insoluble problem of plastic bottle waste.

The company, based in Woodbridge in Suffolk, is now close to unveiling new packaging technology it has developed to create even greener and cheaper GreenBottles.

This machinery is truly innovative and totally proprietary to GreenBottle.  It will enable the paper bottle technology to be produced in industrial quantities, and cost effectively versus existing packaging.

Read the full article @Business Weekly.

Plastic additives headed for a ‘breakdown'?

Plastic additives headed for a ‘breakdown'?: “What we have here is a failure to communicate.” That famous ...

Do You Have a Google+ Business Profile

"If businesses can contain themselves for just a few more months, they’ll have much better Google+ tools than the ones that currently exist.

In fact, Google will be unveiling specially tweaked profiles with analytics and more sophisticated sharing options, all coming during (or shortly after) Q3 2011.

Businesses that don’t have the patience to wait for those features and instead jump into Google+ with a personal account will suffer a rather painful consequence; they won’t be able to migrate that personal accounts to a business profile. Google isn’t building a migration tool, and it says switching accounts manually could get messy."

Read the rest of the article here: Venture Beat

Having accoutns with both Facebook and Google with business profiles, I am excited to see what tools will be offered by both companies to improve our online marketing. So far Google has the edge with a direct tie to their own search engine. But will Facebook start to function as a search engine of its own? That would be pretty handy. Getting in early will only keep you ahead of the game, so get on board I figure. 

Will China Dominate Global Packaging by 2012

China targets world domination in global packaging

China is aiming to be the biggest packaging producer in the world by 2012, according to a recent study.

http://www.beveragedaily.com/On-your-radar/Emerging-Markets/China-targets-world-domination-in-global-packaging

MATSUI Inverter Provides Energy Savings Up To 75%

Inverter drives applied to a dehumidifying dryer and a mold chiller system have enabled energy savings of up to 75% and 57%, respectively, according to supplier Matsui MFG., Co. (Osaka, Japan).


These savings were put into perspective at the Fanuc (At the Foot of Mt. Fuji, Japan) stand at the recent IPF show in Japan, where real-time monitoring of energy consumption at its stand revealed that peripheral machinery, including mold temperature controllers, dryers and robots, consumed close to double the energy of the servomotors on its all-electric injection molding machines.

Source: Plastics Today 

Packaged Coconut Water Growing More Popular

Packaged Coconut Water is no longer just a fad and is now, competing for supermarket shelf space. Health benefits of drinking coconut water include "lowering cholesterol, preventing diabetes, and boosting your metabolism and immune system".

Source: LAX Magazine (http://s.tt/13uTe)

Check out this comparison of 5 american brands:

"This potassium-rich beverage has been consumed in parts of the world with tropical climates for ages, though usually from fresh coconuts. The ubiquitous varieties in the States comes boxed or bottled with the juice (and sometimes chunks of coconut meat), extracted from imported young coconuts. But which brand is best? We tasted 10 brands of coconut water to see which top our list flavor-wise. Nutritionist Sandra Frank then helped us figure what three brands are the best for you. Find our winners after the jump."

Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/2010/09/supermarket-standoff-coconut-w.html#ixzz1bfc9VuHj

Vita Coco appears to be the most popular brand with Madonna and Rihanna amongst thier celebrity spokes people.

Vita Coco® is the brand that started America’s craze for fresh coconut water. In the U.S.Vita Coco is sold at over 20,000 retailers including Whole Foods Market, GNC, Kroger, Publix, Ralph’s, Stop & Shop/Giant, Costco select Wal-Mart stores and many chain and independent groceries. It is also sold in most major U.S. airports and university campuses, as well as online at Amazon.com.