date:Oct 08, 2012
ct preforms and bottles and remove defects and blemishes. This is an important service for self-manufacturers with limited resources, he says.
Another trend is some manufactures seeking to replace polyethylene terephthalate food and beverage containers for reasons of both sustainability and processing economics. According to Scott Steele, president of Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI), Holland, Ohio, interest in developing bio-derived PET has never been greater.
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