KHS has set an impressive new benchmark by engineering one of the world’s lightest PET bottles for still beverages to date. Under the working title of Factor 101, in close cooperation with Canadian-based injection molding technology equipment and services provider Husky Technologies, a container has been produced that uses just 5.89 grams of material to hold 591 milliliters of product. This is equivalent to the 20-ounce size common in the United States. At Drinktec 2017, KHS presented … [Read more...] about Lightweighting: Less is more
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Climate goals consistently implemented: KHS driving cut in carbon emissions
With its ambitious climate protection strategy, the KHS Group is steadily driving the reduction in its carbon emissions. One key milestone here is its recent validation by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). On this basis, the company is now implementing specific measures to cut emissions. Following confirmation by the SBTi of the climate goals it shares with parent company Salzgitter AG, the Dortmund systems supplier has set itself a number of ambitious targets. For example, it has … [Read more...] about Climate goals consistently implemented: KHS driving cut in carbon emissions
Carlsberg Bulgaria goes for cutting-edge filling technology
For the first time ever, Carlsberg Bulgaria is canning its beer itself – thanks to the use of proven technology and KHS’ comprehensive service. The making of beer has a tradition here: in 1882, brewer Franz Milde opened what’s now one of Bulgaria’s oldest breweries in the city of Shumen in the east of the country. Nationalized in 1944, Shumensko Pivo, as the company called itself, produced around 350,000 hectoliters of beer per year in the 1960s – in part with the aid of a filling system … [Read more...] about Carlsberg Bulgaria goes for cutting-edge filling technology
