Challenge overcome in tray and film recycling

Trays and films have long been regarded as a tough challenge in plastics recycling. Now, with innovations to the washing process, Krones Recycling is presenting a fit-for-purpose solution.

Two new approaches to container decoration

DecoBeam and INKpression: How glass and PET containers can be decorated in a contemporary way – without traditional labels.

The future of the beverage industry has a name: Ingeniq

Ingeniq is a data-based, fully automated line system for filling still water into PET containers – and it’s the line of the future.

Compact configuration of the field-proven MetaPure washing module

The new MetaPure Compact version of Krones Recycling GmbH’s field-proven washing module meets many customer needs at once and strikes a chord in the recycling market.

Indonesian recycler is tackling the country’s garbage problem

Amandina Bumi Nusantara operates Indonesia’s first recycling factory for food-grade rPET – and they’ve chosen Krones recycling technology for the job.

It’s a match: First PET bottle recycling plant in Belgium

Belgium’s first integrated plant for recycling PET bottles features technology from Krones.

Flawless injection-moulding technology

High-performing Prefero is perfecting the production of preforms and closures

Plastics recycling – Latest news from the (Krones) world

Increasing awareness, growing demand, and ever more regulations: A lot is happening in plastics recycling – including at Krones.

Plastics and climate protection

News from research: In life cycle assessments, plastic products often perform better than their supposedly more environmentally friendly alternatives.

Shepley Spring gearing up for a substantial performance upgrade

The British water bottler has once again opted for a line featuring block technology. Their second ErgoBloc L also boasts an hourly output of 60,000 PET containers.

Krones closes the plastics loop

Through the acquisition of the injection moulding technology company Netstal, the Krones Group now offers a solution for every process step of the plastics loop."

High-quality wines in PET bottles – a sustainable solution

A distinctively eye-catching design and an unusual container type – Wine in PET bottles offers a sustainable alternative to the traditional glass bottle.

Recycling in the US: Republic Services relies on MetaPure

Republic Services is banking on technology from Krones for the United States’ first vertically integrated plastics recycling facility for PET and PO.

Krones comes up trumps for the German Packaging Prize 2023

An ultra-lightweight PET bottle designed by Krones wins award in the “Sustainability” category.

Blow molder for and from recycled material

It’s a perfect match: the latest Contiform can process recycled plastics and contains recycled plastic itself.

Consistently high speed achieved with recyclable sleeves

Krones and CCL offer beverage companies the perfect tools for producing sleeve-labelled containers at a consistently high speed: the Sleevematic TS machine and the EcoFloat sleeve.

Laws for the circular economy

Join us on an exploratory journey into the world of the circular economy!

PureCycle and Krones – Closing the Loop on Polypropylene

Aided by two Krones technologies, PureCycle aims to increase production of ‘ultra-pure’ resin from polypropylene waste.

All in for the circular economy

More than “just” plastics recycling: As a member of the European Circular Economy Stakeholder Platform, Krones is pursuing eight specific targets aimed at an all-encompassing closed-loop economy.

Recycling multilayer PET packaging: REPETCO chooses Krones MetaPure

In Spain, a first-of-its-kind recycling plant is being built specifically for post-consumer PET/ PE multilayer packaging. It will be operated by REPETCO, and the MetaPure washing technology will come from Krones.

Smart process control system for the stretch blow molder

Contiloop AI detects even the slightest variations in material distribution in the production of PET containers and automatically adjusts key stretch-blow-molding parameters in real time.

Welcome to the Recycling Technology Center!

Whether PET, film or polystyrene, the newly opened Recycling Technology Center conducts material tests for customers from all over the world.

Kanpai! Drinks from Japan are global trendsetters

Flavoured alcoholic mixed drinks, highly carbonated soft drinks and beverages with health benefits are booming in Japan – Will they soon also be bestsellers in other countries?

Evaporated milk in PET – aseptically filled

FrieslandCampina has once again chosen Krones dry-aseptic technology and fills its evaporated milk on a Contipure AseptBloc.

On the use of rPET in the beverage industry

How recycled PET can be used for beverage packaging – and why it pays off.

PET, polyolefin, and polystyrene on a single line

Krones’ most versatile recycling line yet has gone into operation at a German recycler’s plant.

New in the Contiform series: Stretch blow-moulder for large containers

An ecologically sensible solution for packaging drinking water and edible oil: The Contiform 3 BigBottle produces PET containers with a volume of up to eight litres.

Plastics and sustainability? Why this is possible – and how

In our fact check, we examine the pros and cons of plastics.

Innovation prize for the eco-friendly LitePac strapping solution

Thanks to LitePac, Akvavita saves 90 per cent of plastic for the packaging and 40 per cent of energy during the production process.

A closed plastics loop

From baled post-consumer plastic to new packaging – rPlanet Earth has built a vertically integrated recycling and production plant in Vernon, California, with Krones as one of its general contractors.

Sustainable solution: filling technology for 100 percent recycled PET

Ice River Springs fills its products exclusively in PET bottles made of 100 percent recycled PET – and for that they rely, without exception, on technology from Krones.

Persuasive top performer

Less than two years after the machine’s market launch, the 100th Contiform 3 Speed stretch blow-moulder was sold.