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SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel will use its presence at PPMA Total 2025 in Birmingham to reinforce a core message for the packaging industry: line performance is best achieved when every system works in harmony. With food, home and personal care (FHPC) manufacturers under pressure to improve efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and manage complex multi-format operations, the company positions itself as both a technology provider and strategic partner.

Precision Integration at the Forefront
At NEC Birmingham (Stand E52, September 23–25), Sidel will highlight its ability to act as a conductor rather than a component supplier. By synchronizing modular line designs, high-precision standalone machines, and digital intelligence tools, the company offers complete packaging harmony across applications such as jars, tins, pots, flexible packaging, glass and PET bottles, and beverage cans.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel is preparing to showcase a suite of breakthrough packaging technologies at drinktec 2025 in Munich, including the world’s first laser technology for PET bottle blowing. The company positions this innovation as a pivotal shift in packaging performance, sustainability, and operational efficiency for the food, beverage, and personal care industries.

Laser Blowing Sets a New Benchmark in Efficiency

The highlight of Sidel’s presentation will be its newly developed laser technology for blowing, which promises to redefine the economics and environmental footprint of PET bottle production. By reducing material use while enhancing structural integrity, the system addresses both performance and sustainability imperatives. This approach aligns with industry demand for greater line efficiency, simplified workflows, and compliance with evolving European packaging regulations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – September 1, 2025 – Sidel is preparing to present its latest packaging and palletising technologies at FachPack 2025, highlighting how its end-of-line innovations are engineered to improve production efficiency, reduce operational costs, and deliver measurable ROI for food, home, and personal care manufacturers.

Next-Level Packaging Innovation on Display
At this year’s FachPack, held September 23–25 in Nürnberg, Sidel will demonstrate how its modular and fully integrated systems are designed to keep pace with rapidly changing consumer markets. From compact robotic units to turnkey production lines, the company’s solutions address critical challenges such as downtime reduction, workforce safety, and throughput optimization.

Technical Advances Designed for High-Volume Operations
Key highlights at Sidel’s booth will include:

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – KHS GmbH, a global supplier of filling and packaging systems, has secured the prestigious EcoVadis Platinum Medal for the first time in its history, underscoring its commitment to sustainability and ESG leadership. With a score of 86 out of 100, the Dortmund-based company now ranks among the top 1% of more than 150,000 enterprises evaluated worldwide, signaling a decisive advancement from last year’s gold rating.

Platinum Recognition Marks New Milestone in ESG Performance
The EcoVadis assessment evaluates up to 21 sustainability criteria spanning environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. For KHS, improvements in ethics, human rights, and procurement practices proved pivotal in moving from gold to platinum. The company’s enhanced certification management and expanded reporting frameworks helped drive its performance.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – KHS GmbH has reached a new milestone in its sustainability journey, earning a platinum medal from EcoVadis for the first time in its history. The recognition places the Dortmund-based engineering group among the top 1% of more than 150,000 companies assessed globally, underscoring its strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and strategic alignment with global reporting standards.

Elevating ESG Standards Beyond Industry Norms
KHS advanced from last year’s gold level by improving its score from 75 to 86 out of 100, with notable progress in labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. The rating framework assessed up to 21 criteria across ESG categories, reflecting how packaging and beverage equipment manufacturers are increasingly benchmarked against transparent, comparable metrics.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – KHS GmbH, a global systems provider in the beverage and liquid food packaging sector, has achieved the EcoVadis Platinum Medal, positioning itself in the top 1% of over 150,000 companies evaluated worldwide. With an improved score of 86 out of 100 points, the recognition underscores the company’s advances in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and provides customers with an independently validated benchmark of its sustainability commitment.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – Turkish conglomerate Gürok Group, best known as one of the world’s largest producers of glassware and bottles, has entered the competitive mineral water market with its new brand AVOYA. Backed by KHS’ advanced German filling and packaging systems, the company is positioning itself to capture rising consumer demand for healthy, premium beverages in Turkey.

Strategic Expansion into Beverages
Gürok’s entry into the beverage sector marks a calculated diversification strategy for the group. With strong roots in glass manufacturing, branching into bottled water was a natural extension. Following extensive consumer research, Gürok established its subsidiary AVOYA, launching its first bottles in March 2024. The company focused on consumer-driven insights, with taste, trust, and quality emerging as top purchasing factors in the Turkish market.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – Royal Philips has unveiled Transcend Plus, the next-generation upgrade to its EPIQ CVx and Affiniti CVx cardiovascular ultrasound platforms, featuring FDA-cleared artificial intelligence (AI) tools and imaging enhancements that promise to accelerate cardiac workflows and boost diagnostic precision across care settings.

Breakthrough Imaging Enhancements Backed by FDA Clearance

The Transcend Plus upgrade introduces sharper 2D and 3D image quality, now cleared under multiple new FDA 510(k) designations. By improving contrast, resolution, and diagnostic visibility, the system enables clinicians to identify cardiac abnormalities more reliably—even in patients with complex anatomies or technically challenging cases. A new 2D Auto EF Advanced feature expands AI capabilities for contrast imaging, essential in left ventricular function assessments.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – Royal Philips and Indonesia’s Ministry of Health have signed multiyear agreements to deploy the Azurion image-guided therapy platform across all 38 provinces of the country, bringing minimally invasive cardiac, stroke, and cancer care to millions of patients. The rollout, part of the Strengthening Indonesia’s Healthcare Referral Network (SIHREN) project, is one of the most ambitious national health infrastructure initiatives in Southeast Asia.

Transforming Care with Image-Guided Therapy

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – Royal Philips reported strong second-quarter results, marked by accelerating order intake, margin expansion, and a series of AI-powered product launches that reinforce its position in diagnostic imaging, interventional care, and patient monitoring. The company increased its full-year outlook for adjusted EBITA margin and free cash flow, citing disciplined productivity programs and strong demand for advanced technologies.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – Royal Philips has released its Future Health Index 2025: Cardiology Snapshot, underscoring both the promise and the pitfalls of artificial intelligence (AI) in the fight against cardiovascular disease. The survey reveals that while healthcare providers see AI as a way to reclaim valuable time and improve patient outcomes, a trust gap remains among patients, raising critical adoption challenges for hospitals and health systems.

Mounting Delays Add Pressure on Cardiology Services

Cardiovascular disease affects more than 640 million people worldwide, and cardiology services are struggling to keep pace with demand. According to the new data, nine in ten cardiac patients globally experience delays in seeing a specialist, with an average wait of nearly 12 weeks. One in three reported worsening conditions during this period, often requiring hospitalization.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – In one week, the Association for Vertical Farming e.V. (AVF) gathers global decision-makers at the H4 Hotel München Messe for a two-day forum focused on controlled environment agriculture (CEA), vertical farming, and resilient food systems. Backed by Messe Dortmund and VertiFarm—with support from the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry, and Tourism—the 9th AVF Summit (September 3–4) aligns technical innovation with policy signals and investment pathways to help operators move from pilots to profitable, climate-ready scale.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF), in collaboration with Messe Dortmund, is set to host the ninth AVF Summit – powered by VertiFarm, from September 3–4, 2025 at the H4 Hotel München Messe. Framed under the theme “Global Food Challenges: Vertical Farming as a Catalyst for Innovation & Climate Action,” the summit positions itself as a premier platform for international decision-makers, researchers, and industry innovators shaping the next generation of food production systems.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – Telekom Deutschland’s flagship innovation forum, Digital X, is returning to Cologne on September 10, 2025, in a new format dedicated entirely to artificial intelligence. Marketed as the “Focus Edition AI” under the banner “Ready for AI,” the event will gather over 4,000 decision-makers, technology leaders, and policymakers at the Confex Center to explore how AI is shaping business value, operational efficiency, and Europe’s digital competitiveness.

AI Positioned as a Growth Driver for Enterprises

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 27, 2025 – The 39th International Trade Fair for Retail Promotions and Imports (IAW) is set to return to Cologne from September 2–4, 2025, bringing together 280 exhibitors from over 30 countries and thousands of professional buyers. Positioned as Europe’s leading ordering platform for retail promotions, the event continues to blend product diversity, competitive sourcing, and forward-looking e-commerce strategies under one roof.

A Marketplace for Retail Innovation

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 26, 2025 – Dentsply Sirona has announced a landmark donation to Atlanta’s Ben Massell Dental Clinic, equipping the historic nonprofit with state-of-the-art digital dentistry technologies. The initiative marks one of the most significant technology upgrades in the clinic’s century-long history, designed to expand access to care for underserved patients while streamlining clinical workflows.

Transforming Care with Digital Dentistry

The donation includes an integrated digital suite featuring two Primescan AC intraoral scanners, a CEREC Primemill milling machine, a CEREC SpeedFire sintering furnace, and a Primeprint 3D printer. Together, these tools will enable the clinic to offer same-day crowns, bridges, and faster denture turnaround times—reducing processes that once took months to a matter of days.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 26, 2025 – Dentsply Sirona has broadened its chairside implant portfolio with the launch of the CEREC Tessera® Abutment Block and complementary Calibra® Abutment Resin Cement. The new solution enables clinicians to fabricate hybrid abutments and fully contoured abutment crowns directly in-office, accelerating implant workflows while maintaining high esthetic and mechanical performance.

Advancing Chairside CAD/CAM Implantology

The CEREC Tessera® Abutment Block extends the company’s Advanced Lithium Disilicate (ALD) platform, already known for its strength and esthetics in CAD/CAM restorations. Designed with a pre-drilled screw access channel and anti-rotation feature, the new block supports both hybrid abutments bonded to TiBases and screw-retained hybrid abutment crowns.

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SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 26, 2025 – Dentsply Sirona, the world’s largest manufacturer of professional dental products and technologies, has released its 2024 Sustainability Report, highlighting significant achievements across environmental, social, and governance pillars. The company surpassed several of its 2025 targets ahead of schedule and introduced a new long-term commitment: achieving 100% recyclable packaging by 2030.

Advancing Sustainability Through the BEYOND Strategy

Since 2021, Dentsply Sirona has driven its ESG roadmap under the strategy “BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter World.” The 2024 report shows meaningful gains across its three pillars — Healthy Planet, Healthy Smiles, and Healthy Business — with tangible results for the dental industry and global stakeholders.

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SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 26, 2025 – Dentsply Sirona has reinforced its commitment to widening access to oral healthcare through its fourth annual Miles for Smiles charity walk, raising £18,000 to support underserved communities across the UK and Ireland. The initiative, part of the company’s broader BEYOND: Taking Action for a Brighter World sustainability program, reflects the dental technology leader’s continued alignment of corporate responsibility with community health needs.

Walking for Change in Oral Health

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – August 26, 2025 – Dentsply Sirona is intensifying its commitment to digital orthodontics with the launch of a global educational webinar series built around its SureSmile platform. The initiative aims to help orthodontists and dental teams integrate advanced digital workflows into everyday practice, driving improvements in treatment planning, patient outcomes, and practice efficiency.

Advancing Clinical Education in Digital Orthodontics

The SureSmile Global Specialist Educational Webinars are structured to address the rapid adoption of digital technologies across orthodontics. Each session focuses on a core element of digital treatment planning, offering step-by-step insights from leading practitioners.