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| Business function | ALBA Group | Berlin | Hong Kong SAR of China

Recycling Plant

Groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong’s first PET and HDPE recycling plant

+++ Joint venture between ALBA Group, Baguio Waste Management & Recycling Limited and Swire Coca-Cola Limited +++ Second ALBA recycling plant in Hong Kong / operation starts in second half of 2020 / annual capacity of more than 35,000 tonnes +++
| Global themes | Amcor | Melbourne | Australia

Packaging in Ecommerce

Amcor becomes founding member in ecommerce alliance in China

Amcor announces its participation, as one of the founders, in the newly established China Ecommerce & Logistics Packaging Standard Alliance. Initiated by JD.com, China’s largest online retailer and its biggest Internet company by revenue, the alliance brings together six other well-known brands -…
| Business function | ENGEL | Schwertberg | Austria

Opening

ENGEL opens second location in Mexico

Together with customers and partners, ENGEL de Mexico opened a second location in Mexico in San Pedro near Monterrey. "We are thus shortening the distance to our customers in the very important industrial region in the north of the country," emphasizes Peter Auinger, Managing Director of ENGEL in…
| Global themes | Starlinger & Co. Ges.m.b.H | Vienna | Austria

rPET Production Lines

Starlinger lines now at 3 locations of rPET giant CarbonLITE

Austrian Starlinger recycling technology will deliver PET recycling lines with a total installed capacity of 5.4 tons/hour for CarbonLITE’s new site in Pennsylvania at the end of the year. CarbonLITE is a major producer of food-grade rPET who already operates Starlinger recycling lines at its…
| Business function | corvaglia | Newnan, GA | United States

Opening

Grand opening of first CORVAGLIA plant in U.S.

Today, Switzerland-based corvaglia group announced the completion of their first manufacturing facility in the United States, Newnan, Georgia. In celebration of this milestone, a ribbon cutting ceremony is planned for April 5th. 
| Global themes | Beviale Moscow | Nuremberg | Germany

Review

Beviale Moscow 2019: Renewed growth and upbeat mood at Eastern Europe’s trade show for the entire beverage chain

For the fourth time, from 19 to 21 February 2019, Beviale Moscow offered players from the Eastern European beverage industry a central platform at Moscow’s Crocus Expo. The around 6,200 trade visitors (some 5,300 in 2018) from 47 countries were in good spirits and showed a keen interest in the 164…
| Filling technology | SMI | San Giovanni Bianco | Italy

New integrated system

SMI block system at Tsitsikamma Crystal Spring Water

Tsitsikamma Crystal Spring Water company has been investing in the latest SMI ECOBLOC® ERGON integrated system.
| Markets | Ceresana | Constance | Germany

Study

World market for plastic caps and closures

Changing consumer patterns revolutionize the packaging industry. The trend towards on-the-go products, for example, is driving demand for resealable packaging, especially in the food sector. The current, already second study on the world market for plastic caps and closures by Ceresana examines in…
| Europe | Plastics Packaging Industry Association (IK) | Bad Homburg | Germany

Markets

German plastic packaging market continues to grow

According to current trend assessments, the German Plastics Packaging Industry Association (IK) is expecting a 5.1 percent increase in sales for German plastic packaging production in the current year and a 3.9% increase in volume.
| Global themes | PETnology | Regensburg | Germany

PETnology Americas 2018, Atlanta, Georgia, 25-26 June

WHERE WILL YOU FIND PET RESIN IN THE NEXT 18 MONTHS?

We haven't encountered this big of a shortage of PET resin since 1994. PET plants in Asia, Europe and North America are running at full capacity and raising margins. Trade barriers are removing options, while demand is remaining strong. Where will you source your PET between now and 2020? In this…
| Markets | Petainer | London | United Kingdom

Markets

Super Bock chooses petainerKeg for export markets

Super Bock, the leading Portuguese beer brand from the Super Bock Group, has chosen Petainer’s one-way PET keg for key export markets.  Super Bock is the best-selling Portuguese beer in the world and will be using petainerKeg to send its beer to New York, Hong Kong, Mozambique, and Cape Verde.
| Global themes | Wood Mackenzie Chemicals

Plastic taxation

UK taxation in isolation will not increase plastics collection rates

In response to HM Treasury's call for evidence on using the tax system to address single-use plastic waste, Wood Mackenzie Chemicals said there needs to be a bigger focus on behaviour change if current UK plastics collection and recycling rates are to reach the levels seen in a number of European…

America

| Global themes | ALPLA | Hard | Austria

Management

ALPLA builds new plant in Dayton, Ohio

ALPLA, Inc., a global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for a wide range of consumer products, announced that it will build a new plant with at least 50 jobs by the time it reaches full production in April 2019. The plant, located adjacent to the Dayton International Airport in Park 70/75…
| Management | Weener Plastics | Ede | Netherlands

Acquisition

Weener Plastics to acquire Proenfar

  • Major milestone in the company's growth strategy
  • Ideal geographic fit strengthening WP's presence in Latin America
  • Complementing WP's comprehensive portfolio of innovative packaging
| Filling technology | Sidel

New Sidel Matrix™ Combi for San Miguel in the Dominican Republic

Sidel: Peruvian beverage producer achieves significant energy savings

Peruvian company Industrias San Miguel (ISM) currently has seven lines producing PET bottles, five of which are equipped with blow moulding machines supplied by Sidel. The most recent ISM installation is a Sidel Matrix™ Combi, bottling still water and flavoured water at a rate of 36,000 bottles per…
| America | Corvaglia Group | Atlanta, GA | United States

Management

corvaglia group announces U.S. expansion in Georgia

Today, Switzerland based corvaglia group announced plans to build a new manufacturing facility in Newnan, Georgia. The company provides plastic cap and closure technology solutions to the beverage industry around the world. The new U.S. production facility will compliment corvaglia’s existing…
| Management | P&G | Cincinnati | United States

No. 6 among nearly 700 companies

P&G named one of the most effectively managed companies in America

In the inaugural ranking of the Most Effectively Managed Companies released by the Drucker Institute, The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was ranked sixth among hundreds of Fortune 500, S&P 500 and other large-cap companies evaluated on overall corporate effectiveness. Other top ranked companies…

PETnology Europe 2019

14-15 October 2019

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Conference proceedings at app.petnology.com:

Presentations download, agenda, speakers and delegates list, exhibition information 

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