Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd. is pleased to announce that upon the outcome of the auction sponsored by Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, it has executed a share purchase agreement with AB InBev to acquire AB InBev’s businesses in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania (“5 countries…

Bottle deposits have ensured consistently high recycling rates for PET bottles in Germany according to a new 2015 study on the usage and recycling rates of PET beverage bottles in Germany. PET bottles are recycled at a total of about 93.5 percent, while one-way deposit PET bottles have reached a…

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, a leading partner for the engineering, construction and service of industrial plants and systems, has signed an agreement with the Russian joint-stock company POLYESTER PLANT IVANOVO to build a new PET polymer and staple fibre production plant. The facility with an…

Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG boosts its product safety in the manufacture of PET containers with the help of a preform deduster from KHS. By cleaning its PET preforms the company cuts costs and also improves quality in the production process. Any foreign bodies are gently and reliably removed…

The global rigid film producer Klöckner Pentaplast will acquire Farmamak from Gözde Giri?im Sermayesi Yat?r?m Ortakl??? A.?. (Gözde Giri?im). Farmamak will operate as a subsidiary within the Klöckner Pentaplast Group. 
Klöckner Pentaplast, a world-leading producer of rigid films for the…

Otto Hofstetter are keen to explore new opportunities and perspectives in the global plastics market. To this end, Otto Hofstetter AG has signed a letter of intent with Korean family-owned enterprise YUDO. This agreement is intended to enable research into how and in which business areas closer…

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a world-class chemical producer, has announced the acquisition of 100% of the Purified Isopthalic Acid, Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET and Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) assets of Cepsa Química S.A., a subsidiary of Compañía Española de Petróleos…

Making sure that people are hydrated by drinking enough water daily has become a mission for one man. And with the collaborative contributions of R&D/Leverage UK, ISBM total Solution provider, and PET Power, a plastic bottle producer in the Netherlands, Fred Housheer is making his entrepreneurial…

Last year Heil- und Mineralquellen Germete GmbH, a mineral water bottling plant in Warburg, Germany, purchased the 400th InnoPET Blomax stretch blow molder. The planned commissioning date in March 2016 thus marks a further milestone for this successful series.

The line, bottling still and sparkling water with the latest generation of Sidel Matrix™ equipment, is enabling Montgomery Waters to increase capacity, flexibility and ensure high quality beverage products. The company, based in Wales, has several spring and mineral water sources dedicated to the…

Orkla Foods Danmark has signed an agreement with Kavli Holding AS to purchase O. Kavli A/S. The acquisition further reinforces Orkla Foods Danmark’s branded consumer goods portfolio.
The agreement provides for a complete takeover of O. Kavli A/S (“O. Kavli”), a significant supplier to the Danish…

By recently founding the Gabriel-Chemie Ibérica S.L. subsidiary, the Austrian family-owned company is expanding into the Spanish, Portuguese and North African markets, and is therefore pursuing its consistent growth strategy. Spain is Europe's seventh largest plastics market with an annual…