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2014-02-12 1:13 min Management

Milacron appoints Bruce Catoen as Chief Technology Officer

Milacron LLC today announced that Bruce Catoen has been named the company’s CTO. The Milacron group of companies includes well known brands such as Mold-Masters, DME, CIMCOOL, Uniloy, Ferromatik, ServTek, and Milacron Injection molding and extrusion equipment. Working closely with ...

2014-02-11 0:50 min Management

Plastipak wins bankruptcy auction of Constar's US assets

Plastipak Packaging, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging, is pleased to announce that its bid at bankruptcy 363 auction was determined to be the highest and best value for certain U.S. assets of Constar International, the Philadelphia-based manufacturer of ...

2014-02-11 0:14 min Management

Management restructure

In order to keep up to pace with the growth of the Corvaglia Group, areas of ...

2014-02-07 0:80 min Management

Amcor not to purchase Constar

Amcor announces today that it was not successful in acquiring the North American assets of Constar International Holdings LLC (Constar). The sale of the Constar assets was through a court-supervised bankruptcy process which involved an auction for the assets.

2014-01-14 2:14 min Management

Petainer joins Carlsberg to take part in ground-breaking ‘upcycling’ initiative

Petainer, the leading supplier of PET preforms to Carlsberg’s DraughtMaster™ system, ...

2014-01-02 0:49 min Management

Weener Plastics Packaging Group acquires 100% of Weener Empire Plastics Ltd

After being a minority shareholder for 8 years, the Weener group, a German based globally active corporation, has acquired the remaining shares of the Mumbai headquartered Weener Empire Plastics Ltd for an undisclosed amount. The deal includes 7 factories across India. This is the ...

2013-12-20 0:20 min Management

Amcor enters agreement to purchase the US assets of Constar

Amcor announces today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Constar International Holdings LLC ("Constar") to acquire certain of its US business assets. The US business currently operates six plants with annualised sales of approximately US$190 million and has ...

2013-12-19 0:52 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations, Management…

Constar announces agreement to sell its US assets to Amcor Rigid Plastics USA

Constar International Holdings LLC ("Constar" or the “Company”) announces today that it has entered into a stalking horse asset purchase agreement with Amcor Rigid Plastics USA (“Amcor”) under which the Company has agreed to sell substantially all of its domestic business to Amcor. ...

2013-12-19 1:80 min Management

Husky completes acquisition of medical and closure mold maker Schöttli

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced the completion of the acquisition of the Schöttli Group of Diessenhofen, Switzerland, recognized as a global leader in medical and closure mold making. With this acquisition, Husky will gain a deeper knowledge in the select medical ...

2013-12-03 0:26 min Management

Krones upgrades its capabilities in terms of process technology

Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, has purchased100 % of the stock in HST Maschinenbau GmbH, a German company located in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania that designs and manufactures homogenisers and reciprocating pumps for the food and ...