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2012-06-05 0:21 min Management

Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Company, H.J. Heinz Company, NIKE, Inc. and Procter & Gamble today announced the formation of the Plant PET Technology Collaborative (PTC)

The Coca-Cola Company, Ford Motor Company, H.J. Heinz Company, NIKE, Inc. and Procter & Gamble today announced the formation of the Plant PET Technology Collaborative (PTC), a strategic working group focused on accelerating the development and use of 100% plant-based PET materials ...

2012-05-23 1:17 min Management

Portola Packaging reduces energy by almost 20%; recycles 5.5 million pounds over two years

Portola Packaging, Inc.'s North American facilities reduced energy usage by almost 20% and recycled more than 5.5 million pounds of material over the past two years. The company, known as a leading closure manufacturer, is reporting an 8% reduction in energy usage in 2011, in ...

2012-05-11 1:46 min Management

IRONBRIDGE goes plastic with new Petainer keg

Ironbridge Brewery (http://ironbridgebrewery.co.uk/blog/) in Shropshire, UK, has ...

2012-04-23 0:47 min Management

The PET Power specialists are happy to help you!

Spice up your brand Welcome to our 3-month campaign that centres on PET packaging ...

2012-04-17 2:52 min Management

KraussMaffei Group appoints Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz as the new “President” of the Injection Molding Machinery Segment

The KraussMaffei Group has appointed Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz as “President” of a common Group-wide Injection Molding Machinery Segment. Bernhard Merki, CEO of Netstal Maschinen AG, is leaving the company. Dr. Karlheinz Bourdon and Frank Peters, previously responsible for the Injection ...

2012-04-04 2:58 min Management

SCHOELLER INDUSTRIES takes over ProTec, a subsidiary of MANN+HUMMEL

OHL Engineering GmbH PET Recycling Technologies, a subsidiary of SCHOELLER, Pullach near Munich, has taken over the operative business of the MANN+HUMMEL subsidiary ProTec, with headquarters in Bensheim. With this acquisition the traditional family enterprise has consequently ...

2012-03-19 0:14 min Management

Inventor Detlef Gneuss is looking forward to his 70th birthday

The founder of Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, Detlef Gneuss, will celebrate his 70th birthday in March 2012. His pioneering spirit and his courage to follow new, unknown paths are the main reasons for the fact that Gneuss Kunststofftechnik has developed ...

2012-03-02 2:44 min Management

BASF acquires extrusion technology from B.C. Foam: PET foams for the wind energy sector

BASF expands portfolio for wind power Strengthened competence for automotive, aeronautics and shipbuilding industriesBASF has purchased the PET foam business of the Italian company B.C. Foam S.p.A., headquartered in Volpiano. The companies have agreed not to disclose the ...

2012-02-21 2:10 min Management

SMI celebrates 25 years of activity

SMI, a worldwide leader among the manufacturers of hi-tech packaging machines and ...

2012-02-06 0:39 min Management

Phillips Plastics Corporation to start the process of changing name to Phillips-Medisize Corporation

Phillips Plastics Corporation today announced that they have started the process of changing their company name to Phillips-Medisize Corporation. This name change is the result of the company’s acquisition of Medisize, Inc. last August.