Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), a leading supplier of consumer goods packaging products, announced today, as part of its previously reported acquisition of Amcor Limited's White Cap closures business in Europe, Asia and South America, the completion of the delayed closing in ...

Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) today announced it has completed the sale of its European PET and PTA assets to Indorama. Included in the sale are Eastman’s PET facility and related businesses in the United Kingdom and its PET and PTA facilities and related businesses in the ...

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today it is introducing Specialty Engineered Materials as a new reportable segment. Specialty Engineered Materials includes the business of the recently ...

Now in March LA SEDA DE BARCELONA is about to finish the building of the new polygeneration plant –Artenius Prat factory in El Prat de Llobregat, which is expected to be opertional by April. With the new polygeneration plant will reduce energy costs by 30% -about 3 million euros a ...

Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) announced today it is investing in commercial scale operations that will expand production capacity for Eastman Tritan™ copolyester products at its facility in Kingsport, Tenn. The expansion project, expected to be completed by late 2009, includes ...

The Prime Minister of the Portuguese Government, José Sócrates, and the President of LA SEDA DE BARCELONA, Rafael Español, have set off today – laying of the first stone – an investment of 400 million euros aimed at building a PTA plant in Sines’ petrochemical industrial park ...

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, announces the creation of a Science and Technology Advisory Board to provide further impetus to its step change in innovation programme. The new board’s activities will be coordinated by Walter Kadl, a ...

Meticulous planning, good communication and brilliant teamwork and support are at the heart of an 11-week project, which saw Nampak Liquid move its entire PET production facility from Isando on the East Rand to Industria, west of Johannesburg's CBD.Better product quality was the ...

Petpak, a member of Nampak Rigid Plastics and a division of Nampak, Africa’s largest packaging company, has expanded its Coke Bottler network, with the recent announcement that a new in-plant has been opened at Coca-Cola Fortune (CCF) in Polokwane, Limpopo.In February last year, ...

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced two leadership appointments. The company has named Volker Neuber to its executive team as Vice President, Service and Sales, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Volker was previously responsible for growing customer relationships in Western ...