1:49 min Markets and Management, Management
Enhancement

SACMI, Rigid Packaging Technologies B.U. established

All of SACMI’s closure, preform, container, computer vision system and ...
0:55 min Markets and Management, Management
Appointment

KraussMaffei: Bharat Sharma Vice President of Asia-Pacific Region

Bharat Sharma is KraussMaffei Group’s new head of the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore, from 1 January 2021. In this role, he will be responsible for both the New Machine Business and Digital & Service Solutions. Sharma will report to Nadine Despineux, Executive Vice ...
2:23 min Markets and Management, Management, PET films, trays, cups, …
Sheets & Films

Lacerta Group partners with SK Capital to drive next phase of growth

Strategic investment from SK Capital to support Lacerta’s continued leadership in providing innovative and sustainable packaging solutions to a rapidly growing market - Lacerta Group, Inc. (“Lacerta” or the “Company”), a leading designer and manufacturer of specialty thermoformed ...
0:53 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

IPEG acquires conveying system firm Phoenix Systems

Conair parent company IPEG Industrial Group has acquired Phoenix Systems Corp., a Tustin, Calif., company that produces high-volume conveying systems for plastic pellets and powders. IPEG did not share financial terms of the deal, which was finalized on Dec. 21.
0:51 min Markets and Management, Management, Regions, …
Exhibition

NPE 2021 cancelled

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) gives the following update on their decision to cancel the in-person components of NPE2021:
0:59 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

HUBER Packaging Group moves under the umbrella of the Envases Group

Envases Europe A / S, a company of the Envases Group, a leading global manufacturer of consumer goods packaging, has signed an agreement to acquire Huber Packaging Group. The acquisition, which is still pending review by the competition authorities, is expected to close in the first ...
0:47 min Markets and Management, Management
Appointment

Julia Große-Wilde becomes managing director of the GKV

Julia Große-Wilde, attorney at law, will be the new managing director of the Gesamtverband Kunststoffverarbeitende Industrie e. V. (GKV). Ms. Große-Wilde takes over the tasks of Dr. Oliver Möllenstädt, who is leaving the GKV on December 31, 2020 at his own request in order to ...
2:32 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Research

Lack of collection infrastructure blights European plastic bottle recycling

Europe is falling behind on its race to meet the European Union (EU) target of 90 per cent collection of plastic bottles by 2030 according to new research by ICIS. Results of the ICIS survey of the European RPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) industry in 2019 show that ...
0:58 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

AOC finalizes UPR acquisition in Czech Republic

AOC announces it has completed the acquisition of the Unsaturated Polyester Resin (UPR) manufacturing operations in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic). This footprint extension will allow AOC to further improve service and logistics to its customers in Central/ Eastern Europe as well as ...
1:27 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

Commission grants clearance for Pact to acquire Flight

The Commerce Commission has granted clearance to Pact Group Holdings Limited (Pact) to acquire the assets and business of Flight Plastics Limited in New Zealand and the packaging-related assets of Flight Extruded Plastics LP in Adelaide (together, Flight). Flight’s assets include a ...