0:51 min Management, Markets and Management
New Plant

Lifocolor Farben: expansion in France

Lifocolor sarl, the French subsidiary of Lifocolor Farben GmbH & Co. KG, a manufacturer of colour masterbatches, additive preparations and compounds is investing more than 5 million euros in a new plant in Izernore (Département de l'Ain).
0:44 min Management, Markets and Management
Acquisition

Resource Label Group acquires Spectrum Label

Resource Label Group, a full-service provider of pressure sensitive label, shrink sleeve and RFID/NFC technology for the packaging industry, announced that it has acquired Spectrum Label Corporation, a leading supplier of pressure sensitive labeling solutions for various segments ...
2:20 min Management, Markets and Management
Transaction

Advent International invests in India’s largest rigid plastic packaging solution provider

Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors, Kedaara Capital, one of the largest home-grown domestic private equity investors, and Manjushree Technopack today announced that Advent has invested in Manjushree Technopack Ltd., India’s ...
2:29 min Facts & Figures, Markets and Management
Facts & Figures

Krones reduces revenue and earnings forecast for 2018

At the end of the first nine months, EBT is down by 17.0% to €139.4 million due to rising costs of goods and labour and to a one-time expense in connection with setting up our production location in Hungary.Based on the results and the current forecast, Krones is reducing its full ...
0:25 min Facts & Figures, Markets and Management
Rejection

U.S. trade commission rejects anti-dumping duties on PET resin imports from five countries

The decision covers material imported from Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan.
2:45 min THREE:18, Markets and Management, …

Project Management meets Packaging - Part II: Resource Management

Using project management principles to deal with current topics in the plastic ...
15:47 min THREE:18, Markets and Management, …

25 Years of Intravis — A Success Story from 3D to 2D. Inspection, Monitoring, Control: the Evolution of Image Processing

With this comPETence interview by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Otto Appel congratulates Intravis ...
6:10 min THREE:18, Strategies & Market Analysis, …

The (Tethered) Cap in the Value Chain of Single-Use Plastics (SUP)

The world’s population is growing ever faster, which makes maintaining our supply of ...
8:31 min THREE:18, Markets and Management, …

Challenges Facing the PET Container Industry - Production is out-pacing our ability to manage the plastic waste

The plastics industry has been instrumental in reducing expenses associated with ...
8:50 min Non-Food, Sustainability & Circular Economy, …

The Definition of PCR - “Favouring inefficient production methods?“

An interview by Barbara and Otto Appel with Reinhard Schneider, CEO of Werner & ...