2:80 min Facts & Figures, America
Recycling rates

Robust PET bottle sales outpace collection volumes in 2016

Domestic PET Purchases Consistent, Export Down, with Growth in End Market Segments The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) announced today the release of the Report on Postconsumer PET Container Recycling Activity ...
0:16 min Management
Management

Jorrit Klaus appointed as member of the supervisory board of Holland Colours NV

Holland Colours NV announces that the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders as held today, has appointed Mr. Jorrit Klaus as member of the Supervisory Board of Holland Colours NV. With 20 years of experience in the chemical sector, Mr Jorrit Klaus has a broad international and ...
2:10 min Management
Management

Arsenal Capital Partners acquires Carolina Colors and Breen Color Concentrates

Arsenal Capital Partners (“Arsenal”), a leading private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, announced today that it has acquired Carolina Color Corporation (“Carolina Color”) as well as Breen Color Concentrates, LLC (“Breen”) ...
0:28 min Management
Management

PET Technologies inaugurates its new production facilities

PET Technologies is now 18, and so the company has reached its age of majority ...
2:47 min Management, Beverages
Bottling operations

The Coca-Cola Company completes refranchising of company-owned bottling operations in the United States

Final Deals Close with Liberty <nobr>Coca-Cola</nobr> Beverages, ...
0:41 min Management, Caps & Closure Technology, Compression moulding, …
Caps & Closures

Cap and closure manufacturing expanded to COVERIS RIGID RAVENSBURG

Coveris Rigid has successfully installed two continuous compression moulding lines ...
2:58 min Beverages, Mineral water, Sustainability & Circular Economy, …
ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT OF BOTTLED WATER FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

Bottled water packaging reduced by nearly half in less than a decade, study finds

The amount of materials used to make polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, and glass bottled water containers has been reduced by 42.8 percent between 2007 and 2015, according to a new study. The Quantis Life Cycle Inventory and Environmental ...
3:34 min Beverages, Mineral water, Sustainability & Circular Economy, …

Reducing environmental impact and increasing recycling rates are key goals for the bottled water industry

Bottled water companies continue to be concerned about the environment and are working to increase consumer recycling, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) said today. “IBWA once again commends the Friends of Little Hunting Creek, Friends of Accotink Creek, and other ...
1:50 min Filling & Bottling, Milk, Filling and aseptic
Filling lines

Serac accelerates the speed of its rotary cup filling lines

The latest version of the cup filling machine Neo designed by Nova, a company of Serac Group with 80 years of experience in dosing and cup filling, is today able to fill cups up to 12 000 cph just as efficiently and reliably as any other lower output. With this increased output, ...
2:17 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones confirms group targets for 2017

Order intake increased 10.0% to €2,696.8 million in the first three quarters and revenue grew 5.4% to €2,508.9 million. Adjusted for acquisitions, the increase was 5.9% and 3.1%, respectively.The EBT increased to €168.0 million for the first three quarters and the EBT margin was ...