1:40 min Management

Bosch finalizes acquisition of Tecsor - Entry into PET blow-molding technology

Bosch Packaging Technology finalized acquisition of the assets of Tecsor Machines et ...
0:43 min Management

New Head of Greiner Tool.Tec

As of 1 September 2013, Gerhard Ohler will be assuming the role of Managing Director at Nußbach-based company Greiner Tool.Tec GmbH. The 45-year-old has most recently been the manager of Greiner Packaging International and replaces Michael Schleiss, who is set to become the next Head ...
2:20 min Facts & Figures

Amcor announces profit result for the year ended 30 June 2013

Statutory net profit after tax for the year ended 30 June 2013 was $600.6 million. Statutory net profit after tax for the year ended 30 June 2012 was $412.6 million.
0:51 min Management

Silgan announces agreement to acquire Portola Packaging, a leading manufacturer of plastic closures

Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SLGN), a leading supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Portola Packaging, Inc., a leading manufacturer of plastic closures. This ...
1:55 min Facts & Figures

Krones raises earnings target for 2013 after strong second quarter

Revenue up 6.8% year-on-year in the first six months of 2013 to €1,377.5 millionKrones improves earnings, with earnings before taxes up more sharply than revenue in the first half, 24.5%, to €79.7 millionEBT margin up from 5.0% a year earlier to 5.8%Krones now targeting an EBT margin ...
1:10 min Management

U.S. Nordson Corporation has acquired two of the five companies of the Kreyenborg Group

Kreyenborg group wants to secure long-term business prospects. The U.S. Nordson Corporation has acquired two of the five companies of the Kreyenborg Group for engineering, automation technology and software in Muenster. The managing directors Jan-Udo Kreyenborg and Theodor Bruckmann ...
2:14 min Management

Pretium Packaging announces the closing and consolidation of its facility in Pointe Claire, Quebec

Pretium Packaging, L.L.C. (the “Company”) has announced a plan to cease operations at its site in Pointe Claire, Quebec by the end of December 2013. This decision is directly tied to the Company’s decision in 2010 to de-emphasize the sale of preforms as a product category and to ...
2:59 min Management

Drinktec preview – from pellet to pallet with high-efficiency Sacmi solutions

At Drinktec 2013 in Munich, Germany, the Group will showcase a revolutionary ...
1:50 min Management

Integration WEENER & PLASTICUM

In order to support their customers internationally even better in the future and expand their own market position, the WEENER Plastic Packaging Group will restructure: The Dutch PLASTICUM Group B.V. with its 300 employees and four European production facilities will be integrated ...
0:38 min Management

DAK Americas consolidates operations with the closure of its Cape Fear site

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced today the planned closure of all operations at its Cape Fear Site, near Wilmington, NC. The site was built in the late 1960's and acquired by DAK Americas in 2001. Approximately, 350 full service employees and 250 contract workers are employed on-site ...