1:17 min
Management
Portola Packaging reduces energy by almost 20%; recycles 5.5 million pounds over two years
Portola Packaging, Inc.'s North American facilities reduced energy usage by almost 20% and recycled more than 5.5 million pounds of material over the past two years.
The company, known as a leading closure manufacturer, is reporting an 8% reduction in energy usage in 2011, in ...
2:40 min
Facts & Figures
La Seda de Barcelona increased its turnover by 11,7% in the first quarter of the year
During the first quarter of 2012 La Seda de Barcelona (LSB), has reached a consolidated turnover of 290 million Euros, which means an 11,7% increase with respect to the same period last year. LSB has achieved a recurring EBITDA of 6,7 million euros in the first three months of this ...
4:59 min
Facts & Figures
Krones increases sales substantially in 2011
Sales revenue up 14.1 % year-on-year Earnings before taxes up despite one-off expense Proposed dividend of 0.60 euros per share 2012 off to a good startKrones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, remained on course for success in ...
2:52 min
Management
KraussMaffei Group appoints Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz as the new “President” of the Injection Molding Machinery Segment
The KraussMaffei Group has appointed Dr. Hans Ulrich Golz as “President” of a common Group-wide Injection Molding Machinery Segment. Bernhard Merki, CEO of Netstal Maschinen AG, is leaving the company. Dr. Karlheinz Bourdon and Frank Peters, previously responsible for the Injection ...
2:58 min
Management
SCHOELLER INDUSTRIES takes over ProTec, a subsidiary of MANN+HUMMEL
OHL Engineering GmbH PET Recycling Technologies, a subsidiary of SCHOELLER, Pullach near Munich, has taken over the operative business of the MANN+HUMMEL subsidiary ProTec, with headquarters in Bensheim. With this acquisition the traditional family enterprise has consequently ...
2:20 min
Facts & Figures
Significant growth for Krones in 2011
Sales at Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology were up by 14.1 % in the 2011 business year compared to 2010, rising from 2,173.3 to 2,480.3 million euros. Krones has thus overachieved its growth target. At 2,514.0 million euros, the company’s ...
0:14 min
Management
Inventor Detlef Gneuss is looking forward to his 70th birthday
The founder of Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, Detlef Gneuss, will celebrate his 70th birthday in March 2012. His pioneering spirit and his courage to follow new, unknown paths are the main reasons for the fact that Gneuss Kunststofftechnik has developed ...
