1:11 min
Management
Husky Injection Molding Systems completes acquisition of closure mold maker KTW
Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced it has completed the acquisition of KTW of Waidhofen, Austria, recognized as a global leader in closure mold making.With the addition of KTW, Husky becomes the closure industry’s only provider of complete injection molding systems, ...
3:10 min
Management
Coca-Cola Enterprises supplier of the year award recognises APPE's sustainability contribution
Europe’s leading PET packaging and food grade rPET manufacturer APPE (the Packaging Division of La Seda de Barcelona) has been named 2010 ‘Supplier of the Year’ at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE’s) second Supplier Sustainability Summit and Awards Ceremony. The awards were presented to ...
2:58 min
Facts & Figures
Positive business performance in the first half-year 2010/2011
KraussMaffei AG is pleased with the first six months of fiscal year 2010/2011 (October 1 to September 30). Both sales and incoming orders are significantly above prior-year values. At the KraussMaffei Competence Forum 2011, the company introduces numerous new products and ...
3:50 min
Management
Constar adds three to sales team as it eyes expansion in specialty food and beverage markets
Constar, a leading producer of PET bottles, jars and preforms, has announced the hiring of three new team members: regional sales managers Mark Cooper and Mark Hubbuch along with design engineer Ryan Lee. Constar is ramping up hiring in anticipation of its emergence from Chapter 11 ...
2:44 min
Management
Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity to acquire Husky International
Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston based private equity firm, and OMERS Private Equity Inc., the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to jointly acquire Husky International Ltd. and its subsidiaries ...
5:80 min
Facts & Figures
Krones back in the fast lane for success
Despite a less-than-easy macro-economic environment, Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, finished the 2010 business year in good shape. The company benefited not only from the general recovery on many of its sales markets following the ...
2:19 min
Management
APPE scores market first with pan European BRC certification
APPE (Artenius PET Packaging Europe) is the first leading PET producer to gain the BRC/IOP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials across all of its European plants, underlining its commitment to safeguarding quality in the food industry. Developed by retailers, The BRC ...
1:37 min
Management
Graham Packaging to acquire assets of Techne - Technipack Engineering Italia, S.r.l.
Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced that its subsidiary, Graham Packaging Company Italia S.r.l., has committed to acquire the assets of Techne - Technipack Engineering Italia S.r.l. (Techne), for total consideration of euro 8.8 million.Techne manufactures ...
