0:21 min
Management
Completion of Ball Plastic Packaging Americas acquisition
Amcor announces today that it has closed the acquisition of Ball Plastic Packaging Americas (BPPA) following the termination of the Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period in the US. The BPPA assets consist of five plants located throughout the US.
1:11 min
Management
Graham Packaging announces purchase of China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd.
Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced that its subsidiary, Graham Packaging Company, L.P., has successfully acquired China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd. (China Roots) from PCCS Group Berhad, a Malaysian company. China Roots is a plastic container manufacturing company ...
7:23 min
Facts & Figures
Clariant further improves profitability based on better demand and reduced cost base
Clariant Q2, 2010 Performance Q2 sales up 20% in local currencies and 18% in CHF as global economic activity continued to rebound year on year Q2 operating income before exceptional items rose to CHF 211 million compared to CHF 69 million a year ago and CHF 183 million in the ...
2:51 min
Facts & Figures
Krones achieves turnaround with a substantial plus
With the global economy showing a definite recovery since the beginning of this year, the investment backlog in the beverage and packaging industries is now beginning to translate into actual orders. And Krones, as the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging ...
4:14 min
Management
New Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Greiner Group
The two holding companies of the Greiner Group, Greiner Holding AG and Greiner Bio-One International AG, have rearranged the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board. On the occasion of the Supervisory Board meeting that took place on 5 July 2010 it was decided that Prof. DDDr. Wolfgang ...
2:55 min
Facts & Figures
Petcore publishes PET collection figures for 2009 - European PET bottle collection increases by more than 8%
Petcore announced today that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.4 million tonnes in 2009, an increase of more than 8% on 2008. The overall collection rate in 2009 rose by nearly 2.5%, from 46% to 48.4%, of all PET bottles on the market. The 2009 share of fibres as an end ...
2:13 min
Management
Graham Packaging announces purchase of China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd.
Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced that its subsidiary, Graham Packaging Company, L.P., has successfully acquired China Roots Packaging PTE Ltd. (China Roots) from PCCS Group Berhad, a Malaysian company. China Roots is a plastic container manufacturing company ...
1:59 min
Management
Sonoco acquires Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc.
Sonoco (NYSE: SON), one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has completed the acquisition of Associated Packaging Technologies, Inc. (APT), North America's largest manufacturer and supplier of Crystallized Polyethylene Terepthalate (CPET) containers to the frozen ...
