1:17 min Management, Markets and Management

Clariant signs agreement to acquire Euromaster assets

Clariant, a global leader in specialty chemicals, has signed an agreement to acquire the assets of Euromaster, a limited liability company based in Russia specializing in the manufacture of masterbatches. The planned transaction covers Euromaster's fixed assets including land, ...
1:49 min Management

Directorate Change

Rexam PLC, the global consumer packaging company, announces that Graham Chipchase is to succeed Leslie Van de Walle on 1 January, 2010 when Leslie retires from the Group to concentrate on, and develop, his non executive interests.Graham has been Group Director Plastic Packaging since ...
2:20 min Management

BERICAP decorated with Commendation Award

In common with other industries the metal packaging industry needs to develop new ...
0:40 min Management

Sale of Rexam Petainer business completed

Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, today completed the sale of its specialist PET container business, Petainer. The business, which has been held for sale for some time, has been acquired by Next Wave and WHEB Ventures for £16m in cash. Petainer reported EBIT of £5m in the ...
1:39 min Management

PolyOne appoints new officers

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced that Joseph P. Kelley has joined PolyOne as vice president of planning and investor relations and Vincent W. Shemo has been promoted to vice president and controller. Prior to joining PolyOne, Mr. Kelley most recently served as the ...
6:70 min Management

drinktec takes over the PETpoint brand

With effect from 1 October 2009 Messe München GmbH is taking over the rights to the PETpoint brand from heidelberg business media GmbH (hbmedia), Heidelberg. Overall responsibility for drinktec and PETpoint is therefore now with Messe München. PETpoint is a presentation platform for ...
6:30 min Additives, Beverages, Milk, …

Light protection for milk in PET

Hans WerinkProject Manager PackagingUHT milk in monolayer PET bottles ...
5:23 min Facts & Figures

Krones publishes its nine-month report for 2009

Business is being hit by the worldwide financial crisis. In the year’s first nine months, sales fell by 22.8 % to 1,364.0 million euros, while pretax earnings were at minus 26.9 million euros. Krones is targeting a break-even result in the year’s final quarter. Krones AG, the world’s ...
2:25 min Management

Sidel joins NAPCOR, the American association for PET container use and recycling

Sidel is conscious of the environmental challenges faced by the beverage packaging ...
3:45 min Management

LINPAC Packaging rebrands range to simplify ordering for customers

LINPAC Packaging, the leading global food packaging company, has renamed its product range to simplify its growing catalogue of trays and films. The new product hierarchy will standardise tray and film names across Europe, and will make the naming structure more intuitive for LINPAC ...