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 ...
1:15 min Management

Alpla and SmartSeal sign agreement on active beverage closures

The two companies specialising in beverage closures have signed a long term agreement that covers manufacturing of the patented SmartSeal FLEX range of closures. The SmartSeal FLEX family of closures are unique in their functionality and design, with an automatically activated valve ...
1:55 min Management

Rexam wins “Greener Package Award”

  Rexam is being recognized for being green, winning the Greener Package ...
2:21 min Management

Export award for Pressco Technology

Pressco Technology was an honored recipient of the 2009 Governor's Excellence in Exporting Award for the state of Ohio. For more than 25 years, the Governor of the State of Ohio has presented E-Awards to companies and organizations of all sizes that demonstrate outstanding ...
2:53 min Management

Marc Haemel to lead new Rexam Healthcare packaging

Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, is consolidating the assets and the expertise of its three healthcare packaging businesses : Rexam Pharma, Primary Packaging and Prescription.* The new Rexam Healthcare will be headed up by Marc Haemel, the current head of Rexam ...
3:20 min Management

Greiner Packaging manages its business sustainably and counts on R-PET

R-PET packaging solutions from Greiner Packaging used in Great Britian.Photo: ...
2:14 min Management

ABBA Systems and Mold-Masters form strategic alliance called iPET to supply PET preform molds

  ABBA Systems and Mold-Masters announced at Drinktec 2009 that they are ...
2:15 min Management

Husky increases local support, opens new facility in Moscow

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced the opening of a new facility in Moscow, Russia, that will strengthen local support for customers in Central and Eastern Europe. This facility will provide local PET mold and hot runner refurbishing services to the region. “Investing in ...