1:20 min Management
Appointment

Kilian Braunsdorf becomes CEO of PACCOR

Kilian Braunsdorf has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of PACCOR, one of the leading global players in the plastic packaging industry. He succeeds Andreas Schuette, who steps down from his role with today’s completion of the acquisition of PACCOR by the Faerch Group. ...
3:20 min Facts & Figures
Alternative PET application

Study: Making nanodiamonds out of bottle plastic

An international team headed by the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the ...
1:20 min Management
Alliance

Selenis makes a strategic alliance with Entec Ravago Group to distribute its line of products

Selenis, a subsidiary of the IMG Group, is a Portuguese company present in the polymer industry since 1959 and a pioneer in PET extrusion. The company has joined a strategic alliance with Entec Polymers (a Ravago Group company) to distribute its line of products in the ...
0:55 min Management
Acquisition

Hillenbrand completes acquisition of herbold meckesheim, expanding customer offering for complete recycling solutions

Advances Hillenbrand's long-term growth strategy into key end market of recycling Highly complementary technologies to Coperion branded products Enhances offering of complete recycling solutions and provides compelling cross-selling opportunities Expected to be accretive to Adj. ...
1:16 min Management
Expansion

Brückner Group Asia-Pacific officially opened

The new platform company in Thailand strengthens the presence of all Brückner Group ...
1:17 min Management
Appointment

Guenther Klammer new CTO of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) as of August 16, 2022

As of August 16, 2022, Dipl.-Ing Guenther Klammer is responsible for the research and technical developments of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH as the new technical manager (CTO). With this reinforcement in the management, the team of plastics recycling machine specialists ...
2:10 min Strategies & Market Analysis
Report

Avantium First Half 2022 Results: Avantium begins the construction of its FDCA flagship plant and signs additional offtake agreements

Avantium reports its 2022 half year results. Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer comments: “We have made significant positive strides across our business over the last six months. We are very pleased that we have started constructing the world’s first commercial facility for the ...
1:39 min Cosmetics & Medical
Plastic Alternative

LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses signs offtake agreement with Avantium for the use of PEF for its cosmetics packaging

Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has signed a conditional offtake agreement with world luxury goods leader LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton). With this offtake agreement, LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses has secured a ...
0:26 min Management
Sale

Amcor to sell factories in Russia

Amcor announced that it will be selling its three factories in Russia. This announcement is in line with its statement in March regarding scaling down activities and exploring strategic options for its Russia operations.
1:43 min Management
Passing

Bekum: Gottfried Mehnert passes away

Gottfried Mehnert passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 01, 2022 at the age of 87. The Bekum Group mourns the loss of its company founder and the plastics industry loses an outstanding personality who, with his inventiveness, decisively changed extrusion blow ...