1:50 min Markets and Management, Management
Launch

SABIC and KraussMaffei's NETSTAL brand officially open thin-wall packaging application center in Switzerland

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, is pleased to announce the launch of its collaboration with KraussMaffei HighPerformance AG at the partner’s Thin-Wall Packaging Application Center in Näfels, Switzerland, the site of KraussMaffei's Swiss subsidiary and manufacturer of ...
1:16 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
New facility

PET tray producer Clearly Clean purchases third facility

Clearly Clean Products, LLC announced the purchase of a 60,000 sq. ft. facility in Frackville, Pa. This building will act initially as a warehouse, then progress to be a distribution center and potentially another plant. It is located in the same complex as Clearly Clean's other ...
1:70 min Markets and Management, Management
Name change

New identity, same commitment: Name change of PackSys Global (India) Pvt. Ltd.

PackSys Global AG, based in Rüti, Switzerland, announced the name change of its India office. Effective 7th May 2021 PackSys Global (India) Pvt. Ltd., has become Brueckner Group India Private Limited.
0:39 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

Coveris closes next strategic deal with acquisition of Four04 packaging

Coveris Group continues its strategic expansion and acquires UK based flexible packaging manufacturing and trading business Four 04 Packaging, based in Norwich.
2:20 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

EREMA: 20 percent increase in revenue during fiscal year 2020/21

The start of the fiscal year 2020/21 was particularly challenging due to the first ...
1:17 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Webinar

SACMI technology for the profitable use of recycled-PET

To fill the wait until the next edition of the NPE fair in Orlando, USA (cancelled ...
0:59 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

Berlin Packaging continues its expansion in the United Kingdom with the acquisition of Raepak Limited

Berlin Packaging, the world’s largest hybrid packaging supplier, announced the acquisition of Raepak Limited, a leading supplier of plastic packaging for the cosmetics and personal care end-markets.
0:47 min Facts & Figures, Fiber lines
Shutdown

Closure of staple fiber operations at DAK Americas' Cooper River Site

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced its plan to close the Polyester Staple Fiber(PSF) manufacturing operations at its Cooper River Site, near Charleston, SC. The site will continue to produce PET Resins to serve the bottle and packaging markets on its newer capacity installed in 2003.
1:00 min Markets and Management, Management
Appointment

Sesotec welcomes a new Vice President of Sales for Plastics

Sesotec GmbH is a leading provider of intelligent technologies and services for foreign object detection, material sorting and analysis. The Lower Bavarian company is pleased to announce the latest addition to its management team. Since April 1, 2021, Dietmar Dieing has been leading ...
2:20 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

Krones reports good first quarter 2021

Upward trend in order intake continues. Order value increased in first three months of 2021 by 27.1% to €1,068.8 million. First quarter revenue of €874.6 million down 7.2% on prior-year figure, which was only partially affected by corona.  Despite lower revenue, Krones ...