1:10 min Management

Wayne M. Hewett appointed CEO of Klöckner Pentaplast

Klöckner Pentaplast, the global leader in rigid plastic film and packaging solutions, is pleased to announce that Wayne M. Hewett has been appointed CEO of the company, effective immediately.Prior to joining Klöckner Pentaplast, Wayne was President and CEO of Arysta LifeScience, a ...
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3:10 min Regions, America, Materials, Processing & Handling…

Clariant on course of growth in North America

Clariant provided investors, analysts and journalists important details of the specific challenges and opportunities in North America as well as unique insights into the latest market and technology trends within Clariant's Business Units Catalysis and Oil & Mining Services at ...
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1:44 min Management

KHS sustainability report: employees and technological progress save on resources

KHS GmbH presents its very first sustainability report. In it the manufacturer of ...
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0:50 min Regions, America, Recycling & Compounding…

Gneuss branch in South America celebrates both anniversary

It is exactly one decade ago that Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH from Bad Oeynhausen, ...
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1:22 min Bottle development and design, Markets and Management, Blow Moulding & Coating

R&D/Leverage’s new Opti-Sim virtual prototyping tool saves time and money for PET packaging industry – and reduces waste

R&D/Leverage’s new Opti-Sim Virtual Prototyping process, which lets PET packagers ...
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1:15 min Labelling machines

Benefits of new labelling achieved in just five days for Maltese producer

A project for the General Soft Drinks Co Ltd (GSD) of Malta, the country's sole ...
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0:15 min Management

PepsiCo gives IVL certificate of recognition as strategic supply partner

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) recently welcomed a team of ...
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1:13 min Facts & Figures

Interim statement first quarter 2015-2016: Significantly higher sales for Holland Colours in first quarter 2015-2016

Holland Colours realised a 16% increase in sales in the first quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year versus the same period last year. Favourable currency effects, mainly from appreciation of the US dollar, explain about 11% of the sales increase.
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0:43 min

Watermarks, shrinkage and surface defects: the “invisible” faults on PET preforms

The advantages of “grid inspection”, the innovative patented SACMI solution that ...
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0:40 min Regions

Recent announcement of countervailing duties (CVD) on PET imports in the US and European Union (EU), a positive for PET producers in the West

On August 10, 2015, the US Department of Commerce (Department) announced its preliminary determinations in the CVD investigations on imports of PET from China, India and Oman.
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