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2014-01-16 2:34 min Bottle development and design

Sidel STARLITE™ wins award

StarLite is Sidel's proprietary design for the base of PET bottles for still drinks. ...

2014-01-14 2:14 min Management

Petainer joins Carlsberg to take part in ground-breaking ‘upcycling’ initiative

Petainer, the leading supplier of PET preforms to Carlsberg’s DraughtMaster™ system, ...

2014-01-10 1:41 min PET materials

Pacific Rim Traders engages resin distributor Nexus Resin Group

Pacific Rim Traders (PRT), a privately held company established in 2006 to be the sales and service arm of Dragon Special Resin Company Ltd. (Xiamen, China) in North and South America, announced an agreement with Nexus Resin Group to be the exclusive distributor of Dragon’s PET ...

2014-01-09 0:52 min Filling and aseptic

Krones transfers its valve technology business to new subsidiary, EVOGUARD GmbH

Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, has ...

2014-01-02 0:49 min Management

Weener Plastics Packaging Group acquires 100% of Weener Empire Plastics Ltd

After being a minority shareholder for 8 years, the Weener group, a German based globally active corporation, has acquired the remaining shares of the Mumbai headquartered Weener Empire Plastics Ltd for an undisclosed amount. The deal includes 7 factories across India. This is the ...

2013-12-20 0:20 min Management

Amcor enters agreement to purchase the US assets of Constar

Amcor announces today that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Constar International Holdings LLC ("Constar") to acquire certain of its US business assets. The US business currently operates six plants with annualised sales of approximately US$190 million and has ...

2013-12-19 0:52 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations, Management…

Constar announces agreement to sell its US assets to Amcor Rigid Plastics USA

Constar International Holdings LLC ("Constar" or the “Company”) announces today that it has entered into a stalking horse asset purchase agreement with Amcor Rigid Plastics USA (“Amcor”) under which the Company has agreed to sell substantially all of its domestic business to Amcor. ...

2013-12-19 1:80 min Management

Husky completes acquisition of medical and closure mold maker Schöttli

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced the completion of the acquisition of the Schöttli Group of Diessenhofen, Switzerland, recognized as a global leader in medical and closure mold making. With this acquisition, Husky will gain a deeper knowledge in the select medical ...

2013-12-12 0:44 min Caps & Closures

BERICAP’s GALILEO II 29/44 fits on glass and PET

The closure is designed to fit on 30-29-21mm PET and glass bottle neck finishes. ...

2013-12-12 0:40 min Regions

Empresas Polar, Venezuela, doubles output

Sacmi supplies new, complete production line for Sangrìa Caroreña An all-new Made in Sacmi production line has just become operative at Empresas Polar, the long-standing Venezuelan company that has been doing business in the beverage, food and packaging industries for over 70 years. ...