5:20 min PET materials
Avantium and Danone sign development partnership for Next Generation bio-based plastic: PEF
Today Avantium announced its second major partnership for its YXY technology to produce PEF bottles. Danone Research and Avantium have entered into a Joint Development Agreement for the development of PEF bottles for Danone, number two worldwide in bottled water business. The ...
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2:20 min Facts & Figures
Significant growth for Krones in 2011
Sales at Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology were up by 14.1 % in the 2011 business year compared to 2010, rising from 2,173.3 to 2,480.3 million euros. Krones has thus overachieved its growth target. At 2,514.0 million euros, the company’s ...
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4:35 min Recycling processes
SPI and NAPCOR announce PET thermoform grant award recipients
The Plastics Industry Trade Association (SPI) and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) announced today that three United States recycling operators have been selected to receive grants toward establishing model programs for collection and intermediate ...
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0:16 min Caps & Closures
Shadow Beverages selects Closure Systems International Closures for New GNC Advanced Nutrition Drinks
Closure Systems International is pleased to announce that its Extra-Lok V 38mm OD cap has been selected for use on a new line of GNC Advanced Nutrition Beverages. GNC, one of the world's largest specialty retailers of nutritional products, has been helping people "Live Well" for more ...
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0:14 min Management
Inventor Detlef Gneuss is looking forward to his 70th birthday
The founder of Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany, Detlef Gneuss, will celebrate his 70th birthday in March 2012. His pioneering spirit and his courage to follow new, unknown paths are the main reasons for the fact that Gneuss Kunststofftechnik has developed ...
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