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2012-01-31 18:25 min Facts & Figures

Silgan announces record 2011 earnings; expects further earnings growth in 2012 Plastic container business continued to experience higher costs

Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), a leading supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products, today reported full year 2011 net income of $193.2 million, or $2.75 per diluted share, as compared to full year 2010 net income of $144.6 million, or $1.89 per diluted share. ...

2012-01-30 3:38 min PET materials

Artenius Elite, new PET resin as greener option

Artenius, the PET resins division of LSB has developed a new PET packaging material that combines virgin PET resin and post-consumer recycled PET as feedstock in the resin production process. The result is Artenius Elite, a remarkably pure, energy-efficient packaging resin. The ...

2012-01-26 1:25 min Two step blow moulding systems

Krones in mediation with American finance companies

The US company of the Krones Group, Krones Inc., Franklin/Wisconsin (USA), and Krones AG, Neutraubling (Germany) have taken a first step towards resolving the legal disputes that have been ongoing since October 2008, triggered by claims for damages by several American financial ...

2012-01-26 2:40 min Caps & Closures

Closure Systems International introduces PS-Lok V 38mm hot-fill closures

Consumers, retailers, bottlers, and brand owners will all appreciate this new ...

2012-01-26 2:56 min Bottle development and design

Heritage Family Offers Sweet Pepper Glaze in Lightweight 32oz PET Container from Amcor

Heritage Family Specialty Foods Inc., a leading Southwest supplier of specialty ...

2012-01-24 0:46 min PET injection moulding systems

Husky announces sale of Injectoplast to Alpla

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell Injectoplast, the former closure injection molding operation of KTW, to Alpla Holding GmbH (A-6971 Hard, Austria) Injectoplast was a division of KTW, a closure mold maker that Husky acquired in ...

2012-01-19 4:52 min Regions

Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ) unveils $15 million investment in bottle self-manufacture on top of a multi million dollar rebuild in Christchurch

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee joined Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand (CCANZ) today in officially opening its new beverage bottle production line at the company’s manufacturing plant in Woolston.The $15 million investment in world best-practice technology enables ...

2012-01-16 2:31 min Two step blow moulding systems

Greiner Packaging optimizes the production of plastic bottles

Division Kavo of Greiner Packaging is expanding its opportunities for the production ...

2012-01-16 1:14 min Caps & Closures

BERICAP attends ProPak Vietnam 2012

BERICAP closures for the Food and Beverage Industry ProPak Vietnam is slated to ...

2012-01-16 2:37 min Regions

New World Plastics Processing Machinery study: Global Demand for Plastics Processing Machinery to Reach $28.9 Billion in 2015

Global demand for plastics processing machinery is projected to rise 6.0 percent annually through 2015 to $28.9 billion, a rebound from market declines experienced during the recession-impacted 2005-2010 period. Sales growth will be driven by an acceleration in plastic product ...