Sales in Q2 down 21% in local currencies and 24% in CHF Operating income before exceptional items decreases to CHF 69 million from CHF 143 million in the second quarter 2008 but improved from CHF -13 million in the first quarter Cash flow from operations improved to CHF 184 ...

The figures at Krones, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, were hit by the cyclical downtrend in the first half of 2009. Thanks to its eminently sound financial and balance-sheet structure, however, Krones is able to cope significantly better with ...

SuperShorty CSD (Coca-Cola China) COCA-COLA China decided already in Quarter 1 ...

In its manufacture of PET beer bottles, Martens Brewery in Belgium swears by InnoPET ...

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) today refuted the premise that polylactic acid (PLA) containers can be successfully mixed in to the existing stream of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers, citing concerns over cost of separation; ...

An array of new solutions for the PET/PP blowing and for the end-of-line operations ...

LyondellBasell Industries today announced that its Supervisory Board has named Kent Potter as Chief Financial Officer, effective August 1. Potter will succeed Alan Bigman who will be offered an opportunity to continue assisting in the company's Chapter 11 restructuring ...

The packaging market is in continuous evolution and SMIPACK, one of the world's ...

PolyOne Corporation today announced that recent developments between PolyOne Distribution and several major resin suppliers are creating an expanded portfolio of solutions for its customers.Over the past few months, PolyOne Distribution announcements have included: Exclusive U.S. ...

European Bioplastics today published a position paper distancing itself from the so-called oxo-biodegradable” industry. The paper sheds some light on the technology behind the so-called oxo-biodegradable industry, its failure to live up to international established and acknowledged ...