2:16 min Facts & Figures
LyondellBasell increases fixed-cost reduction target to $700 million and initiates development of plan of reorganization
LyondellBasell today announced that it has increased its fixed-cost reduction target to $700 million by year-end 2010. The new target is part of a total performance improvement plan of $1.3 billion, which also encompasses variable and energy cost reductions, as well as revenue ...
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2:19 min Regions
Ball to cease manufacturing operations at two PET bottle packaging plants
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) today announced that it will permanently cease manufacturing operations at polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic packaging plants in Baldwinsville, N.Y., and Watertown, Wis., and supply customers of those plants from larger Ball facilities.As a result, ...
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2:20 min Management
Coca-Cola is new minority investor
Innocent is pleased to announce that they have been successful in their search for a new minority investor to help fund their mission to get more natural healthy products to more people across Europe.The business is to receive £30m from The Coca-Cola Company. The money will be used ...
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4:23 min Additives
PolyOne to present expanded portfolio at Elmia Polymer 2009
ASSESSE, Belgium – April 6, 2009 – PolyOne Corporation (NYSE:POL) will be exhibiting its latest colorants, additives, engineered materials, services and solutions at the Elmia Polymer exhibition (Stand: B01:60) on May 5-8, in Jonköping, Sweden.Technology platforms and products being ...
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2:19 min PET materials
Equipolymers announces new President & CEO
Equipolymers has announced the retirement of President & CEO, Graham Fox, effective March 31, 2009. Succeeding Fox as President and CEO will be Henry Roth, currently President & CEO of MEGlobal, based in Dubai, UAE. Roth will retain his role at MEGlobal in addition to the new ...
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2:10 min PET injection moulding systems
Husky to feature products and services at NPE 2009 to help customers succeed in a challenging market
Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced that at NPE 2009 (Chicago, June 22 – 26) it will be demonstrating technologies and services that will help customers succeed in the current economy. These initiatives will be presented at Husky’s booth (16,000 sq ft) at NPE, to be ...
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1:16 min Management
New Board of Directors member for the Greiner Group
The Greiner Group Supervisory Board has appointed Dipl.-Bw. Axel Kühner as an additional member of the Board of Directors to join Dr. Axel Greiner. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany Mr. Kühner will take on the function from 01.04.2009. Dkfm. Dr. Peter Greiner, who has been an interim Board ...
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