1:17 min Management
Ball to close Brampton, Ontario, plastic packaging plant
Ball Corporation (NYSE: BLL) announced today that it plans to close its plastic packaging manufacturing plant in Brampton, Ontario. The closed operations will be consolidated into the company's other plastic packaging manufacturing facilities in North America. The closure is expected ...
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1:15 min Management
Amcor PET Packaging clarifies position on BPA
Recently, bisphenol-A (BPA), an additive used in the production of polycarbonate bottles and containers, has come under scrutiny by consumer groups and the media.Amcor PET Packaging would like to take this opportunity to assure its customers (and their consumers) that BPA is not used ...
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2:25 min Additives
ALBIS PLASTIC now distributes MasterBatch of AMPACET in Europe
The Hamburg based distributor and compounder of engineering resins, ALBIS PLASTIC GmbH and AMPACET Europe SA, one of the worldwide leading producers of MasterBatch have closed a distribution agreement, which comes into effect on July, 1st, 2008. The comprehensive product range of ...
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2:44 min Regions
new Caps & Closures study
US demand for caps and closures will increase 4.9 percent annually to $9.6 billion in 2012, representing over 276 billion units. Gains will be bolstered by the popularity of value-added designs such as child-resistant closures (CRCs) and dispensing closures, with the latter offering ...
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2:35 min Management
Geneviève Berger to be Chief Research and Development Officer
Professor Berger, who is currently professor of medicine at Pierre and Marie Curie University and at La Pitié-Salpétrière Teaching Hospital in Paris, will report directly to group chief executive, Patrick Cescau, and will join his executive team.In her new role Professor Berger will ...
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