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2008-05-25 3:20 min Caps & Closures

Brands, the most valuable asset companies own, need protection

Brands have been built up through investment in research, design and quality, ...

2008-05-25 3:50 min Caps & Closures

BERICAP’s HexaLite® leads the light weight development for plastic closures

Less than 10 years after having introduced on the market the first plastic closures ...

2008-05-25 4:52 min Caps & Closures

New GALILEO® I 38 mm lightweight hinged closures for milk, milk drinks and still beverages

GALILEO® is the registered name for a new range of closures from BERICAP that ...

2008-05-22 2:50 min Bottle development and design

Ball Corporation launches 750 ml PET wine bottles with PLASMAX barrier

PLASMAX, located in Hamburg, Germany, is enjoying great success in North America ...

2008-05-21 2:20 min Additives

PolyOne introduces PlanetPak packaging system for environment-friendly, efficient transport and storage of color and additive materials

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) has introduced the PlanetPakTM Packaging System for environment-friendly packaging of color and additive concentrates. The PlanetPak solution for transport and storage of materials offers sustainability and economic benefits over traditional ...

2008-05-20 3:32 min Facts & Figures

Erema in the fiscal year 2007/2008

Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, ended its 2007/2008 fiscal year on 31 March this year, once again with record turnover figures. The figure for consolidated turnover achieved by the Erema Group, comprising Erema Engineering Recycling Maschinen und ...

2008-05-20 3:41 min Regions

Borealis introduces innovative solutions for bottles, caps and closures and film applications at Plastpol

A new high-clarity polypropylene suitable for a wide range of extrusion blow ...

2008-05-20 2:30 min Labels and sleeves

Berkshire Labels has become the first company to offer a fully biodegradable and compostable self adhesive label

EN13432 ACCREDITATIONBerkshire Labels has become the first company to offer a fully biodegradable and compostable self adhesive label range that conforms to EN13432 in its own right.The exclusive BioTAK� range includes a fully biodegradable and compostable adhesive, a world ...

2008-05-19 2:14 min Management

SABIC Innovative Plastics names Charlie Crew President and CEO

SABIC Innovative Plastics today announced that Charlie Crew has been promoted to president and CEO of the company, effective immediately. Crew will lead the multi-billion-dollar engineering thermoplastics business with operations in more than 25 countries and over 10,500 ...

2008-05-16 3:35 min Regions

Borealis breaks ground for expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Austria

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, celebrates the groundbreaking for the expansion of its Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. With an investment of EUR 30 million, Linz is becoming the international hub of Borealis' research ...