2:46 min Regions
new Plastic Containers study
US demand for plastic containers will advance 5.4 percent annually through 2012 to nearly $32 billion, creating demand for 15.7 billion pounds of resin. Gains will be bolstered by plastic’s many benefits relative to other packaging media, including light weight, shatter resistance, ...
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2:80 min Regions
European PET bottle collection increases by nearly 20%
Petcore announced today that European post-sorting PET collection reached 1.13m tonnes in 2007, an increase of about 20% on 2006.In 2007 just about 40% of all PET bottles in the market were collected for recycle.The overall share of fibres as an end use for recycled PET decreased ...
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1:35 min Regions
Rexam closes manufacturing plant in US, further aligning plastic packaging operations
Rexam, a global leader in consumer packaging, today announced the closure of the Bowling Green, Ohio, plastic packaging manufacturing plant. The closure further aligns the company's manufacturing capabilities, improves overall asset utilization and helps balance industry capacity and ...
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2:16 min Facts & Figures
Krones ups its sales by 14.3 % in the year’s first half
Krones AG, the world’s market leader for beverage filling and packaging technology, smoothly progressed its vigorous growth during the first half of 2008. Sales were up by 14.3 % on the preceding year’s figure, from 1,053.9 to 1,204.9 million euros. Order bookings rose by 12.0 % to ...
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2:10 min Management
New managing director for Watertek Turkey
Burhan Engin, an experienced marketing and sales manager, was appointed to be the new managing director of Watertek Turkey, a joint venture of Capsnap Europe Packaging Austria and Teknikplastik Turkey. By mid July the Turkish site will have received ISO 9001 and BRC/IoP ...
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3:50 min Management
PolyOne realigns manufacturing assets to enhance competitiveness and supply chain efficiency
As a next step in its strategic transformation, PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced that it is realigning certain of its manufacturing assets, primarily in North America.The decision to realign assets is a result of the Company’s ongoing focus on both the operational ...
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