1:41 min Markets and Management, Management, Two step moulds, …
Acquisition

Plastech acquires majority share in the Kautex Maschinenbau Group

Vienna-based Plastech Beteiligungs GmbH is the Kautex Maschinenbau Group’s new majority shareholder after acquiring a 74.9% stake. The Austrian company takes over from the previous investor capiton AG (Berlin), which had acquired its shares in the Kautex Holding GmbH in January 2013. ...
1:47 min Materials, Processing & Handling

Individual plastics coloring for highest standards

Masterbatches, pigment mixtures, liquid dyes and coloring pastes: for more than 65 years Finke has provided innovative coloring solutions and supported users from design stage to final product.
1:14 min Pasteurization, Filling & Bottling, Bottle development and design, …
Container development

Pretium’s new PET SureHandle™ container with integrated handle passes HPP tests

Pretium Packaging’s recently launched SureHandle™ polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container with an integrated handle has received validation that it can be used for high-pressure processing (HPP) food and beverage applications.
1:58 min Beverages, Recycling & Compounding, Applications & Operations
Sustainability

The Coca-Cola Company announces new global vision to help create a world without waste

The Coca-Cola Company announced today that it is fundamentally reshaping its ...
2:22 min Management, Markets and Management, Two step blow moulding systems

Core Molding Technologies Acquires Horizon Plastics International Inc., Expands Its Capabilities

Core Molding Technologies, Inc., a leading North American compounder of custom sheet molding compound and molder of fiberglass reinforced plastics, today announced it has acquired substantially all of the assets of Horizon Plastics International Inc. (“HPI”). Founded in 1972, HPI is ...
2:46 min Markets and Management, Strategies & Market Analysis, Materials, Processing & Handling

Indorama Ventures and Huvis to Form Joint Venture to Produce High Value-Added Products in USA

Extends complementary capabilities of Indorama Ventures and Huvis to deliver customer value proposition and accelerate profitable growth Builds position as one of leaders in Low Melting Fiber (LMF) in low tax environment in the U.S.A. Strengthens both Huvis’s and Indorama Ventures’ ...
1:40 min PET injection moulding systems, Preform moulding
Preform production

New CPP option for Netstal PET-LINE: Reliable preform production in harsh industrial environments

'CPP' sales option ensures controlled production shutdown in the case of a power ...
0:52 min Other downstream equipment
Packaging machinery

Packaging in wrap-around cases

Packaging in wrap-around cases is the ideal solution for a shock-resistant package ...
1:70 min Recycling & Compounding, Regions, Europe
Recycling rates

European Plastics Industry works towards 50% plastics waste recycling by 2040

Six European organisations from the plastics value chain have committed, in ...
1:16 min Biobased Material, Materials, Processing & Handling

PEF pilot phase set to be extended

Avantium N.V. today announces that Synvina, its joint venture with BASF, plans to extend the pilot phase in order to optimize future commercial-scale production.Synvina has now completed a broad feasibility assessment for commercial-scale production of FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) ...