1:31 min PET processing

DAK Americas completes acquisition of Wellman’s PET business.

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the PET Resins business of Wellman, Inc. (“Wellman”). The acquisition brings DAK Americas total PET resin production capacity to more than 4.3 billion pounds annually (1,945 KTons) in the Americas. The ...
3:46 min Additives

Clariant calls on Pallmann mills for masterbatch production

Clariant calls on Pallmann mills for masterbatch production.(Photo The Pallmann ...
2:56 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations, Management, …

Growth of OCTAL attracts great attention from Industry

OCTAL, biggest producer of PET sheet worldwide, has now attracted a great deal of attention with its strong growth. The entire turnover, for instance, is to be more than doubled from this year to 2012. The reason for this is the new DPETTM technology that has been developed by the ...
3:40 min Dryers and dehumidifyers

motan shows new METRO P hopper loaders

When discussing safe and economical process control in the sector powder handling – ...
1:50 min PET processing

Start up of PET MTR® plant at Alco-Naphtha JSC in Kaliningrad, Russia

In the spring of 2011 Uhde Inventa-Fischer and Alco-Naphtha JSC started up the first ...
2:46 min Bottle coating machines

Plasma-assisted barrier coating for beverage packages

Reactor for the substrate-biased interior plasma coating of plastic bottles (photo: ...
2:39 min Bottle development and design, Beverages, Beer

HEINEKEN chooses APPE beer keg in PET

The new four litre PET keg with an integral tap offers an innovative cost-effective ...
2:28 min Caps & Closures

BERICAP weight-reduced closures supply CARGILL continuing in lightweight PET

CARGILL with BERICAP CTC IP 26/13 closure   In large parts of the edible ...
3:21 min Hotfill

Sidel expands its range of hot fillers for beverages with particles

  “The consumption of beverages including pulps or particles is becoming ...
3:11 min Caps & Closures

Nestlé, Tetra Pak and Braskem launch package with a cap using renewable raw material

  Nestlé Brazil, in a partnership with Tetra Pak and Braskem, is ...