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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
2:20 min Additives

PolyOne expands liquid color capabilities at Northern Ohio manufacturing site

PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL) today announced the expansion of its liquid color concentrate production capabilities at the Company’s Massillon, Ohio plant. This expansion, which includes the installation of high speed media mills and upgraded high intensity mixers, is expected to ...
2:52 min Bottle development and design

Plastic bottle revolution begins at www.no-bottle.com

  Sidel unveils the www.no-bottle.com Web site, detailing the company’s ...
4:51 min Bottle development and design

TU Munich announces test results of KeyKeg, the innovative one-way keg

  Both types of kegs were filled with ‘Helles’ and Weissbier’ in ...
4:25 min Bottle development and design

Tradewinds launches in multipacked PowerFlex™ PET container

Tradewinds boosts RTD tea sales 1,400% by converting multipack from glass to Amcor’s ...
2:16 min Additives

PLASTIC CHROME MIMICS ALL THE SIZZLE, POP AND SHINE OF METAL—WITH NO CHEMICAL DIPS.

Innovative masterbatch offers an environmentally friendly, lighter weight, lower ...
1:50 min Caps & Closures

BioGaia in stategic alliance with Bericap

BioGaia AB has concluded a global collaborative agreement with Bericap Sarl, the French subsidiary to the German Bericap Group, which is one of the world´s largest manufacturers of caps and other package closures, with 20 factories in 18 countries that produce approx. 50 billion ...
2:30 min PET processing

Germany: Uhde Inventa-Fischer technology for BASF SE

BASF SE  has awarded a contract to engineer and supply its proprietary 2 R process for the BASF Ecoflex® project to Uhde Inventa-Fischer. The plant will be built in Ludwigshafen (Germany) and will have an annual capacity of 60,000 tons of Ecoflex® polymer. It is scheduled to start ...