1:16 min Regions

The HEINZ Group keeps growing

HEINZ PLASTICS Group, producer of premium plastic packaging for cosmetics, aquires a controlling interest in Böhm.Kunststofftechnik and Böhm.Polytech. HEINZ-GLAS, a company with a long tradition since 1622. The producer of premium glass bottles for cosmetics. Since then, HEINZ-GLAS ...
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 ...
2:33 min Regions

PCI Films Consulting's authoritative BOPET report updated for 2011

Fully updated following 2010’s fluctuations and uncertainties of supply and pricing, ...
4:10 min Regions

Coca-Cola South Africa opens green Valpré Plant and launches innovative PlantBottle™ packaging

  Coca-Cola South Africa today announced the opening of its new Valpré ...
1:56 min Regions

Norner establish a company for commercialization of technology - Norner Verdandi AS

Tine Rørvik and Per Arne Sørlien   Norner AS currently delivers R & D services to a rapidly growing international client portfolio within the plastics value chain, from raw material producers to the companies who use plastics in their products. Norner will continue to ...
2:10 min Regions

Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity complete acquisition of Husky International

Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston based private equity firm, and OMERS Private Equity Inc., the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, today announced the successful closing of their previously announced acquisition of Husky International Ltd. Based in Bolton, ...
1:10 min Markets and Management, Management, Regions, …

Amcor Rigid Plastics President retires

Bill Long, President of Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced his decision to retire from Amcor. Mike Schmitt has been appointed the new President of Amcor Rigid Plastics, effective 1 July 2011.Mike Schmitt joined Amcor through the Alcan Packaging acquisition where he was President of ...
1:50 min Caps & Closures, Regions, India, …

Beer in PET introduced in the Indian beer market

BERICAP DoubleSealTM SuperShorty® Crown O2 with oxygen scavenger   Beer ...
3:00 min Regions, Beverages, Beer

Beer-in-PET market to reach 7.7 billion bottles by 2015

Global PET beer bottle consumption is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 5.3% to reach ...
4:58 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations, Management, …

OCTAL secures US$296 million for next phase of expansion

Global PET packaging leader OCTAL is on track to complete the second phase of its operational expansion this year following a new round of funding from six Middle Eastern banks.The privately owned, Oman-based manufacturer opened a 400,000 metric ton (m/t) PET resins and sheet ...