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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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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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PolyOne announces formation of PolyOne Polymers India Pvt. Ltd.
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that it has formed PolyOne Polymers India Pvt. Ltd. to import, manufacture and sell PolyOne products in India and neighboring markets.The Company’s new ...
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Rosti adds India to Asian site map
The new subsidiary, Rosti Technical Plastics India PVT Limited, has already signed a three-year lease on a purpose-built, 28,000 sq ft facility in the Poonamalee District of Chennai.In a similar move to the Company’s start-up in China, the decision to invest in India was prompted by ...
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Husky to open new facility in Japan
Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced additional investment in its industry-leading services and sales network with a new, expanded customer technical center that will open in Minami Machida, Japan by autumn 2008.“This new facility will allow us to better meet the ...
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PolyOne expands global reach with new Japanese corporation, PolyOne Japan Ltd.
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a premier provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, announced today that it has formed PolyOne Japan Kabushiki Kaisha (PolyOne Japan Ltd.). The new company, which has established an office in Tokyo and named Mr. Masato Sakuma ...
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new Caps & Closures study
US demand for caps and closures will increase 4.9 percent annually to $9.6 billion in 2012, representing over 276 billion units. Gains will be bolstered by the popularity of value-added designs such as child-resistant closures (CRCs) and dispensing closures, with the latter offering ...
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Industry leaders attend Husky’s Medical and Health Care Day
On May 29, 2008 Husky Injection Molding Systems hosted the second annual Medical and Health Care Day. The event was held at Husky’s Luxembourg European headquarters and was attended by medical molders, OEMs and mold makers. The day was a great success with a turnout of more than 100 ...
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PolyOne announces price increases
PolyOne Corporation (NYSE: POL), a leading global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced price increases of up to 20 percent, a result of the ongoing, unprecedented escalation of costs associated with raw materials, energy and ...
