ProMach announced acquisition of Italy-based MBF, provider of filling solutions for the wine and spirits industries

ProMach, well-known for its processing and packaging machinery, announced that it has acquired MBF, a producer of bottle-filling and closing machines for distilled spirits around the world. The addition of MBF further expands ProMach’s bottle-filling and closing capabilities and represents the company’s second acquisition in the Italian market this year. Founded

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Investindustrial VIII acquires Piovan Group

The independent investment subsidiary of Investindustrial VIII acquires Piovan Group, a global manufacturer of auxiliary machineries and solutions for processing automation. Investindustrial VIII has entered into a sale and purchase agreement that will trigger a mandatory tender offer to ultimately delist the company. After the mandatory tender offer, Investindustrial will own

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Recycled content is key to enable contact sensitive packaging

For the last six months, the GreenDot Group and Shell Chemicals Europe B.V., a subsidiary of Shell, have been exploring ways to collaborate to try to deliver additional business outcomes across circular chemicals and polymers for Europe. These discussions have now resulted in GreenDot supplying pyrolysis oil to Shell Chemicals Europe

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Sidel delivers C’estbon Beverage’s expansion into large water bottle formats

China Resources C’estbon Beverage Co. Ltd (C’estbon Beverage), China’s top two bottled water brand, has chosen Sidel’s complete line packaging solution to help deliver its expansion in big format water production. Featuring Sidel’s newest EvoBlow XL blower in a Combi configuration, the new lines can produce 12,000 4.5l or 6l bottles

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The first PEF World Congress

PEF (polyethylene furanoate) is a novel polyester, produced from 100 % plant-based raw materials. It is recyclable and is regarded as the packaging material of the future, particularly in the food and beverage sector but also for textiles and more. That is why the trade magazine Renewable Carbon Plastics (previously knowns

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Sidel launches Qual-IS: the intelligent aseptic quality supervisor

Qual-IS is the new solution by Sidel to merge all activities related to quality control – laboratory, traceability, and sampling – in a digitally, intelligent and integrated way. This approach to quality management, focusing on driving quality rather than simply monitoring it. Over 80% of grocery companies define a financial risk

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Dow advances its mechanical recycling offering by agreeing to acquire Circulus, a North American polyethylene recycler

Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Circulus, a leading recycler of plastic waste into post-consumer resin (PCR). This transaction includes two facilities, one in Ardmore, Oklahoma, and another in Arab, Alabama, with a total capacity of 50,000 metric tons per year. Dow expects the transaction to

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Starlite-R Nitro, Sidel’s latest distinctive high-resistance bottle base for still nitrogen-dosed products in 100% rPET bottles

Starlite-R Nitro has a distinctive ‘wave’ bottle base design for still beverages and edible oils in contrast with traditional petaloid shapes and is 100% compatible with recycled PET. It has also undergone testing within industrial conditions to guarantee top bottle resilience and quality. Laurent Naveau, Packaging Innovator Leader at Sidel, comments:

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Krones Recycling is spun off as an independent subsidiary company

The demand for recycled plastics is increasing rapidly worldwide: consumer awareness is growing, companies are setting themselves ever more ambitious sustainability targets and recycling requirements from international governments are also increasing. As a company with almost 30 years of experience in plastics processing and almost 25 years in the field of

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