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Multi-Color Corporation (MCC) has announced its acquisition of Flexcoat Autoadesivos S.A., based in Louveira, Brazil. The purchase adds Flexcoat’s label and lamination operations to MCC’s existing South American portfolio. “Our two legacy companies are ready to start working together and combining strengths. We’re looking forward to building on Flexcoat’s prestigious 50-year
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Husky Technologies, a technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, is exhibiting at Gulfood Manufacturing 2022 in Dubai, UAE from November 8-11. Husky’s booth (Hall 2, Booth B 2-4) is showcasing the company’s latest technologies, solutions and services engineered to enable regional food and beverage packaging
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Sidel, the complete line solutions provider, has recently accomplished the installation of its Super Combi high-speed, flexible and digitally empowered packaging line at the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC). NBC is part of Coca-Cola Hellenic, the Coca-Cola Company’s third largest bottling partner, which sells more than 2 billion unit cases each year
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For the fifth consecutive year, Affaba & Ferrari, a TriMas Packaging brand, was honored with the coveted Gold rating for its sustainability efforts by EcoVadis, an independent provider of business sustainability ratings. The manufacturer of precision closures for the food & beverage industry and industrial product applications now ranks among the
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IPF Japan 2023, the largest plastics and rubber exhibition in Japan, will be held from Nov. 28 to Dec. 2, 2023. At IPF Japan, more than 50,000 plastics & rubber industry professionals visit from Japan and around the world, especially Asia. Japanese plastic machinery makers who are world leaders in the
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To design the recycling process as efficient and energy-saving as possible has been one of the main topics at Starlinger recycling technology for many years. The newest result in this respect regarding the technical advancement of the company’s recycling lines is impressive: The newly conceived PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system recoStar PET
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In the presence of the South African Environment Minister, the Alpla Group opened a state-of-the-art production site in Lanseria near Johannesburg. In the new headquarters for Sub-Saharan Africa, the internationally active plastic packaging specialist is merging five previous locations in South Africa under one roof. All Alpla technologies, processes and materials
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KHS has further developed its rPET containers for the home care and food sectors. In addition to bottle handles slotted into place mechanically, the Dortmund company now offers a glued-in process that gives users plenty of benefits: stretch blow moulded using the preferential heating method, the KHS PET bottle is more
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Bühler and Pellenc ST have officially joined forces to offer PET plastic recyclers a complete front and back-end solution for plastic bottle and flake sorting. It is hoped that this partnership will successfully future-proof PET recyclers’ processing activities and deliver the highest final quality. A North America agent agreement has been
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Repi, a leading manufacturer of performance additives and colours for polyurethanes and thermoplastics, announces the appointment of Mr Dimitris Dounis as new Managing Director of the US based company to further support the growth in North and South America. Mr Dounis brings over twenty years of extensive experience in the chemical
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With the global rise in electricity prices, compressed air energy costs have risen to as much as 91% of the total cost of ownership. Operators urgently need to review the efficiency of their system, according to Graham Read, Product Manager for industrial compressors in Europe at Compair. For many years, the
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