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As a result of its periodic review of the DAX, MDAX, SDAX and TecDAX indices, Deutsche Börse AG announced on 5th December 2023 that Krones AG shares are to be promoted from the SDAX to the MDAX index with effect from 18th December 2023. Three months ago Krones AG had to leave the DAX
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The Supervisory Board of Borealis has appointed Craig Arnold as the new Executive Vice President (EVP) Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology with effect from February 1, 2024. Craig Arnold (51) is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at Ferroglobe PLC in Madrid, Spain. Prior to this appointment, he had
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Husky Technologies celebrated the grand opening of a new state-of-the-art service center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, USA on November 30 with an official ribbon cutting ceremony event. This strategic investment comes as Husky celebrates its 70th year anniversary, confirming an ongoing commitment to service excellence and innovation. Tony Black, Husky’s President of
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On Thursday, 23rd of November 2023, Petcore Europe announced that Roberto Bertaggia has been appointed as Executive Director. He replaces Martin Stephan, who previously served in the role. Roberto Bertaggia has spent over 30 years of his career in managing both complex contractual sales and coordination roles. He has deep experience across
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Svensk Plaståtervinning, a Swedish a non-profit company co-owned by Swedish plastics, food and trade industry groups, inaugurated Site Zero, a sorting plant in Motala, Sweden. The plant features Tomra and Sutco equipment and aims to realise a circular economy for plastics by sorting Swedish plastic packaging waste into 12 fractions. The
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By acquiring a majority stake in the packaging company Atlantic Packaging and establishing a joint venture with the previous sole owner Diana Holding, Alpla Group is expanding its presence in North Africa. In addition to PET preforms for the beverage industry for the regional markets in the Maghreb and for Western
Read moreAxium Packaging, specialising in the production of jars, bottles and closures in PET, recycled PET & PP, PCR PP for personal care and food markets, has signed the acquisition of the Italian company Silte srl. Silte srl, family-owned SME based in Budrio next to Bologna in Italy, is specialising in the
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In 2020, Axens, Ifpen and Jeplan entered into a partnership to develop and license a recycling process, called Rewind PET, that is claimed to be able to recycle all types of waste PET, especially those difficult to recycle mechanically. With the support of the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (Ademe),
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Recycled plastic outdoor furniture from Plaswood, a product of one of Berry Global’s UK businesses, is helping bring The Wombles, some of the UK’s most cherished TV characters and champions of sustainability and a clean environment, back to life. Plaswood is collaborating with Environmental Street Furniture (ESF), global designer of furniture
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Valgroup, producer, transformer and recycler of plastic packaging, announces the acquisition of Garda Plast Group (GP Group), formed through the aggregation – led by Progressio SGR – between Garda Plast S.p.A., based in Polpenazze del Garda (BS), and IFAP S.p.A., based in Palmanova (UD). GP Group is specialised in the production
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The Danish joint venture Paboco develops and produces fibre-based packaging solutions using pulp-forming technology. The company, based in Slangerup, Denmark, was founded in 2019 by Alpla and Billerud. By taking over all of Billerud’s shares and investing in Paboco, packaging and recycling specialist Alpla, as majority shareholder, is pushing the rapid
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