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Avery Dennison Corporation announces the promotion of Steve Flannery to senior vice president and general manager Emena of the newly formed Materials Group. He replaces Hassan H. Rmaile, who was promoted to president, Materials Group worldwide. The Materials Group brings the company’s Label and Graphics Materials business and its Industrial and
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Carbios is preparing for the global commercialisation of its PET biorecycling technology. The successful operation of the demonstration plant in Clermont-Ferrand, France, and the advanced technical study for the first commercial plant (to be commissioned in 2025) define the technical basis and operating guidelines for plants to be operated under licensing
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When Krones.digital was created in 2022, Krones established a matrix organisational structure: team members around the world work together in community to develop solutions for digitally innovative, automated production. In the meantime, the community has grown to more than 500 employees, spread across offices in the USA, Germany, the Czech Republic
Read moreGarbo S.r.l. has signed an agreement with Saipem S.p.A. for the industrialisation, development and worldwide marketing of the “Chempet technology” for the chemical recycling of plastics. The agreement also includes the construction of the world’s first industrial plant for the chemical recycling of PET based on this technology in Cerano, Novara,
Read moreKirin Beverage Co. and Toyota Tsusho Corporation signed an ‘Agreement on Horizontal Recycling of PET Bottles’ on 24 March to accelerate bottle-to-bottle horizontal recycling of used PET bottles by collecting and recycling them into PET bottles. Horizontal recycling will start on 1 April 2023. Under the agreement, used PET bottles collected
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Aptar Closures, a global player in dispensing closures and active material science solutions announced the acquisition of majority stake in Gulf Closures, a closure manufacturer for beverage products in Bahrain. With the acquisition, Aptar Closures will leverage its global business capabilities and Gulf Closures’ manufacturing expertise, regional network, and experienced team
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Packamama and Vinventions, producer of sustainable closures for the global wine industry, have joined forces for Vinventions to sell Packamama’s eco-flat bottles in France. This exclusive sales agreement will see the extensive team of Vinventions sales professionals offering these innovative wine bottles to their winery customers and to the wider French
Read moreThe German packaging machinery industry is in good shape in the forefront of Interpack: the production value grew to 7.3 billion euros in 2022 despite the difficult general conditions characterised by ongoing supply bottlenecks and uncertainty in Europe as a result of the Ukraine war. The industry companies expect impetus from
Read moreSTF Group of Germany and Zimmer America Corp. announce the sale of an STF PET bottle washing plant in the Dominican Republic, the first of its kind in the country. The line will be installed at Cilpen Global Business s.r.l., a major waste and plastic recycler on the island. The line
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Carbios announced that it has doubled its number of issued patents since the last review published at the end of 2020. Carbios (and its subsidiary Carbiolice) currently holds 336 titles worldwide divided into 53 patent families. In 2022, several titles protecting the proprietary PET-degrading enzymes were granted in countries of interest
Read moreAlpek, S.A.B. de C.V.announced the shutdown of its PET resin operations at its Cooper River site near Charleston, South Carolina, USA for an indefinite period. The site was built in the early 1970’s, has an installed capacity of 170,000 t of PET resin, and represents approximately 2% of Alpek’s total assets.
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