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The PETplanet Insider team would like to thank you for the good cooperation during this year and for your ongoing confidence. Best wishes and happiness to you and your families over the festive season. We look forward to a successful 2023 together! Alexander Büchler and the PETplanet Insider Team Our PETplanet
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Maag Pump Systems AG announced that it has acquired Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH. Founded in 1984 and based in Tornesch, Germany, Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH develops and manufactures gear pumps and provides aftermarket parts and services for the chemical, plastic and polymer processing, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industries.
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Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced the start of its CEO’s succession process. Following a remarkable 46-year tenure, José de Jesús Valdez Simancas (“Pepe”) will leave Alpek on March 01, 2023, to take on a new role as Senior Advisor at Alfa. Pepe began his professional career in 1976 and rapidly ascended
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Extrupet, one of the largest and advanced recyclers of PET bottle materials on the African continent proudly announced its Sedex membership. Sedex is a globally recognised ethical trade service provider that enables companies to work together to improve their social and environmental performance while protecting the people involved. Sedex enables businesses
Read moreMulti-Color Corporation (MCC), known for label manufacturing, is pleased to announce its purchase of Lux Global Label, a globally recognised label solutions company headquartered outside Philadelphia. The transaction, which closed on December 9, enhances MCC’s portfolio and capabilities in the home and personal care and pharmaceuticals market segments. “This is a
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Danone-Aqua Indonesia has registered the first Indonesian plastic project with Verra’s Plastic Waste Reduction Program (Plastic Program). The Reciki: Valorization of Waste, Systematic Diversion from Landfill and Leakage project (Reciki Project) is a collaboration between Danone-Aqua Indonesia and PT. Reciki Solusi Indonesia (Reciki) and demonstrates how corporations can use Verra’s Plastic
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With increasing demand forecast for soft drinks in Pakistan in 2023, PepsiCo partner Northern Bottling Company is relying on Sidel to install a high-volume, high-speed carbonated soft drinks (CSD) line. Sidel is creating the new complete line for Haidri Beverages Group’s subsidiary, Northern Bottling Company (NBC), in the city of Peshawar.
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In its climate strategy adopted in 2020, Krones set itself the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused in the company by its own vehicle fleet or production plants, for example, by 80 per cent by 2030. In addition, the group aims to cut emissions attributable to the upstream and downstream
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After having been successfully introduced into the markets in Europe and the USA, CCL announced that their EcoFloat shrink sleeves have successfully been trialed in South Africa by PET recycling specialist Extrupet and have been approved for the local recycling system. This marks the arrival of the first approved shrink sleeve
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Bolstering its market presence in the UK and Ireland, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery (UK) Ltd (SDUK) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag GmbH, Schwaig – is making a number of investments to further advance its sales activities in the UK and Ireland. This includes growing the SDUK management
Read moreClosed Loop Partners (CLP) and Brookfield Renewable officially announce the establishment of Circular Services, a leading developer of circular economy and recycling infrastructure in the United States. Circular Services owns and operates municipal recycling facilities across the U.S. that enable municipalities and businesses to eliminate the billions of dollars spent annually
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