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Amcor Rigid Packaging has announced the appointment of Dan Murphy as Vice President of North America Operations. He will be responsible for driving ARP’s North American safety agenda, promoting operational excellence, increasing supply chain capability, and expanding the company’s production capacity. Before joining Amcor, Murphy spent several years with Howmet Aerospace, the
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From single machines to turn-key solutions Equipment manufacturer Jiangsu Newamstar Packaging Machinery is headquartered in Jiangsu Province, around 130 km north-west of Shanghai. Since the early 2000s the company has evolved from a local filling machine producer to become a world-renowned turnkey supplier that covers the whole packing process chain, from water
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Pandemic-compliant hybrid event concept for market launch Netstal has introduced the new PET line with a new hybrid in-house trade fair concept. Ongoing demand from customers means that the planned three-month event has grown to nine months. We spoke to Michael Birchler, Chief of Marketing for the Netstal brand. PETplanet: Mr
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Resilux, a leading PET bottle and preform producer, has announced a major new technology investment which will result in them doubling their bottle-to-bottle PET recycling capacity. Using state of the art equipment from Erema, it is Resilux’s latest step in their drive to create a truly circular economy in PET. The
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With demand for rPET surging, Evergeen will be doubling the manufacturing capacity of rPET pellets at its recycling and manufacturing facility in Clyde, Ohio, USA. When the expansion is complete, capacity will expand from 40 million pounds of rPET annually to 80 million pounds, making Evergreen among the largest producers of
Read moreThe WPO (World Packaging Organisation) and WDO (World Design Organisation) are pleased to announce their first joint initiative following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) last year. The two organizations will host a two-week virtual ‘World Design Challenge on Sustainable Packaging’ that will aim to identify sustainable solutions in
Read moreNissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Komoro-shi, Nagano-ken, Japan; President: Junichi Miyasaka) filed a lawsuit against R&D Tool & Engineering Co., Ltd. (“R&D”, Head Office: Missouri USA) alleging the infringement of ASB’s patents in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on February 1, 2018. The
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The individual companies have been on the market since 1969 and the drive for their entrepreneurial development was and is the passion for mechanical engineering. High-performance products and know-how have established the reputations of Combitool AG, Texa AG, Madag Printing Systems AG and PackSys Global AG. 2021 is a year of
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Retal’s US plant, Retal PA in Donora, PA, reports increased productivity across their operation. CEO and president Darius Janulionus, who took over the running of the fast-growing plant from his role as production director for Retal Lithuania, says, “Of course we all know that 2020 was full of challenges, and 2021
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Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions, announced a technical collaboration with Claranor, a world leader in Pulsed Light packaging sterilisation. This synergy highlights the benefits of the Fullcap sterilisation solution with the Uno sport cap family in polypropylene (PP) material, specifically adapted for use with functional beverages.
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Specialist PET recycler, Enviroo has had its planning application approved for its first plastic recycling facility in the UK. The facility will be able to re-use 100% of the PET it takes in and help recycle some of the 4.9 million tonnes of plastic waste created in the UK annually. The
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