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Extrupet Group (Pty) Ltd, South Africa’s first and largest recycling operation for post-consumer PET bottles, has ordered a second Starlinger PET recycling line to meet the country’s growing demand for rPET. Extrupet’s PhoenixPET plant, located in Wadeville just east of Johannesburg, converts more than 2.5 million PET bottles per day into
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After the devastating fire in September 2018, Herbold Meckesheim has just begun rebuilding the destroyed production halls. The whole incoming goods and shipping department, the warehouse as well as parts of the production area were devastated by the flames. The new buildings comprise a 4,000 m2-area and are supposed to be
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Sidel was announced as one of the winners of the innovative and industry changing 2019 Marking Awards. On April 23rd, the company received the Marking Prospective Award for its hot fill packaging solution, BoostPrime. The ceremony took place during the Food & Beverage Innovation Forum (FBIF) in Hangzhou, China. The Marking
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Beat Rupp took over the post of CEO of PackSys Global AG on May 1, 2019, succeeding Dr Manfred Zurkirch. After 5 years operating as CEO at Hapa AG, part of Coesia Group, Rupp returned to PackSys Global – an organisation with which he has a long professional history. He studied
Read moreGurit reports that its newly formed company Gurit Italy PET Recycling S.r.l. has signed an agreement to acquire the PET recycling production facilities from Valplastic S.r.l. in Italy for an undisclosed purchase price. Closing of the transaction is expected at the end of May 2019 and is subject to customary closing conditions
Read moreBericap, a supplier of high value added plastic caps and closures for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and industrial markets, and Thin Film Electronics ASA, the global leader in near field communications (NFC) solutions, have signed a Letter of Intent for an exclusive joint partnership to develop fully integrated digital authentication solutions for
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Since 1 June 2018 Sesotec GmbH has a new partner in South Africa with Nampak Inspection & Coding Systems. The partnership relates to the “Inspection Division” and primarily concentrates on the food sector, but it is also planned to utilise the existing potential in the plastics industry and to conquer regional
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Pretium Packaging, a leading North American manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, announced that it has joined forces with Olcott Plastics, Inc. of St. Charles, Illinois, through an acquisition. Olcott is claimed to bolster Pretium’s injection moulding and personal care/beauty offerings while Pretium allows Olcott to offer blow moulded containers and
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At its Auspack conference on March 27, 2019, the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) selected the best packaging innovations and products of the year. GEA Vipoll received the Award of Excellence for its All In One monoblock filler in two categories: GEA’s Australian partner Foodmach had submitted the filler
Read moreLogoplaste announced the appointment of Gerardo Chiaia as the Group’s new CEO. Roberto Villaquiran, Logoplaste’s current CEO will be leaving his position for family reasons, and to pursue other activities. The company states that over the past two years, Roberto has been instrumental in implementing a new management structure, focusing the
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From April 1st, 2019, Michael Tregner took on responsibility for Motan gmbh as Managing Director and for global Motan production units as COO (Chief Operating Officer). He takes over for Ulrich Eberhardt, who is going into well-deserved retirement after 40 years of service for the motan group. Michael Tregner (52 years
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