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Pretium Packaging, a North American manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, has made a $2 million dollar investment in new reheat stretch polyethylene terephthalate (PET) blow moulding equipment and infrastructure for its Troy, Alabama manufacturing plant. The equipment is capable of producing both cold- and hot-fill PET containers to support the
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Alpla and PTT Global Chemical (GC) will collaborate on a feasibility study for the construction of a recycling plant in Thailand. The companies announced the plan at the “Circular Living Symposium 2019 – Upcycling Our Planet” in Bangkok at the end of June. Alpla develops and produces plastic packaging solutions worldwide
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Engel Austria has launched its new “Engel Technology Centre. Innovation at heart” at its headquarters in Schwertberg, Austria, featuring 1,700 m² of machine floor space . “We have created our own pilot plant for vertical integration in injection moulding and can thus support our customers even more comprehensively on their way
Read moreKraussMaffei and Netstal are combining their expertise in injection moulding machinery under the new KraussMaffei umbrella brand. With the common portfolio, the company wants to present itself even more effectively, first and foremost in the medical technology and packaging industries. The familiar machine series (PX, CX, GX, MX from KraussMaffei and
Read moreBerry Global Group, Inc. announced the completion of its acquisition of RPC Group Plc for a purchase price of approximately $6.5 billion, which includes approximately $4.3 billion of cash paid for the equity interest in RPC and $2.2 of net debt and estimated transaction related costs, subject to closing adjustments. The
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Clariant Masterbatches is ramping up its support for packaging industry customers in Asia Pacific by creating a Regional Packaging Center (RPC) in it’s Phanthong manufacturing facility in Thailand. The RPC will be introduced during InterPlas Thailand 2019, which is part of Manufacturing Expo being held in Bangkok, June 19 – 22.
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The share of integrated system solutions in Engel’s order volume is increasing globally. In addition to the injection moulding machine, automation and other peripheral devices, the mould is often part of the overall scope. Therefore, an in-house department at Engel’s headquarters in Austria has been involved in the project planning of
Read morePoland Spring Brand 100% Natural Spring Water, America’s leading spring water brand, announced that it has started transitioning its packaging to rPET, and plans to be the first major bottled water brand to reach 100% recycled plastic across its still water portfolio by 2022. This month, the brand’s 1-liter bottles will
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Yili China, the world’s largest liquid dairy producer, recently organised a supplier conference in Xiamen, China. Thanks to the broad application of Sidel aseptic complete PET packaging lines to produce Yili’s Ambrosial Yoghurt for ambient distribution – all of them integrating the company’s Aseptic Combi Predis with its unique, patented dry
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Pretium Packaging is pioneering a new innovation approach for private label and independent brand companies at its new Pretium Innovation Center in Aurora, Illinois, USA. The center, which is housed in an existing Pretium manufacturing facility, has been thoughtfully designed with separate rooms, each dedicated to a different part of the
Read moreOnline for a few weeks now, the new Demo e-Shop is offering customers solutions that have already been verified and tested by specialised technicians and, therefore, ready to be industrialised on all bottling and packaging lines, in a very short time. The company has selected a series of bottle and container
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