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A new “concept to commercialisation” partnership has been formed to help brand owners launch new or redesigned packages faster, backed by prototyping/testing to facilitate marketplace success. “The challenge most brand owners face is that they have to outsource different parts of the commercialisation process to various companies, compromising speed-to-market, as well
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The L’Occitane Group and Loop Industries announced the signing of a multi-year supply agreement for Loop branded 100% sustainable PET. The agreement will see the L’Occitane en Provence brand start to incorporate Loop PET plastic into its product packaging as of 2022, enabling it to increase from its current 30% recycled plastic
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motan-colortronic India Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the motan group moved to their modern larger premises in Chennai, India. In the presence of Karin Stoll, the Consul General for the Federal Republic of Germany, the new company building was festively inaugurated. “With the move to the larger building we
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Renewable energy was celebrated at the official opening of the largest roof-mounted solar powered plant in the Baltic States at global plastic packaging manufacturer Retal’s Lentvaris factory. Attended by many of Lithuania’s leading business people interested in green energy, the event, called “Solar Energy and Lithuanian Business: Good Practices and Challenges”,
Read moreThe packaging solutions specialist Alpla, based in Austria, has completed a 100 per cent takeover of Zamil Alpla. Alpla and Zamil founded a joint venture in 2008, of which Alpla previously held a 49 per cent share. After ten years of close collaboration as part of a joint venture, Alpla has
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited would like to inform that it has, through its indirect subsidiary, Indorama Netherlands B.V. (“INBV”), signed adefinitive share purchase agreement on February 6th, 2019 with Church Street Trustees Limited as trustees of the SI Trust, BTI Overseas Limitedand Capital Alliance Private Equity II Limited, for the
Read moreThe Gebo Cermex and Sidel business units are officially operating as one single team called Sidel, as of January 01, 2019. The company states that by joining forces the team has increased the quality of these assets for Sidel and for Sidel’s customers. Sidel, part of Tetra Laval group, is offering
Read moreAs of January 14, 2019, Ms. Marta de la Torre has been named Regional Director of Sales and Service for Latin America. A 20 year veteran of the Agr organisation, Ms. de la Torre has vast experience in these regions with her former role as Sales Regional Manager. She has successfully
Read moreChem-Trend, a world market leader in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of release agents, purging compounds, and other process chemical specialties, announced the opening of an advanced research and development (R&D) laboratory space in Maisach, Germany, about 25 kilometers (15 miles) west of Munich. The new lab space will enhance Chem-Trend’s
Read moreApollo Global Management is to buy packaging products maker RPC Group for 3.3 billion pounds (US $4.28 billion) in cash after months of negotiations, marking the latest M&A deal for an industry in the midst of a consolidation phase, according to news agency Reuters. The acquisition is stated to highlight how
Read moreMoldex3D Northern America Inc., a subsidiary of CoreTech System Co., Ltd. (Moldex3D), a leading provider of engineering simulation solutions for the plastics industry, today announced that Empire Precision Plastics, an expert in precision and polymer optics injection moulding, has invested in the Moldex3D mould filling analysis software to expedite product design
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