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AptarGroup, Inc. (NYSE: ATR), a global leader in dispensing, drug delivery and active packaging solutions, and Nippon Closures Co., Ltd. (NCC), a leading company in Japan for bottle closures, announced that they have entered into an exclusive partnership to cross-license technology for tethered beverage closures. This is the first cross-license, registered
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The RAL Quality Mark is the first independent quality mark that provides information about a product’s proportion of recycled plastic material obtained from the Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin. The reuse of production and industrial waste is expressly excluded in the RAL mark that reports percentage of recycled plastic in order
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Nu‐Vu Conair Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading manufacturers of plastic auxiliary equipment in India, inaugurated its new fabrication facility in Ahmedabad on 8th August, 2019. This facility houses ultra‐modern fabrication machinery such as laser cutting machine, CNC press brake, CNC rolling machine and automatic welding machine. This new initiative is
Read moreA fresh start for Messe Muenchen Shanghai Co., Ltd.: Xu Jia is to be the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and General Manager of Messe Muenchen Shanghai. Together with Deputy General Manager Stephen Lu as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Deputy General Manager Candace Hua as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Xu
Read moreThis week’s closure of 284 recycling redemption centers (RCs) by rePlanet, the largest operator of such centers in California, marks the latest and most significant setback to the state’s container deposit system (referred to as a bottle bill). Now is the time for Gov. Gavin Newsom to work with the state
Read moreAt the end, the Search and Selection Committee unanimously agreed that the best person to lead the Association into the future is Tony Radoszewski who has served as president of the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) since 2006. Tony is a skilled, experienced executive leader with the demonstrated ability to build critical
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In July, Sidel opened their new office in the DLF Cyber City in Gurugram, India, just outside of New Delhi. The office space has been created to serve the many clients the company partners with in the region across the beverage, food, home and personal care industries. “India is an important
Read moreMorssinkhof-Rymoplast is building a PET processing plant in Markranstädt, in the Leipzig-region in Saxony, Germany. From recycled PET raw material PET granulate will be produced, which will be used for the production of new water bottles and the soft drink industry. This plant is a valuable addition to the existing recycling
Read moreThe difficult economic conditions and uncertainties such as the unresolved trade conflict between China and the USA increasingly affected Krones’ business in the first half of 2019. After strong growth in the first quarter (by 10.3%), revenue from April to June increased by 0.7% year-on-year. In total, the company’s revenue from
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Octal, a leading supplier of clear rigid packaging materials, has secured $625 million of banking facilities comprising of syndicated term loan facility of US$ 225 million and working capital facilities aggregating to US$ 400 million in one of the biggest private sector financing deals in Oman of the last decade. The new
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On July 18, Sidel announced the acquisition of Cognac Moules Emballages Plastiques (Comep), a French producer and designer of moulds for PET, adding further strength to the group in the manufacturing of moulds and tooling. Comep was created in 1998 to focus on the design and manufacturing of moulds for PET
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