Companies

Pretium, producer of PET and HDPE rigid plastic blow-moulded containers and closures for the Food and Specialty Beverage, Household and Industrial, Health and Beauty, and Sports Nutrition and Dietary Supplements market sectors, welcomes the leadership, employees and expertise of Patrick Products Inc – one of the leading packaging and container producers

Constantia Flexibles Group is optimising its film-based flexible packaging, manufacturing footprint in Europe by closing down its plant in Bucharest in Romania. The closure is expected to be finalised by July 2017 and will affect about 90 employees. Constantia Flexibles will continue to serve its customers from the confectionery and snack

PET packaging company Petainer is focusing on the fast-growing micro and craft brewer markets in Spain and Portugal as part of its global expansion plans. The business has made a significant investment to ensure that it can support these key markets effectively and efficiently, and has appointed Dani Vall in Spain

PET packaging company Retal is setting up a plant for the North American beverage and food packaging market. Operating in the greater Pittsburgh, PA area, Retal PA LLC is eager to bring its expertise to the U.S. market. The plant will act as the regional headquarters and centre of excellence for

Mocon, Inc., a leading international provider of instruments and services for testing, measuring and analysing invisible gases, is announcing a name change for its Ringsted, Denmark-based subsidiary from Dansensor A/S to Mocon Europe A/S. “Mocon has made considerable investments in acquisitions and programs to support organic growth. These initiatives have strengthened

Husky Injection Molding Systems has announced it has been awarded with the Ringier Technology Innovation Award for its recently-introduced HyperSync system. HyperSync is the industry’s first fully integrated system for the manufacture of specialty closures, built to work together to provide synchronisation of mould and machine processes, performance and speed. The

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced that its Machinery Safety Standards Committee has published the new voluntary standard establishing requirements for the manufacture and use of injection moulding machines. The new standard aligns well with the European and draft ISO standards on this subject, making it easier for American manufacturers to

Plastic beverage bottles will find a new life in a new $62 million plant being built in Dallas, USA, as CarbonLite gets ready to add a second facility to process 100 million pounds of post-consumer PET plastic bottles with the use of 100% green power. Construction is underway in a brand