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Holland Colours NV, producer of colour concentrates for the polymer industry, announced that Tanja van Dinteren has been nominated as the new CFO. She will join the company on June 1, 2020. The official appointment of Tanja van Dinteren will take place by means of nomination to the shareholders at the
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Gabriel-Chemie states to attach great importance to a healthy balance between economic, environmental and social issues. Therefore, sustainability on all levels is at the heart of the business and this extends to the entire value creation chain of the family-run company from Austria. The company sets four sustainability topics for 2020:
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BASF Personal Care donates hand sanitizers at European sites BASF Personal Care has started the production of hand sanitizers at different production sites in Europe. The products are being provided free of charge to hospitals, care facilities and other institutions in regions surrounding production plants. The company wants to help overcome
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The Swiss Roche pharmaceutical group has recently reached a breakthrough in diagnosing the novel coronavirus. A test kit for the fully automatic Cobas 6800 and 8800 diagnosis systems was developed within a very short period of time. Following an expedited process, Roche obtained approval for the new quick test from the
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In the fight against COVID-19, Sidel have transformed their international centre of excellence for PET packaging development and blowing solutions in France into a production centre and launched an exceptional production of bottles for hydro-alcoholic gel. A first batch of 5,000 PET plastic bottles for the disinfectant has already been provided
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As part of consortium comprising industrialists and stakeholders in the dairy sector, Société Générale des Techniques (SGT) has perfected a process for incorporating recycled opaque PET into new UHT milk bottles. A French manufacturer of preforms, SGT has joined a working group to develop a 100% recyclable long-life milk bottle. The
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As of 1 April 2020, Prof. Andrea Büttner is the new Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising. Prof. Büttner joined Prof. Horst-Christian Langowski as Co-Director of the Institute on 1 November 2019, and now takes over the full role as Executive Director following
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Maintaining the familiar/popular design of a glass bottle and adapting this for the production of PET bottles is a challenge Kiefer GmbH is used to. The implementation of a glass bottle for PET bottle production is often asked for premium catering. In a recent example the elaborate engraved logo in the
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Dr Frank Stieler will resign from his office as CEO of KraussMaffei Group GmbH on March 31, 2020 and Dr Michael Ruf, present COO of the company, will take over the position from April 1, 2020. The COO position will not be taken again. Since 2018 KraussMaffei Group GmbH is part
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Contrary to the equipment suppliers for the automotive segment, the suppliers of waste disposal and recycling technology see a boom in incoming orders. Herbold Meckesheim has full order books for 2020 and even further projects for 2021are already being finalised. That is unusual for a market that used to have delivery
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Sacmi is pleased to announce the addition of Mr Nadeem Amin who will be committed to support customers in the North America PET Preform market. Mr Amin brings over 30 years of experience in the PET preform business and will be a key asset in supporting customers with manufacturing solutions. His
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