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For the fourth time, from February 19-21, 2019, Beviale Moscow offered players from the Eastern European beverage industry a central platform at Moscow’s Crocus Expo. The around 6,200 trade visitors (some 5,300 in 2018) from 47 countries were in good spirits and showed a keen interest in the 164 exhibitors (146
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PTI, a global leader in plastic packaging development, has named Sumit Mukherjee, chief technology officer (CTO). Mukherjee has been with PTI for the past 25 years, including positions as vice president, advanced engineering services and director, computer aided engineering and simulation. In his new capacity as CTO, Mukherjee will be leading
Read moreIK, Industrievereinignung Kunststoffverpackungen, the German association for plastic packaging, and EuPC, European Plastics Converters, are organising together the 2019 edition of the conference A Circular Future with Plastics. The two associations, representing plastics converters both at national and European level, will bring together over 200 participants from across Europe, who will
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Dr Johannes-Thomas Grobe is to be the new head of Sales and Service at KHS GmbH. This has now been confirmed by the company’s supervisory board. The 53-year-old shall be moving from Dürr Systems AG, a machine and systems manufacturer for the automobile industry, to the Dortmund systems supplier. Dr Grobe
Read moreDS Smith announced it has reached agreement to sell its Plastics division to Olympus Partners for an enterprise value of $585 million, (approximately €519 million). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions including regulatory approvals, with completion expected to take place in the second half of this calendar year. The
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M&H Plastics has developed a technique that allows a brand to add a series of ridges inside the bottle which creates a straight line or spiral effect inside the mould of the bottles. Bottles treated to the spiral effect have the choice of creating the ridges vertical or allow the ridges
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The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Ms Monica Gimre, President & CEO of Sidel Group effective July 1, 2019. The appointment follows the decision by Mr Sam Strömerstén to retire from his position after more than three years as President & CEO and 36 years with the Tetra Laval Group.
Read moreRing Container Technologies, a leader in the plastic container manufacturing industry, announced the launch of its patent-pending, proprietary technology, BarrierGuard. The company is disrupting the traditional balance of protection and value with the initial application of this technology, BarrierGuard OxygenSmart. Ring currently produces bottles using BarrierGuard OxygenSmart at its newest plant,
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Carbios, a company pioneering new, bioindustrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announced it has successfully produced the first PET bottles made with 100% Purified Terephthalic Acid (rPTA), through the enzymatic biorecycling of plastic waste. The company states that this milestone is a world-first, and confirms the
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced the completion of its acquisition of Invista Resins & Fibers GmbH, a specialty chemicals asset located in Gersthofen, Germany. The Gersthofen site has a combined capacity of 282,000 tonnes/annum, and employs approximately 140 employees. Indorama Ventures had previously announced its
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Chuck Flammer has joined Bekum America Corporation, one of the leading designer and manufacturer of blow moulding machinery, as its Business Development Manager. Prior to joining Bekum, Flammer served as Vice President of Sales for Kautex North America. “We are thrilled to welcome Chuck Flammer to our team,” said Steve London,
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