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PolyOne Corporation, a provider of specialised polymer materials, services and solutions, today announced two internal executive appointments. Mark Crist will serve as president of Color, Additives & Inks, and J. Scott Horn, Jr. will become president of PolyOne Distribution (POD), effective July 3, 2017. Mr. Crist replaces John Van Hulle, who
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The standalone facility is located approximately 30 miles north of Milwaukee. This plant is just over 100,000 sq. ft. and supplies six layer bottles to Gehl Foods for aseptic filling in the food and dairy category. Alpla intends to grow early on in their ownership of this new facility – both
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Avery Dennison announced today the appointment of Noel Kasmi as Senior Director, sales for Label and Packaging Materials Europe. In this role he will be part of the leadership team of Label and Graphic Materials Europe. Kasmi, who joined Avery Dennison as an engineer in 1995, has held a number of
Read moreThe manufacturer of recycling systems is relying on new production processes with the optimum use of resources in its production of assembly groups. The new approach enables reduced production lead times for the individual assembly groups, such as melt filters and pelletisers, while at the same time increasing product quality. With
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The Clasper bottle engineered by Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI) is a combination of two polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers and a shrink label. The first commercialisation of this new technology was the recent introduction of Yumix portable, shelf-stable line of cocktails. The bottom holds 50ml of premium alcohol and features a heat-applied
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The Starlinger recoStar PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line which has been installed in April 2016 in the plastics recycling facility of the Canadian water bottler Ice River Springs in Feversham, Ontario, is said to deliver excellent production results. Due to Nordson’s BKG Flex Disc filter cartridge, which has been included for melt
Read moreJapan’s largest beverage B-to-B show, covering the whole process of beverage and liquid food development/manufacturing, will take place at “Tokyo Big Sight” in Tokyo from June 28-30, 2017. The organisers are expecting 1,860 exhibitors and 63,000 visitors this year. The show is intended to serve as a platform for beverage manufacturers
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In an effort to expand its business into the Latin American markets, R&D/Leverage, a full service packaging supplier that includes full mould manufacturing for PET tooling, IBM tooling, injection moulds as well as its offering in Structural Brand Development, has hired Michael Warkentien as the company’s Director of Latin American Business.
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Mypack team announced that Danone Waters chooses Mypack mobile-centric IoT solution for connected packaging with a scope of activation up to 20 countries in the world where Danone Waters currently operates. The group already had shown strong interest toward IoT solutions, such as marketing campaigns that Evian ran on Snapchat to
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Bruce Margetts, the Managing Director of Bericap in the UK, was elected as president of the British Plastics Federation (BPF) in succession to David Hall at the BPF’s AGM held on 25 May. Margetts was born in 1966 and was educated at the University of Durham, where he took a BSc
Read moreBig 3 Precision, a designer and manufacturer of injection blow and injection stretch blow moulds headquartered in Centralia, IL, USA announces a strategic partnership with Fuseneo Inc. This structural design firm, located outside of Chicago, IL, with a team of designers and engineers offers a blend of creativity, insights and technical
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