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PET Technologies company has developed unique bottle design for the brewery Bierwelle, Chernihiv, Ukraine. PET Technologies R&D department designed a PET bottle taking into consideration PET blow moulding process and bottle application characteristics on the one hand and customer´s vision on the other. The feature worth to highlight is bottle decoration
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Husky Injection Molding Systems announces the appointment of Dr. Jack Truong as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective February 1, 2016. Dr. Truong was previously the President and CEO of Electrolux North America and Executive Vice President, AB Electrolux Group. "This is an exciting day for Husky," said John Galt, Chief
Read moreRoelof Westerbeek will commence in his new role with Amcor on March 15, 2016 and will be based in Singapore. He joins Amcor from Royal DSM where he has held a number of leadership positions over a 27 year career. Since 2008 Roelof has been President DSM Engineering Plastics, providing solutions
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Demo Design and Moulds has developed the new "Sport Cap" container for Acqua Smeraldina, Italy. The company’s design department studied the new 0.75 litre bottle with a push and pull cap for still products, beginning with the client’s requests, and transforming them in to a functional product. The client wanted an
Read moreThe Nigerian agrofood and plastprintpack sectors become ever more attractive for international suppliers. Reasons for this are the efforts of Nigeria to strengthen domestic production with the support of foreign technology and know-how. Many multinational market leaders already opened offices and run production sites. The 2nd agrofood & plastipack Nigeria will
Read moreFollowing exclusive discussions between PAI Partners and RPC for the sale of Global Closure Systems, after the consultation process with GCS’s Works Councils was completed the transaction has been signed on December 18, 2015. Given the highly complementary nature of respective product offerings, the combination of RPC and GCS will allow
Read moreCold Jet announced it has completed the acquisition of Ice Tech. In 2015, both companies launched new and improved dry ice blasting product lines and strengthened their global reach by welcoming new partners and distributors. The acquisition shall combine the strengths of both companies to enhance and streamline future projects in
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Poly Talk, associated with Plastics Europe, is the forum to engage with stakeholders in a transparent, forward looking dialogue. Poly Talk 2016 focuses on Marine Litter, a key issue for the image of plastics and corresponding business, which is global and very complex, involving a multitude of actors. Target audience: policy
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Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced the appointment of Stefano Mirti to the position of President, Hot Runners and Controllers effective January 1, 2016. Mr Mirti has been acting interim leader of the Hot Runners and Controllers business since June 2015. “I am pleased to have Stefano lead the Hot Runners
Read moreThe ChemChina – China National Chemical Corporation has agreed to acquire KraussMaffei Group, manufacturer of machinery and systems for producing and processing plastics and rubber, from Onex Corporation for a cash enterprise value of €925million. The transaction is subject to closing conditions including customary regulatory approvals. ChemChina together with Guoxin International
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At the Plastics & Rubber Vietnam from March 1st – 3rd, 2016 in Ho-Chi-Minh-City, Engel stand revolves around efficiency. Noodle containers are being produced on an Engel victory 500/160 tech injection moulding machine with an integrated Engel viper 6 linear robot – with a particularly high level of floor space productivity,
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