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The competition, which recognises and rewards international packaging design innovation is organised by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) and is recognised as one of the important packaging awards competition, with WorldStars presented to packs that have already won acknowledgement in national or regional competitions. In selecting winners, representatives from 19 packaging
Read moreThe German Brückner Group, a family-owned enterprise in the machine building industry, announces internal management changes. Ludwig Eckart goes into retirement on March 31, 2016, after nearly 30 years in leading positions with the group company Brückner Maschinenbau, 15 of those as Managing Director Sales & Projects. His successor Helmut Huber,
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The announced tracer workshop taking place on February 24, 2016 at Brussels aims a cross-industry discussion to harmonise the use of tracers into plastic packaging materials. The workshop will focus on PET as a start and intends to create a precedent for other plastics later on. It is organised by Petcore
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Polymetrix A.G., formerly a Buhler Group Company, and Chemtex, through its Affiliate Biochemtex, and Hosaf, a division of P.G. Bison have entered into definitive agreements to increase the capacity of the Hosaf PET resin plant at Jacobs, South Africa by about 88%. The project will utilise state of the art Invista
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Erema GmbH is all set to announce the founding of the subsidiary OOO Erema at Interplastica Moscow from January 28-30, 2016 which will see it investing in its presence in the Russian-speaking area. Kalojan Iliev, who can turn to many years of experience in the CIS area and has been responsible
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The Golden Label Award celebrates outstanding achievements in label design and label production. Both are a challenge in terms of creativity combined with technical know-how. The competition is open to all those who want to qualify their economic activities in terms of design and technical know-how. All ready-printed paper labels for
Read moreOn its Ludwigshafen site, BASF is going to expand the capacities for the production of alpha blue pigments which will be available from fall 2016 onwards. The reddish copper phthalocyanine pigments which – in addition to other blue and green pigments that are based on the same chemistry – are sold
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Vicap is now available at the Russian gourmet branch Globus Gourmet in Moscow. The market expansion of Vicap partner Powerlook is the first step in the Russian market. Further activities to follow in 2016. Powerlook is represented by its Russian partner the four-time light welterweight world champion Kostya Tszyu. Visit Powerlook
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With its UpCentre, Erema, has opened the doors to a whole new form of upcycling service which means that customers have Corema technology for the sampling of recycling compounds at their disposal. Robert Obermayr, Corema Product Manager, explains: "On the way from recyclates to made-to-measure recycling compounds you need a lot
Read morePET is by far the most recycled plastic material in Europe, with the equivalent of over 66 billion bottles recycled in 2014. Brothers Drinks Co. Limited started shipping its PET liner to recycling specialist PET UK on a regular basis in July 2014. In the following 12 months, approximately 50 tons
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At the Saudi Plastics and Petrochem trade fair, January 18-21, 2016 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the exhibits and demonstrations of the Austrian machine builder Engel will revolve around the manufacture of bottle caps, thin-walled packaging, pallets and fittings, as well as consumables for medical and laboratory use. The company works with
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