Delivering Happiness Limited, parent company of Packamama, has appointed Richard Lloyd to lead groundwork for next-generation wine packaging facility

Delivering Happiness Limited, parent company of Packamama, has appointed Richard Lloyd to lead groundwork for next-generation wine packaging facility

17 Jun 202513 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 437 Views 2 min read

Delivering Happiness Limited, parent company of sustainable packaging company Packamama, has appointed Richard Lloyd to help lay the foundations for what could evolve into a next-generation wine packaging and bottling facility. This appointment also marks the start of a strategic collaboration to strengthen Packamama’s current operations while looking ahead to what

Companies Inspection News

MAAG Group successfully completes the acquisition of SIKORA AG

16 Jun 202512 Jun 2025 Heike Fischer 303 Views 1 min read

MAAG Group is pleased to announce the successful completion of the SIKORA AG acquisition, a leading manufacturer of innovative measuring, control, and sorting technologies. The aim of the partnership is to leverage joint synergies in a targeted manner and to strengthen the position of both companies in the long term. With

Moulds / Mould Making News

Mold-Masters expands aftermarket support with New Southwest USA service facility

13 Jun 202512 Jun 2025 Heike Fischer 377 Views 1 min read

Mold-Masters, a leading developer and supplier of hot runners, controllers, auxiliary injection, and co-injection systems, is pleased to announce the opening of a new full-service customer support center in Phoenix, AZ. This strategic expansion strengthens Mold-Masters’ aftermarket capabilities across the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. The Phoenix facility is fully

Materials Packaging / Palletising Recycling

UK consumers confused by recycling labels, study finds

12 Jun 202511 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 380 Views 3 min read

New research from Aquapak, which specialises in developing materials to reduce plastic pollution and improve recycling, shows that the majority (70%) of British consumers admit they are confused by what packaging can and can’t be recycled. Just one in five (21%) say they always read the recycling instructions on product packaging;

Bottles / Bottle Making

Gentlebrand transforms Tashkentskaya mineral water for premium PET launch

11 Jun 202510 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 390 Views 1 min read

Gentlebrand Design Agency, part of the Sidel family, has partnered with Toshmineralsuv to bring a new level of refinement to its flagship product: the Tashkentskaya mineral water. Long celebrated for its purity and drawn from a natural spring 1,371m underground, the water now arrives in a sleek, contemporary PET format designed

Companies Recycling

Prime Waste Solutions strengthens efforts to cut plastic waste through PET bottle recovery in the Philippines

10 Jun 202510 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 691 Views 1 min read

Prime Integrated Waste Solutions (PWS), a subsidiary of Prime Infra, has launched a key resource recovery initiative involving the collection and diversion of post-consumer plastic bottles. PWS’ materials recovery facility (MRF) in Cebu recently completed its first delivery of 6.2 t of baled PET bottles to the largest bottle-to-bottle recycling facility in

Bottling / Filling News

Avantium collaborates with Hoogesteger on PEF bottles for fresh juices

9 Jun 20255 Jun 2025 Heike Fischer 442 Views 2 min read

Avantium N.V., a well-known company in renewable and circular polymer materials, has signed a conditional offtake agreement with Hoogesteger, a leading producer of fresh cold-pressed juices in the Netherlands. Hoogesteger will purchase the 100% plant-based, recyclable polymer PEF (polyetehylene furanoate) from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant for the use in bottles for

Companies People

Stadler appoints eighth-generation family member Julia Stadler as Co-Chief Executive Officer

6 Jun 20254 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 413 Views 2 min read

Stadler Anlagenbau GmbH, the globally active German company specialising in the planning, production, and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, announced the appointment of Julia Stadler as Co-Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1, 2025. This step reinforces Stadler’s long-standing tradition of family leadership and embraces a forward-looking, sustainability-driven approach. The

Companies News Recycling

EREMA Group well underway despite challenging market

5 Jun 20254 Jun 2025 Heike Fischer 411 Views 4 min read

In a market environment that faces economic uncertainty, the EREMA Group maintains its position as a leading provider of plastics recycling solutions. The Group’s installed systems and components enabled the recycling of around 26 million tonnes of plastic waste worldwide during the financial year 2024/25, which closed at the end of

Companies Materials

Alpek will cease operations at its PET facility in North Carolina

4 Jun 20254 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 352 Views 0 min read

Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced the strategic decision to cease operations at its Cedar Creek facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina by July 31, 2025. The site, acquired by Alpek in 2001, has an installed capacity of 170,000t of PET resin and approximately 35,000t of rPET flake production. This decision is aligned

Recycling Sustainability

EUROPEN launches an interactive PPWR Guidebook

4 Jun 20253 Jun 2025 Gabriele Kosmehl 347 Views 1 min read

EUROPEN has released a new interactive guidebook designed to help businesses navigate the evolving requirements of the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Whether companies are starting to review the Regulation or already adapting to the upcoming changes, this practical tool intends to provide a structured overview of the regulatory

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