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After pandemic-related turbulence, the US PET industry is slowly recovering As President & CEO of the Plastics Industry Association, Tony Radoszewski experienced first-hand the light and dark sides that the pandemic had in store for the US plastics industry. In our interview, he reports on the advantages that the material was
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Interview with Auri Marçon, president of the PET industry association Abipet During the height of the Corona pandemic in 2020, companies in the PET value chain were also among those that stopped their operations as a precautionary measure – for a short time. It was not only the continuing high demand
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1 July 2021 will see Engel complete the generation change in the management of its sales and service subsidiary in Mumbai. Frank Schuster, Regional President METAI, takes over the management of Engel Machinery India Pvt. Ltd. Stalinjose Selvanayagam is the new Sales Director. Jitendra Devlia, the previous managing director and sales
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Interview with Kai Acker, CEO of KHS Group PETplanet: After just under two years as CEO of KHS, the Covid pandemic struck. How has the pandemic affected your strategic business plans? How did KHS get through the last year? Acker: Despite the challenges, at the end of the day we’re satisfied
Read moreApprentices have been a key part of R&D/Leverage Europe’s employment strategy for several decades. As the world emerges from Covid-19 restrictions it has renewed its commitment to the recruitment and training of youngsters from its home area of Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, in England’s East Midlands. Students initially come for short
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PETplanet Insider talked with Paolo Nava, CEO of SMI S.p.A. about the past Covid year, current developments in the beverage and packaging industry and SMI’s future investment plans. PETplanet: How did SMI manage the past year during the pandemic? Paolo Nava: Covid-19 has affected life of everybody. During 2020 and still
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Wisecap Group welcomes its new R&D Manager Cristian Bugatti to furtherly improve the company focus on new developments and innovations. This new entry is intended to drive the Group activities in this field and witnesses the level of commitment and investments that Wisecap is dedicating to this activity. Cristian Bugatti has
Read moreAmcor Rigid Packaging has announced the appointment of Dan Murphy as Vice President of North America Operations. He will be responsible for driving ARP’s North American safety agenda, promoting operational excellence, increasing supply chain capability, and expanding the company’s production capacity. Before joining Amcor, Murphy spent several years with Howmet Aerospace, the
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From single machines to turn-key solutions Equipment manufacturer Jiangsu Newamstar Packaging Machinery is headquartered in Jiangsu Province, around 130 km north-west of Shanghai. Since the early 2000s the company has evolved from a local filling machine producer to become a world-renowned turnkey supplier that covers the whole packing process chain, from water
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Pandemic-compliant hybrid event concept for market launch Netstal has introduced the new PET line with a new hybrid in-house trade fair concept. Ongoing demand from customers means that the planned three-month event has grown to nine months. We spoke to Michael Birchler, Chief of Marketing for the Netstal brand. PETplanet: Mr
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At the end of March this year, Rüdiger Löhl, the long-serving Managing Director of Schmalkalden-based Eproplast GmbH, officially becomes a pensioner. But he is not yet retiring completely. He will remain available as a consultant to the company which specialises in the production of PET bottles and associated preforms. The future
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