Companies People 

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

Gabriele Kosmehl 1068 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

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Companies Recycling 

Tomra Recycling appoints Katrin Fricke as its new Head and Executive Vice President (EVP)

Gabriele Kosmehl 1177 Views 2 min read

Tomra Recycling has announced the appointment of Katrin Fricke as its new Executive Vice President (EVP) and Head of Tomra Recycling, effective June 1, 2025. Fricke succeeds Dr. Volker Rehrmann, who earlier this year announced his retirement from Tomra after over two decades with the business. Katrin Fricke brings a wealth

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Moulds / Mould Making News Preform Production 

StackTeck capacity growth update

Heike Fischer 782 Views 1 min read

StackTeck Systems Ltd., a global manufacturer of high-volume injection moulding solutions for thinwall packaging, closures, PET preforms, personal care and medical products, has continued to increase capacity with investments in new machinery and automation throughout their manufacturing and testing facilities totaling $14.3 million USD in the last 3 years. Michael Gould,

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Companies Recycling 

Carbios signs its first biorecycled PET sales contracts with two global cosmetics leaders

Gabriele Kosmehl 1346 Views 1 min read

Carbios has signed its first multi-year offtake contracts with L’Oréal and L’Occitane en Provence for biorecycled rPET from its future commercial plant in Longlaville, France. The agreements mark a step in the company’s efforts to scale enzymatic recycling technology, which aims to provide an alternative method for producing recycled PET suitable

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Bottling / Filling Packaging / Palletising 

International Bottled Water Association: Bottled water growth rate outperforms all other packaged drinks, by volume

Gabriele Kosmehl 1815 Views 3 min read

America’s favorite packaged drink, bottled water, had the highest volume growth rate of all other beverages in 2024, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) reports, according to new data from the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC). Nearly all other drinks had negative growth in 2024, reaffirming that bottled water’s robust performance is

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Materials News Recycling 

Emirates Biotech and Sulzer advance strategic partnership with the equipment supply contract for the world’s largest bioplastics facility

Heike Fischer 1237 Views 2 min read

Emirates Biotech has recently signed a supply contract with Sulzer to provide the proprietary equipment that will serve as the technological core of the world-scale Polylactic Acid (PLA) production facility being built by Emirates Biotech. This follows a licensing agreement signed in December 2024. This strategic milestone confirms Emirates Biotech’s transition

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