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Before heading off for our prime objective of Dayton Ohio, we visit Clariant in West Chicago, a global producer of liquid and solid colour masterbatches and additives for the plastics packaging industry and in particular we look at their Colorworks division. Here we are privileged to experience the whooshing sound of
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Following the success of its ThermaLite® PET jar, APPE has extended the range with the launch of 5 new round jars designed for the food market as replacements for glass packaging. ThermaLite is a 100% PET jar that can be hot or cold filled at temperatures up to 95°C and then
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On we go with the tour, with the weather still registering icy (minus 10). Occasionally the sun makes a brief appearance. We prepare for our next visit. And then a big shock We’ve lost all our computer data. Nothing seems to work. What do we do now? It took us just
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The PETplanet Team took over the reins on February 9 2015. The aim is to take the Editourmobil from Toronto to Orlando Florida, in time for the NPE show starting on March 23 2015. En route, interviews have been scheduled with companies in the PET sector who are based in North
Read moreAmcor Chairman, Mr Graeme Liebelt, today announced that after 10 years at the helm of Amcor, Mr Ken MacKenzie has decided to retire from the position of Managing Director and CEO. Mr MacKenzie will leave Amcor at the end of the 2015 financial year and be succeeded by Mr Ron Delia,
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Soft drinks companies from around the world, including Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, will be coming together in Dubai for the 11th InnoBev Global Soft Drinks Congress on 17-19 March 2015. Under the theme "Thirst for Change", the programme will include a range of regional and global market insights plus a focus on
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So here we are on our travels again – this time it’s to America Leif Eriksson, The Viking chieftain, is supposed to have travelled from Europe to America in 1001 AD but you can bet your bottom dollar that he didn’t have anywhere near the number of problems to contend with
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Closure Systems International (CSI) has introduced a new application for its MB-Lok mini 28mm plastic closures. In addition to being suitable for PET bottles with 1881 neck finishes, the closure is now also available for select metal beer can packaging. MB-Lok mini is being applied to two liter (2L) beer cans
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The North American Road Show on behalf of PET bottling is already well underway! In conjunction with the NPE, the leading plastics exhibition in North America, we have set off from Toronto area towards Orlando, Florida! Until spring, we will be exploring the East Coast, before arriving with our Editourmobil on
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Amcor joins Coca Cola, Alcoa, and other industry partners today as the Recycling Partnership, a collaborative, industry-funded effort designed to boost residential recycling in the U.S., officially awards its first public grant to the City of Columbia, S.C. The funding will support the Recycling Partnership’s inaugural project in Columbia, where a
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Tech-Long, supplier of packaging systems and turn-key solutions to the bottling and packaging industries announced the appointment of Keith Boss to Chief Executive Officer, Americas today. Boss joins Tech-Long after spending more than 25 years in the packaging industry having held senior executive positions with both Husky Injection Moulding Systems and
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