The certification body TÜV SOUTH Management Service GmbH has successfully certified KIC Krones, a subsidiary of Krones AG. The TÜV SOUTH technical inspectorate has thus attested that the company KIC Krones Internationale Cooperationsgesellschaft mbH, Neutraubling, Germany, has introduced and is using a quality-management and an eco-management system. Audits have verified that
Read MoreGraham Packaging Company, along with their customer Sun Products, and Lt. Governor Crit Luallen, community leaders and the Bowling Green Area Chamber of Commerce, celebrated the groundbreaking of their new plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky’s South Central Kentucky Industrial Park. Graham, a manufacturer and designer of blow-molded plastic containers, plans to
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PlasticsEurope, the pan-European association representing European plastics manufacturers, is announcing the appointment of Leonor Garcia as Director Public Affairs. She will take up her new position at PlasticsEurope as of September 1, 2015. Presently, she is Director Corporate Scientific and Regulatory Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company, responsible for providing thought leadership,
Read MoreR&D Leverage’s new Opti-Sim Virtual Prototyping process, which lets PET packagers anticipate a bottle concept’s impact on engineering, operations and marketing, is now available. According to the company’s Vice President of Engineering, Dave Brunson, Opti-Sim performs a complete range of diagnostic, real-world simulations addressing myriad variables, speeds time-to-market, cuts tooling and
Read MoreOn July 22, 2015, Husky Injection Molding Systems and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) joined together to host a one-day event at Husky’s global headquarters in Bolton, Ontario, Canada. The event was held during the first day of NAPCOR’s summer membership meeting and was attended by more than
Read MoreSacmi labelling technology will take part at Scanpack, northern Europe’s biggest international packaging fair that will – following the success of the 2012 edition with 13,000 visitors – be back from 20 to 23 October in the city of Gothenburg, Sweden. The Group’s stand (hall B02, n° 09) will be displaying
Read MoreSC Johnson announced Logoplaste as a recipient of its 2015 Customer Service Excellence Supplier Award. The company is being recognised for its best-in-class on-time/in-full delivery speed and flawless execution, while remaining agile and proactive in its supply chain. Winners were recently announced at an awards ceremony during an SC Johnson supplier
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It was a good 5 years ago when Bericap first brought the PET 26/21 bottle neck onto the market. This reduced bottle neck size allowed a weight saving of as much as 1.37g compared with the PET 29/21 then dominant on the market, enabling Bericap to make a major contribution to
Read MoreHusky Injection moulding Systems today announced changes within its global Beverage Packaging organization. Gerardo Chiaia will take on the new role of President of Global Beverage Packaging for Husky. In this role, Mr Chiaia will be focused on continuing to grow the business through the ongoing development of innovative technologies that
Read MoreAt CBST 2015 (4-6 November) Sacmi will be presenting the latest additions to the range, the CCM 48 SC, equipped with moulds for the production of ultra-light caps, and the ARENA RF labeller, produced directly by Sacmi Nanhai. The CCM 48 SC presented at CBST (hall W1, stand 1D02) will be
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On July 6th, 2015, Mark Stirpe joined Athena in the role of Business Manager, PET reporting to Jim Overbeeke, VP of Sales and Engineering. His responsibilities include sales and project engineering for preform machines and PET relationships across all levels. Mr Stirpe brings over 13 years of product development, sales engineering
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