Kiefer Werkzeugbau GmbH is expanding. With a new building the company is going to create further opportunities for the first test and pilot runs with blow moulds manufactured at the headquarter in Schwaigern. The new hall covers 1,100m² for blow moulding, injection moulding and thermoforming machines. From now on, the production
Read MoreThe Polymark Consortium has published its preliminary technical results outlining the successful development of food-contact approved chemical markers, a marking technique of the targeted packaging and a detection technology suitable for high speed sorting. The three-year research project funded by the European Commission brings together stakeholders from the whole PET value
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On the 28th August Constantia’s team from Spear South Africa attended the annual awards ceremony for supplier excellence at Newlands Brewery in South Africa. Multiple categories were recognised in each field of expertise. In the category of packaging, Constantia (Spear SA) was recognised as best Quality supplied in the last financial
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Plastipak Packaging’s European arm (formerly APPE) received three gold and two bronze awards at Starpack Awards. The event was held at the National Space Centre in Leicester on 10th September. Plastipak’s new range of round ThermaLite PET jars, that can be hot-filled and pasteurised, won a bronze Greenstar Sustainable Award. Designed
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Caps and closures manufacturer Procap launches a new growth strategy for achieving a global reference for plastic caps and closures for customers and announces its new name United Caps. For this, United Caps builds on Procap’s history of merger and acquisition, and growth. Like Procap, United Caps will be a partner
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In August 2015 Amut confirms the establishment of new technical service points in Vietnam and Indonesia boosting and consolidating an onsite support to the existing and potential customers. This strategy has been followed because of the good results achieved in the extrusion and thermoforming field in the South-Eastern Asian area. Amut
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Mr Vimal Kedia, Managing Director of Manjushree Technopack Ltd was conferred the "Outstanding Achievement" award by the Eliteplus Group at the 3rd Injection Blow Molding and PET International Conference held in Mumbai, August 21-22, 2015. The conference is a joint effort of Chemicals and Petrochemicals Manufacturers’ Association, India (CPMA) and ElitePlus
Read MoreThe equivalent of 66 billion 1.5L PET bottles were collected and recycled in 2014, representing 57% of bottles and containers placed in the market. This conclusion comes from a report carried out by PCI PET Packaging Resin & Recycling Ltd for Petcore Europe from a Europe-wide survey among actors involved in
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PET Power is once again adding a new family to its wide range of standard PET bottles and jars: the Scylla Oval. For years, this model has been known as a glass variant and it is used in several different markets. The range consists of three different content sizes (100 ml,
Read MoreFollowing the recent acquisition by Bobst of a majority share in Nuova Gidue S.r.l., an Italian manufacturer of presses for the labels and packaging industry, the company’s name is changing to Bobst Firenze S.r.l. Although under a new name, the management team, plant location and its design, production & service activities
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Reto Bamert has been appointed as Head of the PET Business Unit, consequently taking over from Markus Dal Pian, Vice President Sales & Marketing, who had temporarily filled the post. "I am delighted we have acquired such a long-term, experienced employee and plastics expert like Reto Bamert to head our PET
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