Consumer packaging group Silgan Holdings has revised its earnings estimates for the year due to lower volumes for metal food containers. The US-based supplier of rigid consumer goods packaging also announced that it has extended the ...
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Electronic waste recycling firm Executive Recycling has been convicted of multiple crimes,including environmental violations related to illegal disposal of e-waste overseas,mail and wire fraud,and smuggling and obstruction,the ...
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The Glass Packaging Institute has released an in-depth survey of ten bar, restaurant, and hotel glass container recycling programs in eight states. In addition to collecting data on containers and processes, economic details, and logistics, ...
Gerresheimer has acquired a majority stake in the Indian company Triveni, a manufacturer of plastic containers and closures for the pharma industry, for an undisclosed sum. Gerresheimer CFO Hans-Jürgen Wiecha said the acquisition is ...
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Packaging manufacturer Priority Plastics has acquired CCW Products in the US. The acquisition is set to expand the company’s footprint across the country, besides increasing its product offerings. The combination of CCW's packaging ...
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Coca-Cola is taking a legal case against the Northern Territory cash-for-containers scheme, which is the only comprehensive recycling and litter reduction scheme that really works, said Jeff Angel, convenor of Boomerang Alliance. "Mt ...
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Brambles has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Pallecon, a provider of intermediate bulk containers (IBC) in Europe and the Asia-Pacific, for €135 million (US$177 million). Brambles CEO Tom Gorman said: "Pallecon has ...
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Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released a new report which indicates that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011. According to the report in total, more than 268.5 million kilograms ...
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The Baltimore Sun reported that an out of state steelmaker has bought the most valuable piece of the Sparrows Point plant to use as spare parts, a move that could kill the last hopes that the steel mill might be purchased by an operator and ...
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Business Line reported that Mundra Port has registered a 16.7% growth in containerized traffic handling for April to November on a YoY basis, bucking the gloomy trend in seen in all other key container handling ports such as the Jawaharlal ...
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Gerresheimer AG, one of the world’s leading partners of the pharma and healthcare industry, today announced that it has acquired the majority shareholding in the Indian company Triveni to further accelerate its growth in the emerging ...
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In August Quinn Glass started the implementation of new cold end equipment designed specifically to handle next generation Spirit containers. With taller profiles and higher centres of gravity, the traditional cold end equipment would not ...
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Members of the OMAC Packaging Working Group's PackML and PackSpec committees met Decem ber 4-5 at B&R Industrial Automation's facility in Atlanta with two objectives: To make PackML easier to implement and benefit from,and To to develop ...
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In 2011, the rate in Germany at which used packaging steel was recycled into new steel reached 93.9%. It exceeds the previous top rate, which was achieved in 2010, by a further 0.6 percentage points. This was the figure quoted by the ...
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Berry Plastics has launched its new product line of Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers(FIBC)DriBulk Container Liners that are used for storing,shipping and transporting dry bulk goods for industries including ...
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