APPE, the packaging division of LSB, has announced a major collaboration with ColorMatrix, a leading supplier of liquid colorants and additives for plastic applications, and specialist mould manufacturer KTW in the development and launch of a unique new barrier technology for PET and ...

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, the world's leading vertically integrated Polyester Value Chain producer, has signed an agreement to acquire Wellman International's recycling business in Europe from AURELIUS AG, to pursue customers' sustainability needs and meet the demands ...

A not-to-be-missed appointment for European players in the beverage industry. And an exceptional showcase for the major technology producers. This is Brau Beviale, to be held at Nuremburg from 9th to 11th November 2011.With regard to the beverage field Sacmi has, for some time now, ...

Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced the launch of its next generation HyCAP system for high output beverage closure manufacturing. An evolution of the existing platform, the new HyCAP system offers several advantages including the enablement of faster cycle times, ...

At this year's Brau Beviale one of the world leaders in filling and packaging technology KHS will be presenting a wide range of innovations.  With its new platform system Innofill Glass, for example, the company will be heralding a new dawn of filling machines for glass bottles.  The ...

Polyplex Ltd. has purchased its 4th polycondensation plant for polyester film production with AQUAFILEngineering Technology. Polyplex Ltd. is the 4th largest thin film producer in the world and operatestoday already three 2-Reactor PET polycondensation plants of AQUAFIL ...

DAK Americas LLC (DAK) announced that it has completed the acquisition of the PET Resins business of Wellman, Inc. (“Wellman”). The acquisition brings DAK Americas total PET resin production capacity to more than 4.3 billion pounds annually (1,945 KTons) in the Americas. The ...

Clariant calls on Pallmann mills for masterbatch production.(Photo The Pallmann ...

OCTAL, biggest producer of PET sheet worldwide, has now attracted a great deal of attention with its strong growth. The entire turnover, for instance, is to be more than doubled from this year to 2012. The reason for this is the new DPETTM technology that has been developed by the ...

When discussing safe and economical process control in the sector powder handling – ...