Owens-Illinois has acquired a just over 49.7 percent interest in Empresas Comegua S.A. from Fabricación de Màquinas, S.A. de C.V., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vitro, S.A.B. de C.V.Operations include two glass manufacturing facilities - one in Costa Rica and another in Guatemala.

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Tekni-Plex, Inc. has acquired Beyers Plastics, Puurs, Belgium, a cleanroom Class 7 extruder and converter of polyethylene (PE) film, from investment company FAMO N.V. It specializes in producing PE packaging for the pharmaceutical, medical and other industries such as food.

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In line with its commitment to actively lead the way towards a more resource efficient society, Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) has issued a strong endorsement of the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF).

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The manufacturer of filling and packaging solutions Krones has acquired MHT Holding AG (MHT). The acquisition represents an extension of the Krones PET product portfolio into tooling for PET preform manufacturing and thus closes a gap in the Krones PET value chain.

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The SIGNATURE PACK is the world’s first aseptic carton pack linked to 100% plant-based renewable materials, said the producer SIG.
The environmental benefits have been confirmed by a critically reviewed ISO-conformant lifecycle assessment (LCA) – the world’s first for a mass balance product.

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CPhI Worldwide closes its 29th edition with pre-audit figures showing the most international audience in the event’s history, with a total unique attendance of 44,500 - remarkably, over 39,000 of which were international.

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EasySnap Technology introduce in its portfolio Easysnap Modena, a new compact machine solution.

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The European Plastics Converters are reacting to the adoption of the proposal on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment by European Parliament. We publishe their position.

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Announced at the beginning of september (ebonus 3 sept), Jindal confirms the acquisition of 100% shares of Treofan Europe. Manfred Kaufmann, CEO Jindal Films Europe, commented : “merging both businesses will allow us to accelerate the group’s growth and to become the most innovative solution provider for recyclable packaging”.

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MPS and Domino have presented the capabilities of the MPS EF SYMJET with its integrated Domino N610i digital ink jet engine.

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Elix Polymers is launching a new line of ABS products under the brand name Chemical Compliance (CC) for applications that include cosmetic containers, and products that come into contact with food.

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Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has introduced its new innovation, Cartastrength® ABL, a dry strength booster for packaging.

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SEA Vision, who operes in vision system has launched its Near Infrared Hyperspectral vision (NIR)system, HarleNir. a new generation of blister inspection technology that goes beyond visible inspection to provide a chemical analysis of drug products.

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A recycled plastic packaging award is included among eight categories in the expanded Plastics Recycling Awards Europe for 2019. The awards will be presented at the RAI, Amsterdam on the evening 10 April 2019, after the first day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe.

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At the beginning of this week, Monday, EFSA call for data relevant to the hazard assessment of Bisphenol A (BPA). The extensive body of new literature that has been published on BPA from 2013 onwards and not previously appraised by EFSA will be evaluated following a pre-defined hazard assessment protocol available online.

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Constantia Flexibles, producer of flexible packaging for the food and pharmaceutical industries. selects Wikitude as technology partner for its innovative packaging solution "Constantia Interactive" with augmented reality. 69% of consumers want more information.

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Synerlink, a Barry-Wehmiller packaging company, has designed Francois Truffier as its new President. He brings years of leadership experience in international manufacturing to the Barry-Wehmiller packaging company.

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Corning Pharmaceutical Glass S.p.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Corning Incorporated, and Bormioli Pharma entered into a binding agreement for the sale of Bormioli Pharma’s pharmaceutical glass tubing business. Closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is anticipated to occur at the beginning of 2019.

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PET food containers are recyclable. Reduction targets are not the solution. Collection is the way forward.
Petcore Europe, the association representing the entire value chain of PET in Europe and Plastics Recyclers Europe support PET Sheet Europe and urge the European policymakers to enforce separate collection and recycling of PET trays followed by specific targets instead of consumption reduction - a measurement that would sabotage the above mentioned commitment and circularity initiatives.

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The Italian Automatic Packaging Machinery Association will be organising promotional initiatives for the Italian packaging industry at the two important trade fairs PacProcess Teheran and PacProcess India.

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Krones, manufacturer of filling and packaging technology, has acquired the business operations and assets of Shanghai Xiantong Equipment Installation.
The Chinese company has been a partner and supplier to Krones in the field of process technology for many years.

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In response to the positive reception of the initial product launch, Pregis LLC is adding new pink and black color options to its Inspyre protective packaging brand.

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Pylote, a new player in the cleantech industrial mineral and ceramic chemistry, and Amcor presente at CPhI Worldwide in Madrid, Spain (9-11 October 2018), a partnership to provide innovative packaging solutions for liquid pharmaceuticals that are more sustainable, cleaner and safer for patients.

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Archroma reinforces its strength management solutions dedicated to packaging and tissue paper with Cartastrength® DST.03

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At the upcoming CPhI Worldwide in Madrid, Romaco will share booths with its industry partners Huhtamaki, Biogrund, Hennig Arzneimittel and Skyepharma. On show will be innovative push-through strips from Siebler, hot melt coatings by Innojet and Kilian tableting technologies.

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LineXpress from Krones enables bottlers running PET containers to achieve a complete article change-over to different products, types, formats and packs in record time.

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A wearable micro pump from Sensile Medical/Gerresheimer subsidiary has received EU certification for the European market.

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For secondary labeling in the e-commerce sector, Logopack has presented new machines, at FachPack.

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The research report AWA Global Sleeve Label Market Study 2018 published by AWA Alexander Watson Associates confirms how strongly sleeve labeling technology has established itself in a relatively short timescale. Today claiming around 18% of the overall global label market, it is a maturing technology - but growth is still strong, at an annual 5.5%.

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On top of formulations, manufacturing and filling, contract manufacturers offer more and more services : ingredients selection, packaging, regulations…

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