Procomac, the Italian-based provider of beverage filling lines, has
developed a method to bottle fruit nectars and juices in PET
containers using aseptic processing systems.
Valpak, the UK packaging recycling organisation, has joined forces
with six local authorities in England to provide kerbside glass
collection facilities for local residents.
The amount of glass recycled for packaging increased to 35 per cent
in 2001 according to figures released by Glasspac, the packaging
promotions arm of British Glass.
Grafobal Vilnius, one of the leading paper and paperboard packaging
manufacturers in Lithuania, has reported a strong rise in earnings
for the first six months of the year.
PTC is to supply UK glass packager United Glass with technology
that could help it influence product design for leading drinks
companies such as Scottish Courage and Anheuser Busch.
Fast growing privately held fatty acid producer Twin Rivers
Technologies LP of Massachusetts, USA, has closed a deal to
purchase The Procter & Gamble Companies Olestra plant in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
VantagePoint Systems, a Canada-based developer of business
management software for the corrugated packaging industry, has
entered into an agreement to acquire Avalon Printing Software of
Leicester, UK.
Single-use food service disposables manufacturer Sweetheart Cup and
EarthShell have signed a letter of intent naming Sweetheart the
primary North American supplier of EarthShell Packaging.
In Argentina Roberto Luka and Manuel Gallardo, former General
Mangers of the wineries Finca Flichman and Seagram have decided to
open their own respective wineries in Mendoza province, Argentina.
Graham Packaging Company, a global designer and manufacturer of
customised blow-moulded plastic containers, is using its newly
developed proprietary Active Cage technology to produce two new PET
plastic (polyethylene terephthalate)...
Rexam, the global food and beverage packaging manufacturer, has
boosted longer-term confidence within its sector after chairman,
Jeremy Lancaster, made positive comments about its outlook for
future trading during the annual general...
Ardagh, the Irish glass packaging group which is closing its
Ringsend plant, saw pre-tax profits plummet to €2.4 million last
year compared with €8.9 million in 2000.
Foster's Group, the Australian beer, wine and leisure company, has
said that its Carlton & United Breweries subsidiary has
purchased a 65 per cent stake in BCB Beverages Australia for A$7.2
million (€4.3m), including debt.
The US-based Ball Corporation has reported that its first quarter
profits for the group's packaging segment are up nearly $4 million
(€4.4 million), while sales had only risen marginally.Earnings in
the segment were $55.8 million...
Mitsubishi Polyester Film (Americas) has announced plans for a
capital investment that will convert one of the existing PET film
lines into the production of PET shrink films, widely used in the
food packaging industry.
