1:44 min
Management
Amcor sets new environmental targets
Using FY 2010/11 as the baseline year, Amcor's new environmental targets are: 10% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions intensity by FY 2015/16 50% reduction in waste to landfill intensity by FY 2015/16. 25% reduction in potable water use intensity at Amcor's Australian ...
1:11 min
Management
Husky Injection Molding Systems completes acquisition of closure mold maker KTW
Husky Injection Molding Systems today announced it has completed the acquisition of KTW of Waidhofen, Austria, recognized as a global leader in closure mold making.With the addition of KTW, Husky becomes the closure industry’s only provider of complete injection molding systems, ...
3:10 min
Management
Coca-Cola Enterprises supplier of the year award recognises APPE's sustainability contribution
Europe’s leading PET packaging and food grade rPET manufacturer APPE (the Packaging Division of La Seda de Barcelona) has been named 2010 ‘Supplier of the Year’ at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE’s) second Supplier Sustainability Summit and Awards Ceremony. The awards were presented to ...
3:50 min
Management
Constar adds three to sales team as it eyes expansion in specialty food and beverage markets
Constar, a leading producer of PET bottles, jars and preforms, has announced the hiring of three new team members: regional sales managers Mark Cooper and Mark Hubbuch along with design engineer Ryan Lee. Constar is ramping up hiring in anticipation of its emergence from Chapter 11 ...
2:44 min
Management
Berkshire Partners and OMERS Private Equity to acquire Husky International
Berkshire Partners LLC, the Boston based private equity firm, and OMERS Private Equity Inc., the private equity arm of the OMERS Worldwide group of companies, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement to jointly acquire Husky International Ltd. and its subsidiaries ...
2:19 min
Management
APPE scores market first with pan European BRC certification
APPE (Artenius PET Packaging Europe) is the first leading PET producer to gain the BRC/IOP Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials across all of its European plants, underlining its commitment to safeguarding quality in the food industry. Developed by retailers, The BRC ...
1:37 min
Management
Graham Packaging to acquire assets of Techne - Technipack Engineering Italia, S.r.l.
Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced that its subsidiary, Graham Packaging Company Italia S.r.l., has committed to acquire the assets of Techne - Technipack Engineering Italia S.r.l. (Techne), for total consideration of euro 8.8 million.Techne manufactures ...
0:50 min
Management
New Chief Technical Officer
Anton Huber will support the newly appointed management – consisting of Managing Partner Angelika Huemer, Sales Director Herman Adrigan and Chief Financial Officer Wolfgang Stidl – in the areas engineering and production.“In Anton Huber we have found a new technical ...
4:11 min
Management
Graham Packaging Company to be acquired by Silgan Holdings
Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which Graham Packaging will be acquired by Silgan Holdings Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $19.56 per share, or a total of approximately $4.1 billion including ...