Industrial packaging

CANADA – Plastics and chemical company Nova Chemicals has appointed chemical industry veteran Roger Kearns as its new president and CEO effective June 12. Kearns…

USA – Eastgate Group, a leading provider of contract package labeling & decorating services, has announced the expansion of its beverage can sleeving line to…

USA – Plastics bagging and logistics company Packwell broke ground on a new 725,000-square-foot state-of-the-art resin packaging facility at Port Houston’s Bayport Industrial Complex, expanding…

NETHERLANDS – Bagging automation solutions provider Votech has opened its newly expanded facility in Netherlands, boosting its manufacturing capacity. The move comes after the acquisition…

INDIA – Speciality glass manufacturer Schott has started production of FIOLAX amber pharmaceutical glass tubing at its facility in Gujarat, India. The new facility is…

CHINA – German multinational chemical company, BASF has announced plans to invest in the capacity expansion of polymer dispersions at its production site in Daya…

ITALY – French companies Verallia and Air Liquide have partnered to implement a customized solution to reduce CO₂ emissions and energy consumption at Verallia’s glass…

SOUTH AFRICA – Glass producer Ardagh Glass Packaging Africa has completed the refinancing of the South African debt facilities assumed at the time of the…

GLOBAL – Preliminary statistics for 2022 released by the Brussels-based Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) show the production of paper and board decreased by…

USA – American metal packaging producer Crown Holdings has registered US$12.94 billion in full-year net sales for fiscal 2022 (FY22), compared with $11.39bn in fiscal…