Joseph Pryweller Director, Conference and Event Content [email protected] (330) 212-3731 See All Staff Page Recent Stories Veolia launches new recycled plastics brand Energy savings a priority for Plastiblow In March, Plastiblow established a presence in the Americas by opening a spare parts and service center in Miami, called Plastiblow North America LLC, along with distributor partner Plastec USA Inc. Bekum enters a new era In the U.S. market, Bekum has completed an expansion in Williamston, adding 40,000 square feet of production and 7,400 square feet of offices. The future is refillable for Nissei ASB While refillable and returnable bottles are a bit uncommon in the U.S. market, there is growing interest in a global market for the practice, said Nissei ASB Sales Manager Craig Arnold. Diverse end market mix key for growth at Graham Instead of placing all its cards in one pot, Graham Engineering has increasingly spread its focus on three main areas of business: health care, building and construction, and packaging Kautex pledges to ‘walk the walk' on sustainability Kautex Maschinenbau GmbH showcased no equipment at its booth at K 2022. Instead it focused on what its machines can do, such as converting scrapped fishing nets into watering cans. Sipa sees PET challenging glass in wine market At its K 2022 booth, Sipa SpA showed off a large bottle of spumante, with the sparkling wine packaged in a curved PET container. New generation takes charge at Bunting Magnetics While Bunting already has locations in the United Kingdom and Canada, new CEO Robert Bunting envisions more global growth, even if it is more of a long-term opportunity. Uniloy targets growth in Southeast Asia, Latin America Uniloy Inc. wants to expand its blow molding footprint to Southeast Asia and Latin America, as the company continues to look for new opportunities under incoming CEO Gary Riley. Ukraine's PET Technologies intent on more than survival IPEG deal thrusts Piovan into North American market High prices threaten plastics innovation The German plastics industry is facing debilitating energy and raw material shortages going into the K 2022 trade show. Harbour: Processors find complex issues in attempts at growth The devil is in the details, and United States processors cannot sidestep operational processes if they expect to compete in today's changing manufacturing environment. Milliken brings nucleating agents to new market Nucleating agents, already having found their way into caps and closures for packaging, now are poised to move across the spectrum into injection molded transport packaging such as pallets and crates. DSM plans new plant in Georgia Facility is aimed for the plastic pouch in packaging market
Joseph Pryweller Director, Conference and Event Content [email protected] (330) 212-3731 See All Staff Page