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Masterflex expands business in India

Masterflex, a specialist for technical hoses and connection systems, is expanding its commitment on the subcontinent with a new Internet presence and a local partner. The new website provides multinational and Indian companies with information about the high-quality products of the Masterflex, Novoplast Schlauchtechnik...

RKW invests worldwide in sustainable production and solutions

Sustainability plays a central role for the RKW Group. The RKW Group invests year-round and worldwide in modernizations and innovations in favor of sustainable products and processes. For the second time, the company and its approximately 3,000 employees have now also actively contributed to social commitment in a...

The Gerresheimer website is now also available in Chinese

Gerresheimer's website is now also available in Chinese. As demand for Gerresheimer's innovative and sustainable packaging solutions and drug delivery devices is also growing significantly in China and the company has six production sites in China, Gerresheimer wants to make it easier for its Chinese customers to...

Salvador Gracia takes over the management of Wittmann Battenfeld Spain S.L. as of 1 October 2021

The two long-standing Managing Directors of Wittmann Battenfeld in Spain, Mr. Jordi Farres and Ms. Merce Margarit are going into retirement on 30 September 2021. Effective 1 October, the company’s general management will be taken over by Mr. Salvador Gracia, who previously held the position of Strategic Finance Manager...

David Axiotis, Executive Director Asia Fruit Logistica

Global Produce Events, the organizers of Asia Fruit Logistica, have announced the appointment of David Axiotis as the new Executive Director of Asia’s leading trade show for the fresh produce business. Axiotis comes with more than a decade of experience in the trade show industry and will henceforth be leading all Asia...

Technician at Da Chang Sha site detecting and analyzing the main content of battery materials

Following the approval of all relevant authorities, BASF and Shanshan have formed the joint venture “BASF Shanshan Battery Materials Co., Ltd.”. The new entity will be majority owned by BASF (BASF 51% and Shanshan 49%). The newly formed company has four sites in Hunan and Ningxia, China, with more than 1,600 employees...

SIG is investing 12 million euro in a pilot plant of its new Tech Center Europe, which will be located close to SIG’s packaging plants in Linnich, Germany

SIG is investing 12 million euro in a pilot plant of its new Tech Center Europe, which will be located close to SIG’s packaging plants in Linnich, Germany. Bringing further added value to SIG customers, the new Tech Center will help to expedite new product and packaging development, to meet the ever-increasing demand...

Grafe pushes ahead with development of injection-molded wax crayons

The Grafe company from Blankenhain is currently pushing ahead with a successful development project for color compounds for wax crayons. This allows the popular painting tools to be produced by injection molding. "What speaks in favor of this is that it is an automated process, which leads to a reduction in manual...

New premises support Tower’s continuing growth

Located close to its existing premises in Theale, just 30 minutes from London Heathrow Airport, the 26,000 sq ft building will greatly expand Tower’s container conditioning and storage capacities, as well as enhancing its design, laboratory and testing capabilities in the development of robust, reliable and reusable...

By establishing a joint venture called PET Recycling Team Targu Mures, Alpla and companies Ecohelp and UPT are investing in the construction of a recycling plant for PET

The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is investing in the construction of a recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania as part of a joint venture with its partners. The plastic granulate recycled there in the future will come from PET bottles collected from household waste and will be...