BASF has broken ground for a syngas plant at its Verbund site in Zhanjiang, China. The new world-scale production plant, which is fully integrated into the Verbund site, is scheduled to come on stream in 2025. The chemicals group will use new process concepts in the syngas plant to reduce CO2 emissions compared with...
Vetter, a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), has been awarded the Frost & Sullivan’s 2023 Global Customer Value Leadership Award in the aseptic fill-and-finish market for the company’s high performance for its customers. The award, presented annually by the international...
Westfalia Fruit India is delighted to announce the launch of its first Avocado ripening facility in Mumbai, India. This will allow the company to supply avocados that are ready to eat to consumers in Mumbai and neighbouring areas. The dedicated ripening chamber has been built in Navi Mumbai, near the APMC market and...
5.9 grams - The extremely low weight of the Shoulderflex bottle was the deciding factor for this year’s jury of the German Packaging Prize in the “Sustainability” category. That is because the Shoulderflex makes a crucial contribution towards reducing the carbon footprint of water bottlers by yielding material savings...
Gea continued its positive performance of recent years in the second quarter of 2023 despite a slight decline in order intake. In terms of the key performance indicators organic sales and Ebitda before restructuring charges, results improved again compared with the prior-year quarter. Order intake decreased slightly by...
Easyfairs has announced that September's London Packaging Week will be one of its most sustainable exhibitions. The multi-format event organizers have teamed up with “ExCeL London”, a renowned sustainability-driven event venue, to ensure sustainability remains at the forefront of both organizations' agendas, driving a...
Large area for small series: Gerresheimer is expanding the capacity of its small series production in Wackersdorf. With the third expansion of the technical competence centre and small batch production at the site in the last five years, the company is taking the next strategic step into the future. The new "Small...
Bjørn-Erik Dahlmann is the new Managing Director of Lindberg & Lund AS in Norway. He succeeds Morten Haugberg, who is retiring after 35 years in Lindberg & Lund and has been Managing Director since 2001. Lindberg & Lund AS is a subsidiary of Biesterfeld Spezialchemie and part of the Biesterfeld Group, one...
Krones' stable growth continued in the second quarter of 2023 despite challenging conditions. One major reason for this is that the company's markets are hardly affected by economic fluctuations. Sales developed well in the second quarter despite the unchanged tense situation in the procurement of electrical components...
Since July 18, 2023, the Arburg subsidiary in Querétaro, Mexico, has a new managing director in Mario Rodriguez Navarro. He has taken over from Guillermo Fasterling, who has successfully built up and expanded the subsidiary since it opened in 2008. Mario Rodriguez Navarro brings with him the best qualifications for his...
