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The deinking plant in Louth removes the ink from printed PE films and processes the material into granules

Circular economy: Coveris opens recycling plant for printed PE films

Friday, June 9, 2023

Coveris opens a new "ReCover" recycling plant in Louth, UK, for the recycling of printed polyethylene films. "ReCover" is a recently established business unit of the packaging manufacturer that produces high-quality recyclates from plastic waste in a pioneering process. The new facility in Louth is the second in the...

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Chemspec Europe 2023

Chemspec Europe 2023 reports record exhibition space and strong visitor growth

Monday, June 5, 2023

The 36th International Exhibition for Fine and Speciality Chemicals concluded last week at the Messe Basel exhibition centre in Switzerland. The largest edition of Chemspec Europe in size so far, the event welcomed 353 exhibitors from 24 countries, presenting their innovative substances and bespoke solutions on a...

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Stephanie Pulllings Hart

Nestlé appoints Stephanie Pullings Hart as Head of Operations

Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Nestlé is hiring for the head of operations post. Magdi Batato, currently Executive Vice President and Head of Operations, will retire at the beginning of 2024 after more than 30 years with Nestlé. He has held various positions on three continents. In his current position, Batato is responsible for the operations of...

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Nils Janus, Head of Advanced Analytics at Covestro

Artificial intelligence helps shape change in the chemical industry

Monday, May 22, 2023

The industry is discovering more and more possibilities for the use of artificial intelligence (AI). However, when implementing and using AI in the chemical industry, many peers face similar challenges that still need to be solved. For this reason the chemical companies Covestro and Evonik as well as the consulting...

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EMVA Young Professional Award Winner Dr. Pieter Blok (left), EMVA President Dr. Chris Yates

Dr. Pieter Blok wins EMVA Young Professional Award 2023

Monday, May 15, 2023

The EMVA Young Professional Award 2023 goes to Dr. Pieter Blok for his work “Advanced deep learning for harvest robotics”. The awardee was announced on 05 May during the 21th EMVA Business Conference in Seville/Spain, where he also had the opportunity to present his work as part of the regular conference program....

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Visitors, exhibitors and organizers draw a positive conclusion to Interpack 2023, Photo: Visitors, exhibitors and organizers draw a positive conclusion to Interpack 2023

Final report: More than 142,000 visitors came to Interpack 2023

Friday, May 12, 2023

Under the tagline "Welcome Home", this year's Interpack 2023 welcomed visitors from all over the world. A total of around 142,000 interested people from 155 countries came to the trade show in Düsseldorf, two thirds of them from abroad. In addition to many countries in Europe, the largest visitor nations were India,...

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Gea raises outlook for 2023 following strong first quarter

Gea generates €1.27 billion sales in the first quarter of 2023

Monday, May 8, 2023

Gea increased its order intake in the first quarter of 2023 by 2.4 percent to a record level of around €1.6 billion, compared with €1.5 billion a year earlier. This development was driven among other things by five major orders with a total value of €126 million. Among the customer industries, vegan products, beverages...

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Per-Erik Holsten, Head of Energy Industries, Northern Europe, ABB, and Petr Láhner, Executive Vice President Industrial Services & Cybersecurity at Tüv Rheinland (from left to right)

Tüv Rheinland acquires part of ABB’s Energy Industries division

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

On May 2, 2023, Tüv Rheinland has completed the acquisition of ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy, part of ABB’s Energy Industries division. ABB’s UK technical engineering consultancy will complement the existing risk, safety and integrity management services provided by Tüv Rheinland and will be integrated...

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CEO Christian Hartel

Wacker: Sales fall 16 percent to €1.74 billion in first quarter of 2023

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Wacker Chemie closed the first quarter of 2023 with lower sales and earnings figures. In the quarter under review, the Munich-based chemical group generated sales revenue of €1.74 billion. This is 16 percent less than in the previous year, when €2.08 billion were generated. The main reason for the decline was lower...

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Luke Miels, Chief Commercial Officer of GSK

GSK acquires Canadian pharmaceutical company for two billion dollars

Monday, April 24, 2023

GSK will buy Canadian-based biopharmaceutical company Bellus Health, investing $2 billion. The acquisition will give the U.K.-based pharmaceuticals company access to a cough medicine for the treatment of chronic cough (RCC for short). The drug is currently in Phase III clinical development with anticipated approval and...

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