Sweden’s Nefab buys custom packaging specialist PolyFlex
Sweden’s Nefab Group AB is growing its already-sizable presence in North America with a just-announced purchase of PolyFlex Products Inc.
Concentrated Product Puts the ‘Squeez’ on Mouthwash Packaging
Procter & Gamble is bringing the packaging benefits of a concentrated product to the mouthwash category with its new palm-size Crest Scope Squeez package. The product is P&>’s first concentrated mouthwash. The squeeze bottle delivers the same number of mouthwash doses as a regular 1-liter bottle but with much less packaging. According to P&>, Scope Squeez uses 70% less packaging than a 500-ml Scope mouthwash bottle and provides up to…
Reports say ADNOC offering $11B for Covestro
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) has offered more than $11 billion to acquire global plastics and chemicals firm Covestro AG, according to major media reports.
Crystal Geyser Bottled Water Adds Second In-House rPET Plant
CG Roxane, the Novato, CA-based producer of Crystal Geyser Alpine Spring Water, has opened its second in-house recycled PET (rPET) plant. The new facility, in Benton, TN, supports CG Roxane’s goal of producing water bottles with at least 50% rPET content. The company’s original in-house rPET plant is in San Bernardino, CA. Together, the two facilities will supply CG Roxane’s bottlers nationwide with rPET pellets to create new bottles. By…
7 Medtech Trends That You Need to Know About
The medical device industry is in a period of settling. But there are seven trends that sum up exactly what is happening with medtech now. MD+DI”s Editor-in-Chief, Omar Ford took part in a session Wednesday at MD&M East to discuss current trends.
Injection molder, mold maker Otto Engineering upgrades space, equipment
A new 25,000-square-foot facility will be equipped with seven new presses to manufacture control products, communication accessories for astronauts, first responders, military personnel and others.
Tekni-Plex enhances research and development center
The company is modernizing its Global Innovation Center in Ohio that works in material science research and development.
Even without resin caps, plastics treaty will lead to less virgin material
Even without controversial virgin resin production caps, some in the industry say the global plastics treaty being negotiated now will mean less virgin plastic use.
Silver for sustainability at Techmer PM
Materials maker Techmer PM has received a silver medal in the EcoVadis Sustainability Assessment.
‘ISRI Specifications Guide’ Goes Digital
The ISRI Specifications Guide, published by the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), has provided buyers and sellers of recycled materials with a common framework to support trade around the world for more than 100 years. A grant from the US Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration has enabled ISRI to now launch a digital version of the guide, accessible online to anyone at any time. ISRI will host a…