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Illinois firm buying biodegradable PET maker Planet Green 2010-01-06

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London packaging firm touts PET paint can

LONDON (March 16, 12:01 a.m. ET) -- London-based Plastic Can Co. is seeking licensees in North and South America for its patented, two-stage PET paint can. March 16, 2010

Amcor PET renamed Amcor Rigid Plastics

ANN ARBOR, MICH. (March 11, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- The former Amcor PET Packaging business based in Ann Arbor has been renamed Amcor Rigid Plastics. The new group is among seven operating units that were organized following the recent $1.9 billion acquisition of parts of Alcan Packaging by Amcor Ltd. of Melbourne, Australia. March 11, 2010

Silgan moving equipment to Ligonier, Ind.

LIGONIER, IND. (March 10, 11:50 a.m. ET) -- Silgan Plastics Corp. will spend $5.5 million in machinery upgrades to its blow molding plant in Ligonier. The equipment will come froma plant in Port Clinton, Ohio, that is scheduled to be closed. March 10, 2010

Alcoholic drinks no barrier to PET

SAN JOSE, CALIF. (March 1, 2:10 p.m. ET) -- Enhanced barrier PET bottles continue to secure some high profile niche applications in the alcoholic beverage industry, demonstrating that the benefits of PET need not be restricted to the soft drinks sector. March 1, 2010

Amcor PET bottles push limits

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 25, 12:45 p.m. ET) — Amcor PET Packaging has unveiled several new bottle designs that are created to meet goals for style and substance. The designs — all of which will be commercially available by mid-2011 — are innovative while also providing cost savings for customers. February 25, 2010

Hodge promoted to president of R&B Holdings

SALINE, MICH. (Feb. 25, 11:40 a.m. ET) -- Al Hodge has been promoted from vice president of sales blow molding and extrusion equipment maker R&B Plastics Machinery LLC to president of R&B Holdings LLC, effective Feb. 17. February 25, 2010

Gatorade closing 4-year-old Okla. plant

PURCHASE, N.Y. (Feb. 23, 11:25 a.m. ET) -- PepsiCo of Purchase, N.Y., is closing its largest Gatorade bottling plant, a facility in Pryor, Okla., that it spent $180 million to build in 2006 and 2007. February 23, 2010

North American PET market changing, in need of innovation

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 22, 4:30 p.m. ET) -- The North American PET market might need to change the way it thinks about itself as it moves into the second decade of the 21st century. Some of the old rules — which provided solid growth for more than 30 years — no longer apply. And the new rules are creating new opportunities, according to industry pros who spoke at the Packaging Conference, held Feb. 8-10 in Las Vegas. February 22, 2010

Casey Container to make biodegradable preforms

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. (Feb. 22, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- Casey Container Corp. plans to open a plant to make biodegradable PET preforms in Tampa, Fla., to supply an affiliate, Taste of Aruba, which will make water bottles at a plant in the Dutch territory of Aruba. The company as of Feb. 8 had only three employees and no machinery. February 22, 2010

Study quantifies PET bottle lightweighting

ALEXANDRIA, VA. (Feb. 19, 9:45 a.m. ET) -- According to a newly-released industry study, between 2000 and 2008, the weight of 16.9-ounce, single-serve PET water bottles dropped by nearly 33 percent. February 19, 2010

Utah's Lifetime Products files patent infringement suits in Chinese courts

GUANGZHOU, CHINA (Feb. 19, 8:25 p.m. ET) -- American plastic table maker Lifetime Products Inc., which has filed more than 20 patent infringement lawsuits in the United States aimed at blocking Chinese products from U.S. stores, is bringing its first such lawsuit in mainland China in an effort to more directly target alleged copycats. February 19, 2010

Silgan licenses Kortec technology for three food applications

CHESTERFIELD, MO. (Feb. 18, 11:05 a.m. ET) -- Silgan Plastics Corp. has licensed Kortec Inc.’s multilayer injection molding technology for three packaging markets: wet pet foods, fruit cups and microwaveable cups, bowls and trays for ready-to-east soups, stews and meals. February 18, 2010

Coca-Cola aims to make PET more environmentally sustainable

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 17, 3:15 p.m. ET) -- Coca-Cola Co.’s new PlantBottle “will help to define the future of sustainable packaging” for the global beverage giant, according to a company official. February 17, 2010

M&G makes new push for beer in PET

LAS VEGAS (Feb. 17, 3:05 p.m. ET) -- Beer is back at PET resin maker M&G Group. After years of disappointing attempts to get beer makers to switch their product from glass to PET, the effort seemingly had been relegated to the shadows. But M&G is out to change that with its new PoliProtect-brand monolayer barrier PET, according to North American business director Mark Adlam. February 17, 2010

TraFfix adding blow molding at Iowa plant

FAIRFIELD, IOWA (Feb. 17, 2:50 p.m. ET) -- Highway safety equipment maker TraFfix Devices Inc. is bringing its blow molding in house, adding one production line at its Fairfield plant this spring and a second one in the fall. The company previously contracted with an outside blow molder, but saw its business increasing and decided to invest in its own production. February 17, 2010

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