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MEXICO CITY (Nov. 5, 11:35 a.m. ET) -- Coca-Cola FEMSA SA de CV plans to extend the use of its PET short-height bottle finishes from Mexico to all its markets in Latin America within 12 months. The design cuts the weight of the company’s 16-ounce bottles to 20.5 grams, and has saved the bottler about $10 million in PET resin annually. November 5, 2009
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Nov. 5, 11:20 a.m. ET) -- The company that produces Coca-Cola in Australia will return to manufacturing its own PET bottles in 2010, eight years after offloading the operations and outsourcing supplies. Sydney-based Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. plans to invest about US$40.7 million next year to start the in-line, blow-fill manufacture of PET bottles. November 5, 2009
GLENVIEW, ILL. (Nov. 4, 6:20 p.m. ET) -- Illinois Tool Works Inc. today announced that it has acquired the assets of Greenville, S.C.-based packaging machinery maker Hartness International Inc. Hartness makes packaging equipment and conveyors for bottling and material handling. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. November 4, 2009
FALLS CHURCH, VA. (Nov. 4, 6:10 p.m. ET) -- The resurgence of the environmental movement has caused an upswing in the demand for environmentally friendly packaging, according to a new report fom the Foodservice Packaging Institute. November 4, 2009
INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 3, 11:40 p.m. ET) -- Closure Systems International announced Nov. 3 that it will open a plastic closure plant in Bangalore, India, in early 2010. The plant will be the Indianapolis-based company's second in India, and 31st globally. November 3, 2009
EIN HANATZIV, ISRAEL (Updated Nov. 4, 2:15 p.m. ET) -- Cross-linked polyethylene foam manufacturer Palziv North America is opening its first U.S. manufacturing plant next year. The company on Nov. 3 announced plans to invest $7.8 million to open a new foam molding plant in Louisburg, N.C. November 3, 2009
YORK, PA. (Nov. 2, 10:55 p.m. ET) -- Major North American blow molder Graham Packaging Co. announced Nov. 2 that it plans to file an initial public offering. The York-based company, which is controlled by private equity firm Blackstone Group LP, hopes to raise $350 million, which it would use to repay debt. November 2, 2009
RICHMOND, CALIF. (Oct. 30, 12 p.m. ET) -- Richmond has joined the list of northern California communities that have banned polystyrene takeout containers. Altogether, 25 California towns and two counties have banned PS takeout packaging. October 30, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y. (Oct. 29, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- After several delays and a court challenge, the expansion of the New York bottle deposit program to include water bottles will go into effect Oct. 31, nearly five months after originally scheduled. New York is the third state this year and sixth overall to include water bottles in its deposit program. October 29, 2009
WASHINGTON (Oct. 29, 11:40 p.m. ET) -- The U.S. Commerce Department has imposed antidumping duties ranging from just under 29 percent to just under 96 percent on imports of plastic shopping bags from Vietnam, Indonesia and Taiwan. October 29, 2009
HAZLETON, PA. (Oct. 26, 4:15 p.m. ET) -- Lewis Center, Ohio-based Multi-Plastics Inc. is in “advanced negotiations” to buy plants in Hazleton, Pa., and Avenel, N.J., from its long-time partner Reynolds Packaging Kama. October 26, 2009
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO (Oct. 26, 9:55 a.m. ET)  — Injection mold toolmaker Top Grade Molds Ltd. has joined an alliance that will help it expand its sales globally in caps and closures, as part of a group of packaging production companies marketed by AptiGroup. October 26, 2009
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT. (Oct. 21, 4:30 p.m. ET) — Blow molder Shelburne Plastics Inc. is considering building a $4 million plant in Monticello, N.Y., to supply large bottles for customer Boreal Water Collection Inc. Shelburne, based in South Burlington, would employ 50 people at the new plant, which will focus on large containers. October 21, 2009
NEW YORK (Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m. ET) — The National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that MasterNet Ltd. discontinue certain environmental claims for its plastic netting packing products. October 21, 2009
LOS ANGELES (Oct. 21, 2:55 p.m. ET) -- Repurpose Compostables Inc. has introduced a line of polylactic acid cold cups and cutlery. According to the Los Angeles-based company, its products can withstand heat of up to 220° F, and are able to biodegrade in 90 days. October 21, 2009

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