Packaging
The plastic packaging maker expects to spend between $10 million and $15 million on the project.
The PET packaging industry continues to push changes including increased use of post-consumer resin, continued lightweighting, improved processing methods, new additives and the use of cleaner energy.
The company will begin improvements this year in a project expected to extend into 2027.
The maker of totes, packaging and pallets will spend $3 million to consolidate two plants in Burr Oak, Mich., a project expected to double employment.
Kraft Heinz Co. will use more recycled plastics in packaging in the years ahead, but the company also is looking at ways to eliminate plastics in certain applications.
The packaging company wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by the end of 2030.
The bottle maker has purchased blow molder Midwest Container & Industrial Supply Co. Inc. of Barnhart, Mo., near St. Louis. The acquired company will be known as Hub Plastics-Midwest.
The global plastics processor is out with its latest environmental, social and governance report.
Bottled water is America's most popular beverage and single-serve bottles are at the top of that category.
Film converter Robinette Co. has almost completed construction on its third plant, a 100,000-square-foot facility in Piney Flats, Tenn.
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