Containers-closures
The Evansville, Ind.-based company said the Woodstock, Ill., facility will no longer make closures and overcaps.
A California company has created all-PET caps, making it easier to reclaim 100 percent of the material in recycling.
The move to close three locations — two in the United States and one in Canada — means more than 100 job losses.
Gulf Closures produces more than 2 billion caps per year, according to Aptar.
Hoffer Plastics Corp. has only continued to grow since it won the Processor of the Year award in 2012. Now it has been honored with the Sustained Excellence Award.
Meena Banasiak of Phoenix Closures tells attendees of the Women Breaking the Mold Networking Forum how to reframe decision making when balancing their priorities.
Injection molding giant AptarGroup Inc. said it will shutter its packaging and dispensing closures plant in Libertyville, Ill., laying off 77 workers. The layoffs are to begin Feb. 1.
Buying Liqui-Box brings "valuable new capabilities with its expertise in fitments and dispensers," says Sealed Air CEO Edward Doheny.
Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages is a regional bottler that seeks to innovate with the help of others, one company official said.
Europe is requiring tethered caps by the middle of 2024, but some companies outside of that continent see an advantage of adopting them as a way to cut through the clutter on store shelves.
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