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WEBpackaging launches Premium Subscription service
WEBpackaging has launched an exciting new Premium Subscription service giving packaging professionals access to extended tools, services and information not found anywhere else, and providing a number of genuinely useful benefits.
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Innovation or shelf impact: Package designers share their priorities for package design
Priorities for brand managers and purchasing executives are closely aligned, when asked to rank company performance attributes that are most critical to purchase decisions of caps and closures, “Most Reliable Supplier” and “Most Cost Efficient” were first and second, in terms of company priorities.
Read morePortola Packaging reduces energy by almost 20%
Portola Packaging, Inc.'s North American facilities reduced energy usage by almost 20% and recycled more than 5.5 million pounds of material over the past two years. The company, known as a leading closure manufacturer, is reporting an 8% reduction in energy usage in 2011, in addition to a 10.5% decrease in 2010, compared to the year prior.
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Weatherchem's sustainability initiatives continue during 2012
For some companies, sustainability initiatives have been a popular “fad” of the last few years, launched with great fanfare but rapidly devolving to little more than taglines on a poster displayed by a recycling bin. Weatherchem has always taken the environment far more seriously, and has invested significantly – and made significant progress – toward its eventual goal of becoming “landfill-free.”
Read more2011: A year for growth, expansion, and records
The decisions and investments made by Weatherchem during the past few years, particularly during the downturn, gained momentum during the past year as Weatherchem enjoyed its most successful year in its 40-year history.
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Customer proximity is always a top priority at Weener
Weener's North American headquarters in Wilson, North Carolina, USA was one of the firm’s first 100% company-owned locations overseas. It was the result of the takeover of the Euro-Matic Group in 2005. Weener Plastics Inc. has since become an important development and production facility for the Weener Group.
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Cb Caps and Gil Pack join All In Packaging
Two well-known companies, Cb Caps, the manufacturer of great-quality caps, and Gil Pack, supplier of pharmaceutical packaging decided to add their products to the All In Packaging platform. The products of both companies are now accessible on the pages of All In Packaging. Products can be ordered easily on the internet together with over 1,500 other packaging products.
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MMC celebrates 20 years of providing high quality equipment for caps and closures
MMC is celebrating its 20th year as a supplier of high quality automation solutions for the cap and closure industry. In its early stages, MMC developed and supplied innovative cap lining machines. The company then further evolved into a full service supplier of after-molding automation for closure manufacturers, offering high-speed assembly equipment, closing machines for hinged dispensing closures, slitting equipment for Tamper Evident closures, and vision inspection systems.
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Weber International Packaging takes on new Sales Account Manager
Weber International Packaging has announced André Parent will be taking on the role of New Sales Account Manager. Mr. Parent will be based out of the company’s headquarters in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec and will join the Canadian sales team.
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Rexam agrees to sell Closures for $360M
Rexam PLC, the global consumer packaging company, announces that it has agreed to sell its beverage and speciality closures business (“Closures”) to Berry Plastics for $360M in cash, subject to certain asset adjustments. Completion is expected in Q3 2011 and is conditional on regulatory approvals.
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