Global packaging specialist Huhtamaki (Espoo, Finland) has announced plans to open a manufacturing facility located in Goodyear, AZ. The manufacturing and distribution unit will serve the Southwest and West Coast foodservice packaging and retail tableware markets. "This is a significant investment...
Thermoforming Technology Group (TTG; Beaverton, MI) has acquired packaging automation supplier Nalle Automation Systems LLC (NAS; Knoxville, TN, for an undisclosed amount. TTG is a private equity consortium of three companies that specialize in providing the plastics industry robust, innovative and...
Petrochemical firm Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil) has developed high-melt-strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) that can be used to produce high-performance foams for specialty packaging, automotive and industrial applications. The company’s HMS-PP, which will make its debut at K Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany...
Registration is now open for the fall 2016 presentation of the “ABC’s of IML: A Basic Course,” now in its 27 th year. The seminar will be presented Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at the DoubleTree Hotel & Conference Center Chicago North Shore in Skokie, IL. Offered annually since 1989, this seminar...
Thermoforming Technology Group (TTG; Beaverton, MI) announced the acquisition of Nalle Automation Systems LLC (NAS) of Knoxville, TN, a manufacturer of automation systems for thermoforming and injection molding. Bryan Redman, CEO of TTG, commented in the release, “We are excited to have NAS join...
CBW Automation Inc. (Fort Collins, CO), a developer of custom automated systems for high-speed injection molding and thermoform packaging lines, has dedicated its engineering and manufacturing resources to designing an automation system that combines high performance and manufacturing flexibility...
The Thermoforming Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE; Bethel, CT) has made a $20,000 matching grant to support SPE’s PlastiVan traveling plastics education program for elementary and secondary school students. The first in what is expected to be an annual series of grants will be...
Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.; Marlton, NJ) is providing contract packaging services for the release of a line of innovative craft beer concentrates from the Foxboro Brewing Co. (Foxboro, MA). T.H.E.M.’s NJ-based facility provides contract manufacturing and packaging...
Machine manufacturer Battenfeld-Cincinnati (Foshan) Extrusion Systems Ltd. (Shunde, China) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The company said this marks a major milestone in its history “that shows both its technology leadership and market acceptance in China.” With high-quality...
This year at K, Amut-Comi, the company created by the merger between the Amut and Comi divisions for thermoforming machines from reel, is showcasing its newest generation of thermoforming machines, called the ACF series. Combining the characteristics of V and F series, the ACF 820 machine features...
