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Mexico Coke bottler saving money with lightweight preforms
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
Coke to start self-manufacturing bottles in Australia
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
Graham Packaging plans $350 million IPO
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
Shelburne may build $4 million N.Y. plant
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
Dutchland Plastics consolidating into one plant in Oostburg, Wis.
OOSTBURG, WIS. (Oct. 14, 12:10 p.m. ET) -- In a move to become more efficient, rotational and blow molder Dutchland Plastics Corp. is consolidating operations from two plants to one in its hometown of Oostburg, north of Milwaukee. The move is more than a reaction to the slow economy. In fact, Dutchland leaders say a push into lean manufacturing and continuous improvement — together with an improving economy — should result in doubling sales over the next five years. October 14, 2009
Plastics processors facing obstacles on path to sustainability
EAST LANSING, MICH. (Oct. 13, 4:10 p.m. ET) — The plastics industry’s attempts to cash in on a green revolution are hitting some hurdles. The post-consumer recycling stream still is being hurt by a poor infrastructure for collecting and reusing plastics beyond bottles, cutting the ability for businesses to get enough of a supply to make a real business case for recycling, said Elizabeth Bedard, director of the Association of Post Consumer Plastic Recyclers’ rigid plastics recycling program. And at the same time, the Federal Trade Commission is cracking down on companies that make environmental claims about their products — potentially affecting even those who do not sell directly to the public. October 13, 2009
Blow Molded Specialties closes S. Dakota plant
FOLEY, MINN. (Oct. 9, 1:15 p.m. ET) -- Custom blow molder Blow Molded Specialties Inc. shut down its Watertown, S.D., plant earlier this year, and consolidated some of the machinery into its headquarters facility in Foley, Minn. The plant was home to a massive Kautex multilayer coextrusion blow molding machine used to make fuel tanks for recreational vehicles. October 9, 2009
Metabolix wins federal grant to develop biodegradable resins
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (Oct. 8, 5:10 p.m. ET) -- Bioplastics maker Metabolix has received a $350,000 federal grant that will be used to develop new, biodegradable resins for blow molded bottles.The grant seeks to improve formulations of Metabolix’s Mirel-brand bioplastic with the necessary physical properties required for blow molded parts on an industrial scale. October 8, 2009
Visteon executive bonuses denied by judge
DETROIT (Oct. 8, 4:45 p.m. ET) -- A bankruptcy judge has denied Visteon Corp.'s request to give bonuses to 12 top executives, while approving continuation of part of the employee incentive program the supplier had in place before it went bankrupt. October 8, 2009
Maker of blow molding machinery sets sights on North America
MUNICH (Sept. 29, 11:40 a.m. ET) — Italian stretch blow molding machinery maker Siapi srl is setting up its first wholly owned office in the U.S., hoping to capitalize on an anticipated shift from polycarbonate to PET in the North American market for water-cooler bottles. September 29, 2009
Niagara Bottling to build Indiana plant
ONTARIO, CALIF. (Sept. 24, 4:45 p.m. ET) — California’s Niagara Bottling LLC will build a bottling plant in Plainfield, Ind., as its first move into the Midwest. The company will manufacture plastic bottles and fill them with up to 300,000 gallons of water per day purchased from Plainfield’s municipal water system. September 24, 2009
Visteon seeks more time for reorganization
DETROIT (Sept. 23, 3:20 p.m. ET) -- Visteon Corp. is asking for more time to submit its reorganization plan to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The plan was originally due Sept. 24. An outline of the plan, which Visteon said it plans to finalize in the coming months, was presented to the company's senior lenders that held about $1.5 billion in pre-bankruptcy loan debt on Sept. 9. September 23, 2009
Sonoco Products launches True Blue packaging program
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (Sept. 22, 10:20 a.m. ET) -- Packaging maker Sonoco Products Co. is launching a new "umbrella brand" for what the company calls packaging solutions and recycling services that meet sustainability requirements. September 22, 2009
General Motors seeks to move Visteon work to other suppliers
DETROIT (Sept. 21, 8:30 a.m. ET) -- General Motors Co. has struck a deal with supplier Visteon Corp. to transfer some GM parts production contracts to other suppliers, speed payment terms for remaining contracts and bring Visteon at least $30 million by the end of the year. September 21, 2009
Suncast buys maker of Amish wood products
BATAVIA, ILL. (Sept. 16, 3:20 p.m. ET) — Suncast Corp. is best known for its plastic hose reels, storage products and garden sheds, but its newest products are made of wood. The company bought HomePlace Structures, a company that sells Amish-made wooden furniture, including elaborate playhouses, gazebos, garden sheds, cabins and garages. Suncast said it now is the only manufacturer to offer outdoor storage products made of injection molded and blow molded plastics and wood. September 16, 2009

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