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Constantia invests to expand capacity in India and Poland
Constantia Flexibles is investing a double-digit million Euro amount to expand production at its Indian subsidiary Parikh Packaging, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
At the same time it will invest a single-digit million Euro amount to expand production at its topper plant in Rybnik, southern Poland. In India, the company
broke ground on the new facility in mid-2017, on a greenfield site close to the existing production plant.
The site is now being built, and will house a polyethyl- ene blown film extruder, flexo printing press and laminators to produce high barrier, recyclable laminates. The extra capacity will come onstream in 2019, to serve growing demand from multinationals in the food and home and personal care industries in India. The flexible packaging market in India is expected to show double-digit growth in the mid-term.
“Our investment Investing in training
Machinery specialst Kiefel has has begun building a new training centre at its Freilassing headquarters in Germany. The centre, which should be complete by early next year, is the result of a “double-digit million” Euro investment. Peter Eisl, managing director and CFO of Kiefel, said:
“We are investing in our future specialists and executives, and in the education and training of our experienced staff.”
Currently, 50 or the company’s 500-plus employees
are apprentices. The new centre – which covers more than 1,500 sq m, and is built over three floors – will help to raise this to 80 apprentices, said Kiefel. �
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Fisher rebrands following 2017 acquisition
Fisher Container, a US-based custom flexible packaging producer, has rebranded into a new entity – called PPC Flexible Packaging. This follows its acquisi-
tion of Packaging Products Corporation (PPC) last year. “Fisher Container and
PPC are both successful leaders in the packaging
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industry,” said Kevin Keneally, CEO of the company. “After the merger, we knew we had an oppor- tunity to create a new brand identity that would show- case our innovation and speed to market.” The rebrand will highlight
PPC Flexible Packaging’s focus on two primary
markets: consumer packag- ing – which focuses on applications such as produce, bakery and pet food retail packaging; and precision clean packaging, which concentrates on healthcare, clean room and microelectronic packaging. The company – which is
privately owned by manage-
ment, and by Morgan Stanley Capital Partners – re- cently added Dan Donofrio to its team as chief opera- tions officer.
Donofrio has previously
worked in a number of packaging-related busi- nesses, including Solo Cup and Pregis. �
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strengthens Parikh Packag- ing’s credentials as a leading provider of innova- tion and service to custom- ers in the Indian subconti- nent,” said Stefan Grote, executive vice president of the food division at Con- stantia Flexibles. Parikh Packaging has owned by Constantia since 2013 and already has a production unit in Ahmedabad – including rotogravure printing machines, PE extruders, vari- ous lamination technologies
and pouch making. In Poland, investment in
plant infrastructure and new machinery for long runs will almost double annual capacity, said the company. This expansion – which comes in response to growing demand from the dairy industry – is expected to be ready in the first quarter of 2019. “The extra capacity will open up new product areas such as pet food, liquid food and ice-cream,” said Grote. �
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