NEWS TriMas buys Taplast in Italy


US diversified manufacturer TriMas has returned to Italy for its latest acquisition. The Michigan-based group (which operates in the packaging, aerospace, industrial and other markets) has acquired dispenser and closure producer Taplast from the Santagiuliana family, which founded the company. This follows on from its earlier acquisition of another Italian firm, Plastic. Taplast produces dispens- ers, closures and containers


New TactoTek partnership


German in-mould labelling (IML) specialist BÖ-LA and TactoTek, a Finnish pioneer in injection moulded structural electronics (IMSE), have signed an agreement for BÖ-LA to market IMSE systems. The two said that this deal “brings together leaders in their respective technology domains to advance the market for integrating electronic functionality within moulded plastics”. BÖ-LA has been


developing and commer- cialising techniques for adding electronic functions to surfaces, including integrating printed electronics in 3D-formed IML parts. � www.tactotek.com � www.boela.de


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for beauty and personal care, household and food packaging markets. It has manufacturing sites at Povolaro, Italy, and Levice, Slovakia, plus offices in the UK, the US and France, and commercial representatives in Asia and South America. Taplast had revenues of about $32m in 2018. Following the takeover, it will be a wholly-owned division of TriMas’s Rieke dispenser business and will be reported in the group’s packaging segment.


In its 45 years of inde-


pendent business, Taplast commercialised several award-winning products in the dispensing and closure packaging market, produc- ing dispensers, foamers, single- and multi-body caps, child-resistant caps, jars and speciality coffee-dispensing pods, among other things. Its capabilities include injection moulding for dispensers and closures, injection blow moulding for containers, and assembly. � www.trimascorp.com


Taplast


produces dispensers, closures and containers


New RPC drip-free dispenser


RPC Promens has developed a new means of dispensing Brenntag’s AdBlue diesel engine fluid, drip-free, from a 4l HDPE bottle in which the nozzle’s three injection moulded PP components create a system that automatically dispenses when inserted into the filling hole. This is said to reduce NO2 exhaust emissions The design, which was highly commended in the Consumer Convenience category


at the UK Packaging Industry Awards, has a distinctive shape that ensures that all the liquid drains from the pack, and an ergonomic handle to help in the pouring process. The pack is made from similar materials and can be easily separated for recycling at the end of its life, the company said. The outer shell of the nozzle slides back and opens the dispensing


and air return holes when it is inserted into the tank. Air is allowed to pass back into the bottle for glug-free dispensing. This automatically shuts off when the nozzle is withdrawn so as to avoid spillages. The outer shell then slides back over the dispensing hole, pushed by integrally moulded plastic springs, when the nozzle is withdrawn. � www.rpc-group.com


Indiana expansion for Decatur


Custom injection moulder Decatur Plastics Products has announced plans to expand its operations in Jennings County, Indiana, US. This is being done to meet growing demand in the automotive, consumer products, electronics, medical, packaging, telecommunications and


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consumer industrial mar- kets, among others. The firm will invest $11.4m over five years to expand its 8,100 m2 headquarters and produc- tion operations, adding about 9,200 m2


in equal


tranches: first by renovating and equipping a recently purchased shell building in


the North Vernon Industrial Park for additional ware- housing and light assembly by July, then building a second facility adjacent to this by summer 2020. Decatur currently has about 185 employees in the state and expects to add 70 through this investment. � www.decaturplastics.com


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