Eastman Chemical Company announced that its customer Thermos L.L.C., a global manufacturer of innovative food and beverage containers, has introduced a new type of hydration bottle as part of its Thermos Int?k product line. The product is made with Eastman Tritan copolyester, a new-generation copolyester that balances the properties of easy processing, clarity, toughness, and heat and chemical resistance.

Introduced at Fakuma 2008, one product that is guaranteed not to make a big noise in the marketplace is the Rapid Silencing System (RSS) from Rapid Granulator AB, the Swedish world leader in plastics granulation technology. With increasingly stringent noise constraints being applied to the workplace by national and EU regulatory authorities, the RSS offers moulders and OEMs an innovative noise reducing solution.

Yet another accolade for the "PET lite 6.6" 500-ml bottle developed using Krones` "NitroPouch" process: to coincide with the opening of the BRAU Beviale in Nuremberg on 12 November 2008, the German Packaging Institute has now singled out the concept for the German Packaging Prize.

Pregis is launching Astro-Foam Renew, a new polyethylene foam sheet with up to 35% pre-consumer recycled content.

In the shape of the newly developed Carboflow carbonator, Krones is presenting an affordable, user-friendly solution for making both still and carbonated water products.

Gerresheimer starts process to sell off its business segment of technical plastics.

Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has introduced to the film industry the new Stealth Core film core with Active Tension Displacement, or ATD Technology. The Stealth Core film core is currently available for use with machine-grade stretch film.

The specialist symposium on "PET Strapping" held jointly by Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, and their Italian technology partner Techno Plastic s.r.l., on 27 and 28 October 2008 at Erema's headquarters in Ansfelden generated enormous interest.

Brenntag enters the Asia Pacific region and substantially extends its global distribution network.

Japanese automotive supplier invests in a new KraussMaffei system to clear coat luxury wood veneers.