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Commodity prices rise; engineering resins drop

Plastics News

Strong seasonal demand for bottled water and other beverages played a role in lifting PET prices in 2022, as well as a lack of new capacity and freight and logistics challenges. The JV was formed in 2018 following the $1.1 Even with those declines, North American PET prices finished 2022 showing a net increase of 16 cents.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 48.4%; December 2022 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

” [Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products]. Copper; Electrical Components (2); Electricity (2); Electronic Components (25); Freight*; Labor — Temporary (4); Semiconductors; and Zinc. Of the top six manufacturing industries, only Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products reported slower deliveries. WHAT RESPONDENTS ARE SAYING.

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Coca-Cola in Mannheim: new returnable glass line from KHS optimizes highly complex sorting processes?

Dinesh Mishra

When in July 1950 beverage retailer Wilhelm Müller procured the bottling rights for Coca-Cola in Germany, he established the entrepreneurial basis for the production site that can still be found in Mannheim. In 2018 and 2019 we invested around 50 million euros in two new filling lines. High-tech in Mannheim. Intelligent decrater.

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Manufacturing PMI® at 52.8%; July 2022 Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®

Fastener News Desk

The seven industries reporting contraction in July compared to June, in the following order are: Wood Products; Furniture & Related Products; Paper Products; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Products; Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products; and Chemical Products. ” [Food, Beverage & Tobacco Products].