GLG News by Rigid Plastic Packaging Experts

SPX`s acquisition of APV is a fine example of a strategic power play to gain market share from formable giants the likes of Tetra-Laval and GEA.  Timely executed the strategy takes advantage of a recognized need for higher heat exchanger efficiencies and an increase of installed base. ...

Cultures have almost always wanted to maintain their worlds pretty much without change.  As the old saying goes, everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.  In fact, they don't want to.

 Every industry seems to have a cadre of uniquely skilled professionals.  While the skill they have may be tangentially like those in other industries, the "tricks of the trade" acquired by longer term employees often is the difference between an efficiently run, profitable and above all safe...

The profitability of Chemical Giants rests on plastics growth. Will overseas demand for plastics continue to support the U.S. petrol-chemical producers?

The price of oil has not yet impinged on the cost of not using it.  It remain economically efficient.  As inflation sets in, however, there will be less and less incremental budget to be spent on energy.  This will likely fuel inflation and hurt demand.

While ICI remains a very good option for Akzo, they do have other acquisition options for growing their coatings business and maintaining their global market share lead.  These options include Sherwin Williams, PPG, Valspar and DuPont Performance Coatings (carve-out). Each of these target brings...

Packaging companies are under attack as primary contributors to the waste stream. The media is touting environmental responsibility as the solution to global warming. Retail drivers such as Wal-Mart and Tesco are using "sustainability" issues to divert attention from other problems. Cities such as San...

Pressure to grow in new beverage categories is intense, yet the major soft drink companies are finding the costs and risks of innovation away from carbonated soft drinks to be difficult.   A competitive buying frenzy is about to begin, but can the bottlers, programmed to sell cola, effectively...

U.S. just won't give up driving, despite high gasoline prices. Refiners still adding capacity to meet demand. The new gasoline formula keeps refiners adjusting their units.

In a nearly frantic effort to find something to burn in American internal combustion engines that can't be shut off my some guy with an AK47, scientists are trying to liquify anything that will burn.Can this be morally justified?  This less-than-serious analysis takes a look as some unforeseen...