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INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING
MAUSER’S ENVIRONMENTAL MOVES
Mauser Packaging Solutions, through its joint venture NCG-Maider, has acquired Global Tank, expanding its packaging portfolio and services in the Italian market. Global Tank operates a reconditioning and washing plant near Milan, handling plastics and steel drums and IBCs and recycling HDPE plastics. Alfonso Albanese and Carmela Cecere, the former owners of Global Tank, will join Mauser’s management team in Italy. “We are confident that the strengths of both companies are a great benefit for both partners and our customers,” Albanese says. “This unification will maximise our advantage in the market as we share best practices and know how. We are very proud to further expand our presence in the Italian market and for even better servicing of our customers.” “This acquisition expands on our footprint in Italy and will allow us to better serve our
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customer base for collections and supply of reconditioned packaging,” adds Michael Steubing, president of International Packaging at Mauser. “The unification of both companies’ strengths and synergies will prove to be a great benefit for our partners and customers.” Mauser Packaging Solutions is also making moves in terms of sustainability. Its plant in Gebze, Turkey has received a Zero Waste Certificate, recognising its efforts to reduce, prevent and recycle waste. The certificate was awarded by Turkey’s Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning under the Zero Waste regulation, introduced in 2019 with the goal of protecting the environment, human health, and natural resources. The waste management approach focuses on the prevention of waste, efficient usage of resources, establishment of an effective collection system, and recycling of waste. In order to receive this certificate, the Gebze facility was evaluated by the Provincial
Directorate of Environment and Urbanisation to ensure that all criteria for zero waste were met. The facility provided evidence of waste classification by type, proper waste removal, and implementation of employee environmental trainings, among other items. Mauser’s plants at Suzano and Taubate in Brazil have meanwhile been similarly recognised through the award of the 2020 ‘Outstanding Environmental Preservation’ certificate and Green Sea from the São Paulo-based Jornal do Meio Ambiente. The award is given to those companies with up-to-date environmental licences, zero environmental infractions and superior achievement in preserving the environment; Mauser says it is the only industrial packaging company to have been recognised in this way. www.mauserpackaging.com MJ CONSOLIDATES IN DENMARK
MJ Plastics has acquired Dansk Emballage, which reconditions IBCs, drums and jerrycans for the food and chemical industries. MJ already owns Emballage Vaskeriet and this deal makes it the largest supplier of recycled industrial packagings in Denmark. Brian Lind, former owner of Dansk Emballage, will remain with the company as factory manager. “I am very excited to welcome Brian Lind and Dansk Emballage to our team. We immediately begin the work of jointly implementing our strategy of delivering sustainable packaging solutions to our customers,” says Martin Schack Staffeldt, CEO and co-owner of MJ Plastics (left). “The combination of our strengths will create great value for our customers. We feel obliged to continue to expand our presence in the Danish market and to provide the best customer service and offer the market’s most comprehensive product range.” mjplastics.dk
