10.06.17
ACTEGA DS is investing approximately €18 million ($21M) to expand its research and manufacturing site in Bremen. The site’s production and storage space will increase by 8,000 square meters, the manufacturing capacity will grow by 50%, and the research and development capacities will triple. Construction work is slated to begin in the spring of 2018. For more than 20 years, ACTEGA DS has belonged to the ALTANA Group.
“We are making extensive investments to extend our production, storage, research, and development capacities in order expand our site as an innovation center,” said Wilfried Lassek, CEO of ACTEGA DS. “As a result, we are pushing ahead the introduction of new, patented technologies in order to continue to develop sophisticated and application-oriented solutions for closures and packaging for the food and beverage industry. In addition, we are enhancing our offer of materials and technologies for products in the medical technology and consumer good sectors.”
With the first plasticizer-free sealing compound for metal vacuum closures, marketed under the brand name PROVALIN, the Bremen-based closure expert has introduced a further, and so far unique, technology to the food and beverage market.
For instance, the company Feinkost Dittmann, well known from supermarket shelves, relies on the PVC- and plasticizer-free sealants for its foods that contain oil, including olives and antipasti. Traditional closures can release plasticizers when they come into contact with products containing oil, which can be detrimental to consumers’ health. Moreover, there is the danger that environmentally harmful dioxins will arise when the packaging is incinerated at incineration plants. This is not the case with closures containing PROVALIN from ACTEGA DS. The environment is protected and consumers are guaranteed maximum product safety.
“We are making extensive investments to extend our production, storage, research, and development capacities in order expand our site as an innovation center,” said Wilfried Lassek, CEO of ACTEGA DS. “As a result, we are pushing ahead the introduction of new, patented technologies in order to continue to develop sophisticated and application-oriented solutions for closures and packaging for the food and beverage industry. In addition, we are enhancing our offer of materials and technologies for products in the medical technology and consumer good sectors.”
With the first plasticizer-free sealing compound for metal vacuum closures, marketed under the brand name PROVALIN, the Bremen-based closure expert has introduced a further, and so far unique, technology to the food and beverage market.
For instance, the company Feinkost Dittmann, well known from supermarket shelves, relies on the PVC- and plasticizer-free sealants for its foods that contain oil, including olives and antipasti. Traditional closures can release plasticizers when they come into contact with products containing oil, which can be detrimental to consumers’ health. Moreover, there is the danger that environmentally harmful dioxins will arise when the packaging is incinerated at incineration plants. This is not the case with closures containing PROVALIN from ACTEGA DS. The environment is protected and consumers are guaranteed maximum product safety.