Logoplaste is a

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company, producing rigid

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containers. Logoplaste was incorporated in 1976, pioneering in-house manufacturing in Europe, with the “Hole in the Wall” concept. ("Hole in the Wall" is industry jargon, describing the process of building the plant that manufactures a product's plastic packaging immediately next door to the plant where it is manufactured, as an addition to their building, reducing shipping costs.) Managing 63 plants today, Logoplaste is headquartered in

Cascais Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist de ...

History

* 1976 – Start of the operations with

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(yoghurts) and

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(caps) * 1980 – First large scale PVC operation in mineral water (Luso) * 1989 – First

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operation with

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in Portugal * 1993 – First thin wall operation with

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in Portugal * 1994 - Logoplaste goes International in

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, with mineral waters * 1995 – Start up of the Brazilian operation with

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* 1997 – Logoplaste enters the French market with an in-house plant operation for Coke and the first PET pre-form plant is started in Portugal, producing today over 900 million units per year * 1998 – Logoplaste arrives in the UK market, with one large plant for

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. A similar plant for P&G is installed in

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, Spain * 2000 – A complex factory, incorporating injection and blowing of PET pre-forms is installed near London, producing Fairy Liquid bottles for the whole of Europe * 2002 - LOGOPLASTE creates ILAB (LOGOPLASTE Innovation Lab). This structure concentrates activities of development for the group. Headquarters in Cascais/Portugal * 2002 – Start up of the manufacturing of aseptic packages for

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Milk in France and large size packages for Automotive Lubricants in Brazil * 2003 – Start up of operations in Italy, with a large implant{{Clarify, date=July 2009 for Unilever household care products * 2004 - Start up of operations with

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, in

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, manufacturing bottles for one of the most modern fresh milk factory in Europe. * 2006 - Start of operations in North America with the purchase from

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of the

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blowing facility making flavoured milk and coffee additives bottles for the Neilson dairy. * 2007 - Second

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plant in operation producing edible oil bottles for Sovena USA. * 2009 - Start of operations in Vancouver and Edmonton Canada, manufacturing various HDPE milk jugs. * 2010 - Start of operations in Coleford, Wales, producing PET products for GSK * - Creates ILAB USA. Development Branch of ILAB that will support activities of development in North America * 2011 - LOGOPLASTE signs contracts for Vietnam. LOGOPLASTE has now 61 plants worldwide. * - Creates ILAB Brazil. Development Branch for Brazil and Latin America

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