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GROUPE GUILLIN
Purchase of German packager KIV-Kreis completed
10.12.2015
GRAVITY PIPES EUROPE
Market remains below 2007 peak at EUR 6 bn in 2015 / Trend is reversing / Demand will pick up over next five years / AMI report
02.12.2015
FOLAG
PetroplastVinora owners establish rescue company for bankrupt Swiss packaging producer
13.10.2015
FOLAG
Swiss film producer files for insolvency / Currency crisis following franc's decoupling / Margin pressure too high / At least 145 employees to be laid off
25.09.2015
SPECIALTY FILMS
US market to grow by nearly 5% to 2019 / Construction and electronics sectors to be best performers / Healthy demand from packaging / Freedonia report
11.09.2015
BILCARE RESEARCH
Film capacity in Germany increased to meet rising pharma packaging demand
10.09.2015
NORTH AMERICAN PVC FILMS MARKET
Regulatory pressures limit US and Canada growth / Production could shift to Mexico / Grand View Research report
25.08.2015
KEM ONE
Purchase of Kem One Innovative Vinyls from Klesch completed
10.08.2015
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
European market to grow by 2% per year to 2019, led by eastern Europe / PCI Films study
31.07.2015
KEM ONE
EU competition authorities approve the takeover of the downstream activities by OpenGate investor
20.07.2015
LINPAC
Expansion of French plant in Pontivy / Thinner film for food packaging
07.07.2015
TORAY
Acquisition of fuel cell supplier SolviCore / Founders Solvay and Umicore to focus on polymer activities
06.07.2015
UKRPLASTIC
EU-Ukraine association pact offers chances for plastics converters / Many need to catch up to western standards says packaging producer Ukrplastics's chair / Long-term cooperation with Dow
26.06.2015
SP GROUP
Spanish company plans new packaging facility in Poland / Cordoba plant to be expanded
26.06.2015
BENECKE-KALIKO
Work starts to raise polyolefin-based foil production / Output to meet growing demand in NAFTA region / Aids vehicle lightweighting
17.06.2015
GROUPE GUILLIN
Exclusive negotiations on potential takeover of German thermoformed packaging producer KIV Kreis Verpackungen
16.06.2015
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
Price hike for packaging products sold in Europe
04.06.2015
ALTUGLAS
Arkema subsidiary plans to shutter loss-making French PMMA production facility
01.06.2015
BILCARE RESEARCH
Price hike for rigid PVC film
29.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC profile manufacturers question legitimacy of FMs / Shortages threaten SMEs' livelihood
21.05.2015
TREOFAN
Reaping the benefits of previous restructuring / BOPP film producer expects significant growth in 2015 / Additional investments planned
12.05.2015
BORFLEX
French elastomers specialist buys two composites processors
24.04.2015
EXTEN
Swiss film producer announces drastic salary cuts / Workforce on strike
25.02.2015
US PLASTIC FILM
Demand to reach almost 7m t in 2018 / LLDPE remains largest volume resin / Above average growth expected for PP film / Freedonia study
05.02.2015
SCHWEITER TECHNOLOGIES
3A Composites subsidiary acquires Polycasa / Eyeing new business options for sheet production
04.02.2015
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