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BEVERAGE PACKAGING
Beer and soft drinks volumes up by 25% in six years / PET accounts for 85% of increase
31.05.2007
PACKAGING REGULATIONS
EU does away with standard sizes for food packs / Protests from consumer protection groups
24.05.2007
SIG
Path clear for acquisition by Rank / New Zealand group now holds 98% stake
21.05.2007
CONSTANTIA
Review of Danapak shareholding structure / Earnings "not optimal"
21.05.2007
LINPAC PLASTICS
UK cling film factory to close / 50 redundancies / Production to be transferred to France
15.05.2007
PANNONPLAST
Exit from plastics packaging likely / Back in the black in 2006
14.05.2007
ELOPAK
Two UK companies sold / MBO team has long-term commitment to supply of HDPE bottles
14.05.2007
SUPERFOS
Vipperød factory to close / Production shifts to eastern Europe / 140 jobs will be lost
10.05.2007
PLASTIC OMNIUM
French pull out the stops to pursue China expansion / Further joint venture formed
10.05.2007
VÖLKL
Ski manufacturer has another change of owner as a result of K2 takeover by Jarden
09.05.2007
ALCOA
Plans to sell packaging and consumer division / Low profitability is a problem
04.05.2007
MAUSER
Sale to Dubai International Capital / Industrial packaging company to pursue growth in Asia
04.05.2007
AMCOR
Half-year profits up 14% to EUR 244m / New flexible packaging unit / Restructuring begins
03.05.2007
ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICES
First OLED television about to be launched / Market growth expected to be extremely slow
27.04.2007
NORDENIA
Packaging manufacturer Burgers Apeldoorn to take over threatened Netherlands facility
24.04.2007
TETRA PAK
EUR 60m investment in Hohhot, China / Additional 8 bn package capacity in 2008
23.04.2007
SMOBY
Exclusive agreement on takeover by MGA / Family will divest its shares / Reorganisation plan
20.04.2007
PACTIV
Prairie Packaging acquired for USD 1 bn / Tableware producer with sales of USD 500m
20.04.2007
DRÄXLMAIER
Construction of a new plant in Moldova / Production of wiring harness systems for BMW
18.04.2007
BERRY PLASTICS
UK subsidiary sold to Plasticum / US merger with Covalence completed / New packaging producer has combined sales of USD 3 bn
16.04.2007
ROPLASTO
Profile manufacturer Besaplast acquires assets / Latium Plastics offer unacceptable to employees
12.04.2007
COLLINS & AIKMAN
Sale of nine American plants to Cadence / Agreement finalised
11.04.2007
POLYTEC
Acquisition of Menzolit-Fibron / Now Europe´s largest manufacturer of composite parts for automobiles
10.04.2007
RECYCLING
WRAP: First successful demonstration of closed loop recycling of HDPE milk bottles
04.04.2007
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
The gap between well-managed and poorly-managed suppliers widens / More insolvencies / Metal and glass at their limits / Increased use of thermoplastics in chassis parts / German conference
02.04.2007
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