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BPI
Pretax profits up 31% in H1 2005 / Customers warned of higher polymer and energy costs
06.10.2005
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Bankrupt suppliers flee into chapter 11 / Delphi and Collins & Aikman as new “super supplier”?
06.10.2005
LEGO
Partial relocation to the Czech Republic / Job losses / Realignment of European production
22.09.2005
ZIPPER PROFILES
Largest European zipper producer created / Zip-Pak acquires UK´s Supreme Plastics
22.09.2005
SARNA
Sika makes CHF 175 per share cash tender offer / Plans for merger in roofiing membranes
22.09.2005
US AUTO INDUSTRY
Troubles at major suppliers almost the rule / Authorities request records of Collins & Aikman
08.09.2005
MAGNA
Net profits up 20% to USD 225m / Poor market leads to warning of potential plant closures
08.09.2005
HEYWOOD WILLIAMS
Plastic Systems Division sold to Latium / Cash deal includes all future product liabilities
08.09.2005
ASSOCIATIONS
New European construction chemicals group
25.08.2005
COLLINS & AIKMANN
Plastech bids USD 1 bn for C&A / Swift deal sought / Due diligence in the next month
25.08.2005
RPC GROUP
Record turnover and operating profit / Core strategy remains to grow in continental Europe
11.08.2005
CAPS AND CLOSURES
Plastics take firm hold as metal declines / Smaller suppliers may quit the market
11.08.2005
HUHTAMAKI
Slight business growth for Europe in H1 2005 / Expansion underway in India and Vietnam
11.08.2005
PVC & ENVIRONMENT
EU ban on phthalates to take effect in autumn / Toy industry concerned about legal issues
28.07.2005
WINDOW MARKET
PVC to take 50% of CEE consumption by 2007 / 8.4m units in 2004 / New wealth drives growth
28.07.2005
PE FILM
EU probes dumping allegations over sacks and bags from China, Malaysia and Thailand
28.07.2005
LEAR
Job losses and relocation eastwards / Plant closures planned in Europe and North America
14.07.2005
RECTICEL
Partner sought to supply complete car interior trim components / Potential investors identified
30.06.2005
SIG COMBIBLOC
New strategic alliance in Brazil / Aseptic carton is to be the focus of South American activity
30.06.2005
VISTEON
Ford buys back 24 plants / Accepts major financial obligations / Completion by August
30.06.2005
BEVERAGE PACKAGING
PET increasingly sets the pace / Technology developments / Inroads into beer market
16.06.2005
SMOBY MAJORETTE
Acquisition of the French Berchet toy group / Now the European market´s number 2 player
16.06.2005
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Leading UK retailer wraps up on recycling
16.06.2005
EUPC
Plastics industry leaders go for innovation at Seville meeting
16.06.2005
ADIDAS
Sale of Salomon ski division to Amer Group / Finnish player becomes world market leader
02.06.2005
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