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IKEA Furniture group plans to eliminate plastic packaging by 2028	21.07.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING EUROPE Industry association elects new chair	18.07.2025
UPM RAFLATAC Label maker to shutter German plant / Rebranding: Raflatac now Adhesive Materials	17.07.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY Outlook for third quarter – IK business survey / Cautious optimism after difficult start to the year	15.07.2025
UK ECONOMY GDP drops for second straight month / Industrial production falls again / Construction indicator hits 30-month low	14.07.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING EuPC warns reusable alternatives to SUP pallet wraps could backfire / Study estimates added annual costs at EUR 4.9 bn in eight sectors	14.07.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING EU Parliament, Council plan significantly lower minimum recyclate quotas for new vehicles / Will ELV Directive come into force by mid-2026?	10.07.2025
BOREALIS Austrian company wins polymer patent case against Mitsui Chemicals / Production of polyolefin elastomers for solar applications affected	10.07.2025
EXOLON Sheet producer acquires polycarbonate sheet business from Corplex	09.07.2025
PACKAGING LABELLING Europen slams proposed, new EU waste-sorting label rules	09.07.2025
INTERVIEW “The recyclate gap remains real” / Frank Kurrat and Andreas van de Locht from Interzero explain why packaging manufacturers and brand owners are finding it so difficult to prepare for PPWR	08.07.2025
SYENSQO Deal with Terma for joint initiatives in defence, aerospace applications / New grades launched for critical EV components	08.07.2025
RENOLIT PVC roofing sheet operations in France, Italy divested / Sale of Ondex business	04.07.2025
PACKAGING UK Government unveils base fees for packaging producers under EPR scheme / Most lower than illustrative fees announced in December	04.07.2025
OBEN Brazilian authorities approve acquisition of film manufacturer Vitopel	02.07.2025
GERMAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Sector hopes to stabilise / 2024 characterised by further declines / Majority of construction-related plastics industries hit hard / Pipe makers positive exception	30.06.2025
WOODBRIDGE Canadian PU converter expands in Asia / JVs in China and India begin operation	30.06.2025
AUTOMOTIVE RECYCLING EU member states endorse slower ramp-up for plastics reclaim targets in ELVR / Plastics Europe supports faster timeline / FEAD, EuRIC urge EU to preserve ambitions	27.06.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET Mixed signals from EU registrations / UK sales rise / Chinese firms double market share	26.06.2025
ALPLA Expansion in injection moulding sector / Takeover of closure manufacturer KM Packaging	25.06.2025
MICROPLASTICS Glass bottles more contaminated than plastic / Beer bottles found to have highest content but wine is fine – Anses report	25.06.2025
BALTIC STATES Plastics industry follows upward trajectory despite turbulence in Europe / Evertis to construct EUR 30 mn PET film plant in Lithuania / Political turbulence, imports from non-EU countries exert pressure on businesses	24.06.2025
MARELLI Sale failed for time being / Automotive supplier places itself under creditor protection	24.06.2025
COMEX Serbian film manufacturer installs third blown film line	23.06.2025
SMOBY Expansion planned in France / Toy production to be brought back from Asia	20.06.2025

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