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FRANCE
Decrease in overall plastic packaging sales / Elipso members expect increase in revenues in 2021 / Majority believes circular economy is the way forward
26.11.2020
PLASTICS TAX
UK government publishes draft of proposed tax on plastic packaging
20.11.2020
EXCELRISE
Merger of subsidiaries into single entity / Expansion of recycling capacity planned at five French sites
18.11.2020
STS
Sale of five plants to Adler Pelzer complete / Losses continue to mount
18.11.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Carmakers and OEMs must reinvent organisations to survive / Recommendations for five key changes / Window of opportunity is closing / McKinsey report
13.11.2020
TIPA
Expansion into Italian compostables market / High consumer demand
13.11.2020
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
UNEP calls on investors to back circular economy / More scrutiny of potential clients in financial industry's own interest / Plastics suppliers play important role / Pandemic has sent “mixed signals”
10.11.2020
FAERCH
Sirap purchase boosts European footprint / Operations added in Italy, Poland and Spain
10.11.2020
MATRIX PLASTICS
Creation of medical compounding unit to meet rising demand for equipment
09.11.2020
AIMPLAS
New extruder to study pharma applications
05.11.2020
PEPSICO
Beverage producer to switch its entire bottle range to PET recyclate in Germany / Substitution of 15,000 t of primary plastic
03.11.2020
RECYCLING
Label manufacturers announce European circular economy initiative
03.11.2020
BOPP FILMS
Biaxial films growing steadily worldwide / PP remains clear leader despite upturn in PET / Plant technology sector highly concentrated / Overcapacities dominate picture
29.10.2020
CHINA
Details of five-year plan show nationwide measures for cutting plastics consumption / Gradual SUP bans planned / Degradable plastics demand expected to increase significantly
26.10.2020
ITALY
Implementation of “plastic tax” likely postponed until mid-2021 / Only a small gap in tax coffers
22.10.2020
SEMADENI
Swiss converter takes stake in Elithro / German company runs system for reusable takeaway food containers
21.10.2020
PET PACKAGING
Global demand to grow 3.7% annually to 2025 / Asia-Pacific and Africa to expand the fastest / New capacity planned despite surplus / Smithers report
14.10.2020
EU PLASTICS TAX
Parliament green-lights planned levy / Next step is ratification at national level
12.10.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK
Certification system extended to cover all packaging types
12.10.2020
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Stable sales in H1 2020 / Soaring demand from disinfectants, food, pharma offset declines in cosmetics
09.10.2020
PLASTICS WASTE
Study says global brands undershooting plastics reduction goals / Coca-Cola and Unilever reiterate commitment to targets
06.10.2020
US RECYCLING
California passes first US recycled-content law for beverage bottles / Containers need 15% reclaim content by 2022
01.10.2020
EVONIK
New osteoconductive PEEK said to promote bone-implant fusion
01.10.2020
AEROSPACE
European companies join project to develop rear aircraft parts made of reinforced thermoplastics
30.09.2020
SAINT-GOBAIN
Acquisition of French medical device group / Establishment of centre of excellence
28.09.2020
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