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EUROPEAN PACKAGING INDUSTRY Companies seek M&A opportunities in Asia to boost growth / Financial performance remains flat in 2015 / Frost & Sullivan report	12.06.2015
AUTOMOTIVE ASSEMBLY VW and SAIC build on partnership / Collaboration on electric cars / First model to be launched in 2016	12.06.2015
ACON INVESTMENTS US private equity firm acquires South American packaging specialists / Columbia's Intecplast and Peru's Pieriplast come together in Amfora Packaging holding company	11.06.2015
COCA-COLA Introducing first “PlantBottle” made entirely of plant-based materials / Debut at "Expo Milan"	09.06.2015
TAKATA Faulty airbag inflators used in cars from 11 manufacturers / Vehicle recall in US swells to 34m / NHTSA coordinating public information campaign	29.05.2015
DSM Launching “Xytron” family of PPS compounds / Partnership with China's NHU	27.05.2015
PLASTICS PACKAGING GERMANY German market shows solid growth / Consolidation accelerates / Study recommends including M&A in strategic planning / Innovative plastics packaging saves weight	26.05.2015
LAMILUX Silver-coated composite panel kills germs / Antibacterial properties ideal for hospital and food applications	21.05.2015
AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING FRANCE Excelcar R&D centre at Peugeot plant commissioned / Composites for carriage building	19.05.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT How packaging contributes to food waste prevention / Unpackaged goods seen to have greater environmental footprint / Study by Austrian think-tank Denkstatt and industry partners	19.05.2015
MOTHERSON SUMI SYSTEMS Automotive plants planned in USA and Hungary / New Daimler orders worth EUR 2.1 bn	19.05.2015
DOW New “Pack Studio” innovation hub in Italy / Customers can tap company's adhesives expertise	19.05.2015
EU FRUIT PACKAGING Consortium established to develop technology to extend shelf life of prepacked fruit / European packaging specialists among project team	18.05.2015
MAGNETI MARELLI / FAURECIA Start of joint-venture car parts production for Fiat Chrysler in Brazil	18.05.2015
PACKAGING MARKET SPAIN Optimism grows in Spanish packaging industry / Rising demand and innovation provide biggest impact / Visitor numbers at "Hispack" trade fair increase	15.05.2015
HARD SURFACE FLOORING US demand to grow by 6% per year to 2019 / Fastest growth predicted for PVC flooring / Freedonia report	15.05.2015
WEGU Zhongding completes purchase of German plastics and elastomers processor	15.05.2015
TRANSDIGM Aircraft supplier acquires Pexco's aerospace division / Transaction worth USD 500m	11.05.2015
SWISS PACKAGING MARKET Pressure exerted by franc's strength results in portfolio optimisations and longer working hours / Very few packaging producers consider outsourcing an option / SVI industry poll	08.05.2015
MAGNETI MARELLI EUR 36m investment realised as two production facilities are opened in China / Production target of 5m automotive lamps in 2019 at Xiaogan plant	07.05.2015
CAPS AND CLOSURES Global market to grow by 5.6% per year to 2019 / Sophisticated products to boost growth / Freedonia study	04.05.2015
DOWAKSA Collaborating with Ford to develop cost-effective, high-volume carbon fibres for automotive applications	29.04.2015
EUWE GROUP First US production plant in South Carolina to start up in 2017 / Plastic interior parts for BMW “X” series	28.04.2015
PACKAGING MARKETS EUROPE Four leading industry associations call on plastics producers to “urgently” invest in European production facilities / Supply security needs to be restored	23.04.2015
ZF EC approves EUR 13.5 bn acquisition of TRW Automotive / Divestment of chassis component businesses to satisfy antitrust concerns	23.04.2015

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