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EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Etma members hit record production levels again in 2012 / Plastic's share of market stable at 30%
02.04.2013
MONDI
Packaging plant in Lindlar to close up shop / Pouch manufacture will be redistributed among three other facilities
21.03.2013
LINPAC PACKAGING
Manufacturing facility to be built in Belarus / Opening into Russian market / EPS trays for meat, fish and poultry markets
15.03.2013
RETORTABLE PACKAGING
Plastic solutions to capture majority of retortable market growth / New co-injection barrier technology emerging / AMI report
13.03.2013
BERLIN PACKAGING
Integration of US distributor USCC completed / Double digit growth in 2012 sales and earnings
26.02.2013
FOODSERVICE PACKAGING
Global market increases by 3% in 2011 / US is largest consumer / China poised to take lead / Plastic trays are fastest growing product / Smithers Pira report
20.02.2013
CAPS AND CLOSURES
Global demand to reach USD 46 bn by 2016 / Plastics expected to make largest gains / Market driven by developing economies / Latest Freedonia report
19.02.2013
ALPLA
US subsidiary building new packaging plant in Kentucky / USD 22m investment
14.02.2013
BIOPLASTICS
Novamont-coordinated ReBioFoam project publishes findings / Microwave process to manufacture 3-D components
07.02.2013
PAKISTAN
Symphony CEO welcomes plastic bag legislation / All plastics must be oxo-biodegradable from April
07.02.2013
GLOBAL PACKAGING MARKET
Plastic packaging causes most environmental concern in US and India / Demands for tougher quality controls and stricter environmental legislation / Innventia study
29.01.2013
PACKAGING MARKET
EU data shows packaging waste management is increasingly efficient / Decoupling from economic growth / EU 27 recovery rate reaches 76% in 2010 / Europen report
28.01.2013
RPC
Superfos business unit opens North American sales office
21.01.2013
PLASTICS PACKAGING
German packaging producers start 2013 on an optimistic note, new IK association survey shows / Raw materials price situation remains tense
14.01.2013
US PLASTIC FILM MARKET
Demand to grow by 1.8% annually to 2016 / Material performance and source reduction will drive gains / LLDPE remains leading material / Freedonia survey
11.01.2013
US CAPS AND CLOSURES
Plastic accounts for 79% of demand as shift away from glass and metal packaging continues / Overall market to grow by 4.4% annually in 2016 / Freedonia report
09.01.2013
FOOD PACKAGING
Producers must be aware of the “rise of the consumer” / Packaging designs will be driven by informed shoppers demanding more from retailers / Linpac innovation manager speaks at AMI's “Thin wall packaging 2012" conference in Cologne
21.12.2012
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
Swiss parliament votes to ban single-trip plastic bags / Federal Council must make final decision / No litter problem
19.12.2012
RPC
Acquisition of fellow UK packaging producer Manuplastics
12.12.2012
LINPAC
Ropak Packaging subsidiary sold to Bway Corporation / Latest in a string of divestitures
05.12.2012
RETAIL-READY PACKAGING
Global market reaches USD 54 bn in 2011 / Asia to lead gains with 6% average annual growth to 2017 / Worldwide retail market performance will influence demand increases / Smithers Pira report
03.12.2012
BRAZIL
Plastic packaging demand to rise by 4.9% per year to 2015 / Highest growth rates expected for PP and PET
30.11.2012
NORTH AMERICA
Rigid plastic packaging market to grow by 2.6% per year to 2017 / Flexible packaging growth predicted at 2.3% / Smithers Pira study
27.11.2012
BOREALIS
Transparent PP grade developed for frozen food applications / Higher flow and improved stiffness
19.11.2012
EUROPEAN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Consumption grows by 2% in 2011 / Customers pay the price of rising costs / PCI Films report
12.11.2012
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