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MARKS & SPENCER
Sustainability packaging targets being met / No PVC, less PS / Blip in carrier bag reduction programme
14.06.2012
PACKAGING MARKET
Germany sets new record in 2011 / Plastics packaging records highest ever sales / Glass posts largest volume growth
13.06.2012
TAGHLEEF
Acquisition of AET Films completed
11.06.2012
BOPP FILM
Global demand rises by 5.5% to reach over 6m t in 2011 / Asia is powerhouse of growth / China accounts for 40% of worldwide production / Ongoing global market consolidation / New AMI report
29.05.2012
EUROPEN
Revised guide to European packaging legislation is published / EU developments and national regulations
28.05.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Detailed 2011 figures for Germany released / Volume sales grow faster than sales by value / Margins pressured by high polymer prices / End markets apply the brakes because of high costs
15.05.2012
COCA-COLA
Use of material in packaging to be reduced by 25% by 2020 / All bottles to include recycled and bio-based PET / Sustainability plan published
15.05.2012
INTERVIEW
German plastics packaging: Ulf Kelterborn, head of IK business association, talks to PIE about plastic bag bans
11.05.2012
PET PACKAGING
Annual growth of 5% up to 2017 / Asia-Pacific to drive consumption / Bottled water edging out carbonated drinks / Collection issues dog recycling / Barrier coatings are the future / Consolidation gathers momentum / Pira study
11.05.2012
ALPLA
Contract to supply Mexican Coca-Cola bottler with 900m bottles per year / Sidel supplies the necessary blow-moulding machinery
03.05.2012
ALBEA
French packaging producer acquires Chinese cosmetics activities of TEX R.L.
30.04.2012
THIN WALLED PACKAGING
Consolidation changes face of European market / Producers react to falling profitability / AMI study
27.04.2012
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
German environmental group sues supermarket chains for misleading customers on biodegradable plastic bags / Carriers said to be problematic to recycle / Compost producers concerned
25.04.2012
EUROPEAN HEAVY DUTY SACKS
Plastic now accounts for half of production / Share forecast to continue growing / Germany, Benelux and UK are principal markets / Use of LLDPE is set to increase / AMI report
18.04.2012
TAGHLEEF
Agreement to acquire AET Films / Regulatory approval still pending
11.04.2012
MAUSER
Higher prices for HDPE and steel components sold in Europe
05.04.2012
NORDENIA
FIBC activities divested / Emsdetten and Starograd businesses sold as part of management buy-out
05.04.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING
German packaging producers association warns of rising raw material prices / Survey nevertheless shows optimism for Q2 economic development
04.04.2012
AMCOR
Acquisition of Indian flexible packaging manufacturer Uniglobe / Expanding its foothold on the subcontinent
27.03.2012
MAUSER
European IBC and plastic packaging price increase
13.03.2012
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
Levy on single-use carriers in Northern Ireland from April 2013 / Charge will double in 2014 / Independent retailers unhappy
07.02.2012
SONOCO
Global EPS and PU price hike
31.01.2012
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
North American market grows to USD 18.3 bn in 2010 / Strong recovery follows 6% contraction in 2009 / Alcan Packaging acquisition takes Bemis into dominant position / PCI Films report
26.01.2012
US ASEPTIC PACKAGING
Demand to rise by 8% per year to USD 5.1 bn in 2015 / Pharmaceutical market dominates applications / Beverage gains driven in part by drive to replace BPA / Freedonia reports
20.01.2012
EUROPEAN PLASTICS RECYCLING
SuperCleanQ consortium receives EUR 1.9m EU funding to improve process and quality procedures / Focus on food contact applications by 12 companies and organisations
12.01.2012
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