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PAKISTAN
Provisional anti-dumping levies on BOPP imports from Middle East, China / Suit by Tri-Pack Films
31.08.2012
BOPP FILM MARKET
Malaysia launches probe into imports from Vietnam and other Asian countries
23.08.2012
UK RECYCLING
Government support to boost investor confidence / Collection methods need to be optimised
09.08.2012
RIGID PACKAGING
Global demand to rise 6.4% annually up to 2016 / Plastics continue to account for largest market share / China will see greatest growth / Freedonia study
02.08.2012
FIBC
Imports to EU at 3-year high in 2011 / Latest EFIBCA data
30.07.2012
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
EU ends anti-dumping measures against China and Thailand / Cites lack of cooperation from European manufacturers
25.07.2012
POUCHES
US demand expected to approach USD 9 bn in 2016 / New Freedonia study
17.07.2012
CARRIER BAGS
UK usage of single-use bags increased in 2011 / Second consecutive rise / Levy cuts consumption in Wales / Changing spending habits
12.07.2012
REXAM
Sale of Personal Care business for EUR 562m is confirmed / Divestment of household and high barrier food operations following strategic review
05.07.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING
German manufacturers still in a good position / Exports expected to decline / Pressure from electricity costs / Latest data from German packaging producers' association
03.07.2012
PACKAGING
"Sustainable packaging" term should be scrapped, say UK companies / Sustainability improvements needed across the supply chain / PwC report
29.06.2012
RUSSIA
PET producers and processors appeal to prime minister Medvedev to intervene on proposed ban / Law would send the industry back years
28.06.2012
SWITZERLAND
Packaging sector stable in 2011 / Strong Swiss franc curbs 2012 growth potential
27.06.2012
AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS
On-site PET bottling plant for PepsiCo unveiled / Amcor's eighth hot-fillable facility in US
25.06.2012
POLYPLEX
Indian film conglomerate buys US Scholle's Vacumet Plastics division / Latest in a string of global expansion efforts
19.06.2012
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
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