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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
PLASTICS PACKAGING German companies positive about business in 2012 / Raw material prices on the up / Margins under threat again	11.01.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING Spanish authorities hand down fines in price fixing case / Linpac blows the whistle / ILPA-ILIP and Veripack charged	04.01.2012
BARRIER PACKAGING US market to grow 1.5% per year to 2016 / Multilayer packaging becomes more sophisticated / Latest BCC study	02.01.2012
STRETCH AND SHRINK FILM US demand predicted to rise by 3.3% per year to USD 2.4 bn in 2015 / Resins demand to rise to 860,000 t / Latest Freedonia study	23.12.2011
CARDIA BIOPLASTICS Trial supply of bioplastic kitchen bags to select Nanjing residents / Meeting China's bioplastic goals / Plans to apply model to other Chinese cities	21.12.2011
COCA-COLA Deals with three biotechnology companies to speed up development of 100% bio-based “PlantBottle” / Virent, Gevo and Avantium to develop their respective technologies / Replacing petroleum-based PTA with plant-based PTA	20.12.2011
PLASTIC TECHNOLOGIES New app to calculate the intrinsic viscosity of PET blends	16.12.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING Study by Austrian consultancy highlights environmental and economic superiority over alternative materials / Executive summary now available for download	09.12.2011
INDIA Commerce ministry agrees to enhance packaging industry standards / Boost to USD 23 bn market	01.12.2011

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