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PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
British retailer Tesco abandons biodegradable bags / Concerns over environmental impact and physical strength / Additive supplier defends technology / Consultation in Scotland could lead to bag levy
24.08.2011
PLASTIC BAGS
Rome's legal push forces Brussels' hand / Italy is Europe's leading plastic bag consumer / Some 2.5m t of polyethylene were processed into bags and pouches in 2009 / 15,000 respond to EU bag ban survey
23.08.2011
PACTIV
New packaging facility to be built in Mexico City
23.08.2011
PACKAGING
“Retail-ready” demand to rise by 40% up to 2016 / Plastics share expected to see a “significant” upturn / Emerging countries will lead market growth / New study by Pira International
15.08.2011
CARLSBERG
Premium lager beer being sold in PET bottle in the UK / Exclusive deal for convenience stores
09.08.2011
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Public consultation on levy for single-use bags in Northern Ireland / Charge to be introduced by April 2013
28.07.2011
GREIF
Plans to acquire Belgian industrial packaging specialist pack2pack / Official approval still pending
26.07.2011
ALPLA
Polish subsidiary PRT Radomsko reportedly planning PET recycling facility
22.07.2011
DOW / MITSUI
Biopolymers platform to be established in Brazil / “World's largest sugar cane-to-ethanol facility”
21.07.2011
PET RECYCLING
SPI and NAPCOR announce grant for PET thermoform recycling programmes
20.07.2011
SIG COMBIBLOC
Brazilian packaging facility begins production / Output to double to 2 billion cartons annually within two years
19.07.2011
FUWEI FILMS
Agreement to supply Chinese Coca-Cola bottling consortium with PETG shrink film
11.07.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Recycling rates continue to rise in EU / German-speaking Europe boasts highest recycling volumes / Still room to grow / Europen report
07.07.2011
AMPAC
Acquisition of Swiss flexible packaging producer Elag / Broadening global availability of pouching products
05.07.2011
MAUSER
Higher prices for HDPE components
22.06.2011
REXAM
Closures business bought by Berry Plastics for GBP 360m / Restructuring of plastics operations continues
21.06.2011
GRAHAM PACKAGING
Reynolds wins the race to acquire packaging manufacturer / Silgan left empty-handed
20.06.2011
GREIF
Packaging producer with record sales, earnings in fiscal Q2 / Takeover of Bottanuco Fustiplast
17.06.2011
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Latest Pira study finds that most consumers view sustainability in terms of reduce, reuse, recycle / Industry faces the challenge of meeting these needs while simultaneously ensuring profits
08.06.2011
SUN EUROPEAN PARTNERS
Flexible and rigid packaging businesses established / Portfolio companies combined to create pan-European specialist units
07.06.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Polymers dominate at “Interpack” / Industry in upbeat mood / Have prices overshot their peak?
30.05.2011
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
European Plastic Films association joins criticism of proposed EU ban / Rejection of data from public consultation
30.05.2011
PET BEER BOTTLES
Global PET beer bottle market expected to grow at 5.3% until 2015 / New and improved barrier technologies / Eastern Europe is the largest market / New Pira International study
27.05.2011
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
PAFA trade association slams EU consultation proposal / Legislation would ignore the latest science
27.05.2011
DOW CHEMICAL
Staff at Swiss packaging centre to be doubled / Combined scientific and technical expertise
26.05.2011
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