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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
BOREALIS Random PP copolymer for thin walled food packaging	29.11.2011
GREINER PACKAGING Increasing output of “Kavo” cans at Irish packaging plant	25.11.2011
PACKAGING Europen: Green Paper on packaging and sustainability issued / Reference point in further discussions	24.11.2011

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