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PLASTIC OMNIUM
Production expected to fall 50% in first half of 2009 / Losses, job cuts and short-time working
29.01.2009
WOCO
Automotive supplier cuts working hours and pay by 20% / Agreement will run to June
19.01.2009
INERGY
Nucourt plant to close by mid-2009
12.01.2009
POLYNORM
Voestalpine plastics business acquired by Inteva
12.01.2009
EUROSTYLE
Arques sells 85% of shares to management
09.01.2009
SENOPLAST
Rolling temporary suspension of employment introduced / Creative solution to retain workers
06.01.2009
HUHTAMAKI
Finnish packaging producer issues second profit warning / Full-year EBIT will be under EUR 100m
18.12.2008
PLASTIC OMNIUM
French OEM supplier accelerates cost-saving scheme / Bumper plant at Saint-Romain to close with job losses
18.12.2008
DS SMITH
Profits down despite revenue increases / Cost reduction programme underway
17.12.2008
GREINER
Positive results expected for 2008 / Headcount adjustments complete / Short-time working at Eurofoam in 2009
11.12.2008
MAGNA
Closure of manufacturing units in Canada / About 1,110 jobs affected
09.12.2008
STANKIEWICZ
Agreement on concept to continue the business / Gilde to contribute financially to rescue plan
08.12.2008
RPC
Plans to close plants in The Netherlands and Czech Republic / Return to 40-hour week in Germany
05.12.2008
SMOBY
New logistics centre planned / Two-year construction phase
05.12.2008
KEY PLASTICS
French-Slovakian unit in administration / Massive job cuts / "Facilities far oversized,” auto supplier says
01.12.2008
HUHTAMAKI
Second flexible packaging plant opens in Thailand
28.11.2008
HUHTAMAKI
US flexible packaging production to close / Site dedicated to films production
13.11.2008
MECAPLAST
Orders fall 30% as vehicle demand slumps
11.11.2008
PROMENS
Moulder largely unaffected by Icelandic bank crash / New facility opened in the Slovak Republic
10.11.2008
RANGER
French injection moulding company files for protection from creditors
03.11.2008
POLI-ECO
Profile manufacturer maintains strong growth / Capacity expansion / Tailor made production lines supplied by Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik
30.10.2008
EUROSTYLE
Auto supplier seeks creditor protection for French subsidiaries / Two months allotted for rescue plan
28.10.2008
TOY MARKET
Largest Chinese industry supplier goes belly up / Number of producers halved this year / Further insolvencies expected
28.10.2008
PLASTIC OMNIUM
German subsidiary adds Auto Components to name
24.10.2008
ATLANTIS PLASTICS
Acquisition by Monomoy Capital is finalised
16.10.2008
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