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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
MANN+HUMMEL
New representative offices in Southeast Asia / Sale of US subsidiary Unadyn to Piovan
14.10.2008
RPC GROUP
Factory in Italy to close / At least five more closures planned / A minimum of two plants to be sold / Continuing restructuring and rationalisation
02.10.2008
ALCAN PACKAGING
Sale process almost over? / USD 6 bn asking price / Amcor, Bemis, Apollo and Bain may be interested
17.09.2008
CADENCE INNOVATION
US automotive supplier files for Chapter 11 reorganisation / European plants not affected
04.09.2008
HUHTAMAKI
Rigid plastics consumer goods business to be carved out / Possible sale / Focus on more profitable activities
03.09.2008
REXAM
OI Plastics acquisition boosts H1 2008 income and sales / Plastics accounts for 40% of profit
27.08.2008
LINPAC PACKAGING
Acquisition of the leading packaging distributor in Portugal / UK investment in machinery to support production of recycled PET packaging
15.08.2008
ALCAN PACKAGING
Expansion in central and eastern Europe
06.08.2008
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Restructuring to save EUR 50m / 1,200 jobs to go / French auto supply workerswill bear brunt
28.07.2008
RPC
Prices rise by 15%
25.07.2008
CONSTANTIA INDUSTRIES
Engineering plastics develop well / New German plant for thermoplastic edges up and running
22.07.2008
NEWELL RUBBERMAID
Rising cost of resins forces product rationalisation and job cuts / Prices of some products to rise by 22%
21.07.2008
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