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LEAR
Shareholders surprisingly reject takeover by Icahn
20.07.2007
ALCAN
Aluminium mega-merger with Rio Tinto / Speculation on sale of the packaging division
20.07.2007
RPC
Pretax profits unchanged / Cost reductions continue / Growth and acquisitions expected
20.06.2007
COLLINS & AIKMAN
Flex-N-Gate reportedly planning to take over four plastic processing plants
20.06.2007
FLEXTRONICS
Agreement to buy Solectron Corp / Deal valued at USD 3.6 bn / E&E specialist a top auto supplier
13.06.2007
REXAM
"Definitive" agreement on Owens-Illinois plastic packaging business / Leader in healthcare and closures
12.06.2007
REXAM
Acquisition of Owens-Illinois plastic packaging mooted / Focus on North American market
11.06.2007
MGI COUTIER
Sales remain stable in 2006 / Western European market remains weak
30.04.2007
HELESI
Profits up 59% / Dividend payments to start in 2007 / Investment programme on schedule
26.04.2007
TETRA PAK
EUR 60m investment in Hohhot, China / Additional 8 bn package capacity in 2008
23.04.2007
PACTIV
Prairie Packaging acquired for USD 1 bn / Tableware producer with sales of USD 500m
20.04.2007
BERRY PLASTICS
UK subsidiary sold to Plasticum / US merger with Covalence completed / New packaging producer has combined sales of USD 3 bn
16.04.2007
TESSENDERLO
Net loss in 2006 due to restructuring / Pipe and profiles perform well / Compounds weak
27.03.2007
GURIT
Swiss units bear brunt in new round of changes / Zullwil faces redundancies
23.03.2007
SIG
Rank expected to make higher bid / Ferd has no plans to up the ante / Sales, earnings growth in 2006
20.03.2007
RIETER
Automotive sales increase by 7% / French demand falls / Italian brands bring gains
16.02.2007
FAURECIA
Delabrière to replace Olivier as CEO / Auto supplier reports operating loss for H2 2006 / Job cuts
13.02.2007
POLIMOON
Promens to take the company private / Integration of new acquisitions / Jobs to go at Plastohm
09.02.2007
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Revenues up 13.2% / Automotive income tops EUR 2 bn / Inoplast provides sales boost
31.01.2007
ISE
Parent group collapse follows subsidiary bankruptcy / Plastics company Intex to continue operating
30.01.2007
HELESI
Another strong performance in 2006 / Profit after tax increases 25% / Acquisition in Greece
30.01.2007
MAGNA
Plans to build car production plant in Russia with AvtoVAZ / Plastics parts to come from cooperation with GAZ
29.01.2007
HELESI
Cash for investment programme raised from UK stock placing / Factory to be built in Italy
07.12.2006
ISE
Intex division files for insolvency / Former IBS Brocke faces closure with 1,000 employees
28.11.2006
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Sale of 3P US assets to Fenner
10.10.2006
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