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MIXED WASTE RECYCLING
WRAP launches loan fund to boost mixed waste reprocessing in the UK / 90% of mixed plastic currently goes to landfill
27.07.2010
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Growing confidence in recovery / Workforce is expanding / British Plastics Federation survey
19.07.2010
EPS RECYCLING
EPS recycling in the UK equivalent to 33% of domestic production / Growth hampered by lack of governmental support
09.07.2010
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Plastic milk bottles set to meet UK recycling target / 85% of bottles contain 10% recycled polymer
31.05.2010
ULTRAPOLYMERS
Distributorship for Aquafil Engineering Plastics in the UK and Ireland
21.05.2010
RECYCLING
First plastics recycling facility in Wales / June pencilled in for on-spec production of food-grade rPET
10.05.2010
SONGWON
Elastomerics appointed to distribute stabilisers
15.04.2010
PLASTICS WASTE MANAGEMENT
Mechanical recycling remains favoured option in UK / End-of-life alternatives considered for plastics and biopolymers / WRAP's 2010 update study
25.03.2010
CLOSED LOOP RECYCLING
Contract to supply rPET for spring water bottles / First-ever deal for UK-sourced, post-consumer PET
24.03.2010
NAMPAK PLASTICS
Milk bottle plant to open in Northern Ireland in 2010 / Bottles to contain minimum of 10% rHDPE
17.03.2010
INEOS
PE swing facility in Grangemouth resumes operations / FM remains in place
09.03.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
PAFA warns of danger of lack of recycling infrastructure / Courtauld 2 targets announced
09.03.2010
PACKAGING MARKET
UK's PAFA warns of immediate price rises / Raw material costs rise / Producer margins eroded
04.03.2010
INEOS
PVC production in Wales to cease after second quarter / Reaction to “steadily declining market”
25.02.2010
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Positive outlook for 2010 / Most players expect sales increases / British Plastics Federation survey
03.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares FM for LLDPE from Grangemouth / Technical issue forces plant off stream
08.01.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
UK market expected to contract slightly in 2010 and 2011 / Germany is most important supplier
04.01.2010
COLORITE EUROPE
Investment in new compounding capacity / Line for medical applications
22.12.2009
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Downturn costs UK plastic product manufacturers EUR 1.4 bn in lost profits / 24% of companies still managed to maintain or improve margins
10.12.2009
SEUFERT
German packaging specialist opens office in UK
08.12.2009
COMPOSITES
UK invests EUR 24m in materials development / National composites centre to be established
04.12.2009
DISTRUPOL
Distribution of Cabot masterbatches in Ireland
03.11.2009
SHARP INTERPACK
Machinery and tooling investment for thermoformed containers / Special grade of c-PET
27.10.2009
DECEUNINCK
“Deeplas” brand is acquired by Eurocell
26.10.2009
COCA-COLA
UK investment in PET preform production / Automated manufacture
16.10.2009
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