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HUHTAMAKI
Second flexible packaging plant opens in Thailand
 		28.11.2008
GRAMMER
Employees protest against carve-out plans / Proposal to split company into separate legal entities / More job cuts?
 		27.11.2008
BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES
Loss-making UK plant to close / 165 jobs at stake / Production is to be transferred to other UK sites
 		27.11.2008
PEGUFORM
Short-time working at Bötzingen, but no redundancies / Urmann new managing director
 		26.11.2008
BRITISH POLYTHENE INDUSTRIES
Slump in construction sales / Energy costs hit profits / More restructuring planned
 		26.11.2008
UPONOR
Ochtrup facilities to cut 80 jobs / Plant closures in Sweden and Canada / Market conditions have worsened since inception of cost-cutting plans
 		25.11.2008
ALPHACAN
Sanitary and heating pipes business divested
 		21.11.2008
GLAXOSMITHKLINE
Nutritional healthcare bottles to be made on site
 		21.11.2008
GEIGER TECHNOLOGIES
Application filed for insolvency / Sintex reported to have missed EUR 3.2m payments
 		19.11.2008
VISIOCORP
Considering strategic options / New working hours to generate savings
 		18.11.2008
HUHTAMAKI
US flexible packaging production to close / Site dedicated to films production
 		13.11.2008
AMCOR FLEXIBLES
“No more extrusion facilities to be closed”
 		11.11.2008
POLYTEC
Profits slump in Q3 by nearly 90% / Job cuts almost certain
 		11.11.2008
MECAPLAST
Orders fall 30% as vehicle demand slumps
 		11.11.2008
EVONIK
Russian “Plexiglas” sheet jv to triple capacity
 		11.11.2008
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