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SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Recycled materials, fibre-based formats lead packing design trends / Plastics top of global market – Smithers report
 		28.05.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
April registrations send mixed messages / EVs retain lead in market share / BYD outpaces Telsa – report
 		28.05.2025
MEDICAL PACKAGING
Pharma manufacturers under pressure: focus shift to monomaterial blister packs / PVC packaging from Germany's ‘yellow bag' non-recyclable / EU to review privileges
 		23.05.2025
EUROPEAN CAR INDUSTRY
Reports of 10,000 job losses already this year – Clepa / More redundancies likely / Brussels softens CO2 guidelines
 		22.05.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Industry situation worsens in Germany / Manufacturers pessimistic about current year – IPV member survey
 		16.05.2025
PACKAGING
Global push drives growth in food-grade recycled plastic packaging – Smithers report
 		07.05.2025
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Volatile markets, mixed European prices in Q1 / Rise in raw-material costs could trigger uptrend in Q2
 		06.05.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
EU registrations ease in Q1 and March / EVs lead in market share / Washington sends more mixed signals on sector tariffs
 		25.04.2025
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY EUROPE
Suppliers fear double impact of tariffs / Associations urge ‘negotiated solution' / Carmakers fined nearly EUR 600 mn for cartel participation
 		10.04.2025
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
Mood of packaging and film manufacturers ‘slightly brighter' – IK business survey
 		08.04.2025
GERMAN SUPPLY INDUSTRY
Companies still deep in crisis / Lower sales, production output, personnel, plant utilisation – ArGeZ
 		04.04.2025
EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
EU registrations continue lower / EVs retain lead in market share
 		27.03.2025
ITALY
Government bailout of EUR 2.5 bn for automotive components sector / Switch to weapons production possible
 		27.03.2025
CONSTRUCTION MARKET
UK output dives in February / Slump in residential activity leads downturn
 		10.03.2025
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Lacklustre demand for pharma, cosmetics products in 2024 / Moderate outlook for H1 2025
 		10.03.2025
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