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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Concentration in the supply sector continues / Are European players takeover targets, too?
 		03.11.2005
ENVIRONMENT
UK campaign discourages use of free carrier bags / Project support from top supermarkets
 		03.11.2005
RECYCLING
New WEEE directive will lead to new materials / Resale value to influence the choice of plastics
 		03.11.2005
PACKAGING
France bans non-degradable plastic bags from 2010 / Concern for environment, agriculture
 		03.11.2005
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Bankrupt suppliers flee into chapter 11 / Delphi and Collins & Aikman as new “super supplier”?
 		06.10.2005
CAPS AND CLOSURES
Plastics take firm hold as metal declines / Smaller suppliers may quit the market
 		11.08.2005
WINDOW MARKET
PVC to take 50% of CEE consumption by 2007 / 8.4m units in 2004 / New wealth drives growth
 		28.07.2005
BEVERAGE PACKAGING
PET increasingly sets the pace / Technology developments / Inroads into beer market
 		16.06.2005
PLASTICS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
Attendance at Mannheim congress steady / Plastics remain material of choice / Supply chain optimisation puts Tier 1 companies under pressure / OEMs want to pass on even more risks
 		07.04.2005
DUPONT
Entries invited to packaging awards scheme
 		24.03.2005
ITALY
PET Engineering technology collaboration / San Pellegrino mineral water in PET bottles
 		10.03.2005
WINTER SPORTS
Consolidation proceeds / Europeans targeted / Pressure on equipment prices / World´s largest ski producer Rossignol threatened with takeover by US company / Blizzard sold to wood processor
 		10.02.2005
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Big names back UK recycling trials / Waste PET to be reused in food packaging applications
 		10.02.2005
INSULATION
EPS producers warn of “massive” price hikes
 		23.12.2004
US PACKAGING INDUSTRY
Plastics to pull even with paper by 2008
 		25.11.2004
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