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WALKI Finnish packaging manufacturer cooperates with bioplastics specialist Lactips / Paper-based packaging materials with casein coating	15.11.2024
SAMSONITE Luggage manufacturer reports significant rise in sales, earnings	16.08.2024
EU ECODESIGN New regulation replaces old directive / Not only “energy-consuming” products affected	29.07.2024
NPE US plastics trade fair attracts significantly fewer visitors than 2018 / Europe's weakness becomes North America's strength	24.05.2024
CANADA Government seeks input on national monitoring of plastics	25.01.2024
COVESTRO Cast PU elastomer plant in China starts production / Applications for materials include offshore wind power	22.09.2023
EUROPEAN ECONOMY German processors reveal H1 sales declines, call for help from Berlin / German business confidence continues slide / Analysts warn of economic slowdowns in Germany, Eurozone	28.08.2023
CALVET AGROFOURNITURES French plant reclaims contaminated agricultural film / Plans include three more facilities built with Adivalor	12.07.2023
RUSSIA Plastics processors call for duties on plastics goods imports / Firms charge China with dumping / WTO rules likely to impede quick changes	24.04.2023
RECYCLING EUROPE EEA wants better reporting on non-packaging plastics / Policies heavily reliant on packaging data driven by recycling targets	22.12.2022
EVONIK Elatur Dincd plasticiser for durable outdoor products	07.02.2022
SAMSONITE Sales at suitcase giant continue to fall	27.08.2021
SWITZERLAND Recovery stronger than expected / Optimism high in plastics industry / Volume off 5% in 2020 / Recycling gains momentum / Problems with EU agreement suggests trouble	13.08.2021
SAMSONITE Suitcase manufacturer reports difficult 2020 / Sales decline continued in Q1	28.06.2021
PRINTING INKS Thinking outside the box: manufacturers are under pressure / Prices for titanium dioxide explode	26.02.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS European processors' associations voice displeasure over forces majeures being used as a tool for negotiation	08.02.2021
LACTIPS French bioplastics producer stems EUR 13m equity increase / Backing from Mitsubishi Chemical and Bpifrance	12.06.2020
CORONAVIRUS Carmakers better prepared than in 2009 / 60% of Spanish production base shut down / Italy presents plans for relaxing lockdown / Adventures in polymer prices / Plastics production index slumps / Fear of rising insolvencies	14.04.2020
GLOBAL TRADE Decline in proportion of goods traded across borders / Rubber and plastics trade intensity falls to 22.8% / Value chains more reliant on highly skilled labour / New priorities for location decisions / McKinsey report	21.03.2019
CRAEMER Waste containers added to French market portfolio / Middle East sales company in Dubai	20.12.2018
SPAIN Catalonia's quest for independence clouds economic prospects / Region is plastics industry heavyweight / Strikes and demonstrations ahead of new elections	17.11.2017
SEKISUI ALVEO "Alveosport" foam production hit by fire in the Netherlands / Investment of several million euros to rebuild plant	14.11.2017
PLASTIC OMNIUM Environment division planned to be sold off / Automotive will remain sole core business	26.09.2017
MEXICHEM Irrigation systems maker Netafim acquired for USD 1.5 bn / Position in PE piping	11.08.2017
RPC Packaging producer buys Dutch waste container manufacturer ESE World	20.12.2016

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