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Companies

SPHERE French packaging group looking to grow UK business with acquisition of Sarpak	14.04.2021
SP GROUP Danish plastics group set for growth / Acquisition in Finland	14.04.2021
SCHUR FLEXIBLES Packaging group acquires Sidac / Expansion in Italy	14.04.2021
JOKEY Production starts at new Spanish site / Packaging manufacturer doubles capacity	14.04.2021
BOREALIS Project ‘Stop' delivers waste management services to over 130,000 people in Indonesia	13.04.2021
SERI PLAST Conversion of Unilever detergent plant for recyclate production / Post-consumer polyolefins for packaging	13.04.2021
IGUS Further investment in UK-based Mura Technology / Construction underway for chemical reclaim plant using Cat-HTR method	12.04.2021
PPHU ANNA RECYKLING Polish recycler expands capacity / Italian supplier delivers production line	12.04.2021
JACKON Manufacturer of XPS boards hikes prices	09.04.2021
COVESTRO Piloting of PU foam recycling process / Development of intelligent sorting system / Part of European “PUReSmart” project	09.04.2021

People

IVK EUROPE Marina Arz new MD	13.04.2021
CEP Marc Monnin appointed new director general of Spanish plastics association	04.03.2021
UPONOR President and CEO Jyri Luomakoski to leave the pipe manufacturer / 2020 best year since financial crisis in 2008	22.02.2021
LEGO Colette Burke appointed new CCO / Vacancy in digital department also filled recently	02.02.2021
NELIPAK Pat Chambliss appointed new CEO	01.02.2021

Industry

INDIA Plans for phased ban on SUPs in 2022 / PE bag thickness to increase / Packaging industry voices concerns	14.04.2021
CLARIANT Membership of Circular Plastics Alliance	13.04.2021
ELIPSO Christian Théry elected new president / Christophe Morvan and Emmanuel Guichard depart	12.04.2021
RECYCLASS More certification bodies join packaging recycling initiative	09.04.2021
RECOUP Jim Armstrong succeeds chairman Mike Barney	06.04.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT IK criticises new labelling rule for disposable beverage cups / “Clarification urgently needed in Brussels” / Warning labels compulsory as of July 2021	01.04.2021
PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA Congress introduces “Break Free From Plastics Pollution Act of 2021”/ Opposition from trade association	31.03.2021
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT EuPC: Throwaway paper products embedded with plastics must not be exempt from SUP directive	30.03.2021
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Plasticisers and other SVHCs found in sports and leisure articles / AskReach project detects SVHCs in 24% of samples	25.03.2021
PLASTIC PACKAGING Switzerland: Plastics tax definitively “off the table”	25.03.2021

Markets

TURKEY Pagev says Turkish processors should halt virgin resin buys until June / Group says Chinese converters following suit / Move comes ahead of expectations for lower prices this summer	14.04.2021
TURKEY Plastics demand rises in 2020 on higher domestic sales / Import and export volumes grow / Economic woes continue	07.04.2021
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos announces force majeure for HDPE from Belgium site	06.04.2021
RAW MATERIALS PVC supply problems hit window production in Europe / EPPA calls for end of force majeure shutdowns	06.04.2021
PLASTICS RECYCLING MOROCCO Project MOSSUP to tackle SUP waste / Pilot projects with supermarkets in trial phase	31.03.2021
LOGISTICS Suez Canal reopens / Impending congestion at ports to cause delivery delays	29.03.2021
RECYCLING UK BPF webinar tackles challenges of using recycled content in packaging / Focus on mechanical and chemical recycling	29.03.2021
LOGISTICS Egyptian government plans to fix the Suez Canal accident within three days / Doubts about viability / Plastics markets nervous	26.03.2021
TURKEY Pagev: Processors to boycott imported polymers from 1 April / Chinese associations said to be on board / Price 'crash' expected by June	25.03.2021
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Evonik restarts production of plasticisers	25.03.2021

Production and Engineering

AVIENT TPE grades with high recycled content in Asia, Europe, US	14.04.2021
LANXESS Two inorganic pigments added to ‘Colortherm Yellow' line	13.04.2021
MONDI Recyclable packaging for Bell Germany set to cut 35 t of plastics waste annually	12.04.2021
KRAIBURG Compounds with recyclate said to meet standards for car exteriors	12.04.2021
EVONIK Launch of PEEK filament for industrial 3D applications	01.04.2021

Management

MANAGEMENT Sale-and-leaseback financing / Opportunity to increase liquidity and free up the balance sheet / Consideration needed for asset values, running times and “rights to separate satisfaction”	12.04.2021
SUPPLY CHAINS Companies introduce strategies to protect against Covid-19-related disruptions / Survey shows 30% of firms considering near-shoring / Euler Hermes report	01.02.2021
LOGISTICS Container freight rates rise / High demand for Asian products in Europe and US / Shipping business not expected to slow before February 2021	10.12.2020
OFFICE MANAGEMENT UK report says pandemic has companies considering renting and cutting floorspace / Over 10 times more people now working at home in UK	29.09.2020
GLOBAL ECONOMY Insolvencies to rise amid Covid-19 crisis / Hardest hit countries in 2020-2021 include US, Brazil, China / Euler Hermes report	08.09.2020

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