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PLASTRIBUTION British distributor buys domestic plastic sheet maker / PIE talks to CEO Mike Boswell: “Move is part of UK growth strategy – Brexit brought complexity and opportunity”	22.03.2023
UNIVAR US investor Apollo offers over USD 8 bn for distributor	21.03.2023
TOTALENERGIES Plans for French value chain for ‘advanced' reclaim of plastics film / Processing to begin in 2024	21.03.2023
SK CHEMICALS Chemical recycling: EUR 92 mn deal with China's Shuye / Agreement includes depolymerisation plant for rBHET and rPET	16.03.2023
SAPA Italian automotive supplier acquires majority stake in Hispamoldes / Integration into newly created Grupo Indea	16.03.2023
ALPLA Expansion of pharma division / JV with Spanish bottle maker Inden Pharma	15.03.2023
LYONDELLBASELL Purchase of recycler, compounder Mepol / Deal covers facilities in Italy, Poland	14.03.2023
SAFIC-ALCAN Acquisition gives French distributor fifth business in UK	10.03.2023
CARGILL US firm boosts UK additive output	09.03.2023
QUANTAFUEL Cash woes hit recycling tech firm / UK-based Viridor submits takeover bid / BASF, Lego owner exit	07.03.2023
CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES Acquisition of Poland firm Drukpol Flexo / JV with India's SB Packagings	07.03.2023
LANXESS / ADVENT Future engineering plastics JV clears regulatory hurdles / Closing expected by early April	20.02.2023
APK German recycling firm secures investments from LyondellBasell, Lego owner Kirkbi / Expansion of recycling capacity for multilayer flexible packaging	13.02.2023
RUSVINYL Solvay preps sale of JV stake to partner Sibur / Output sold largely in Russia	09.02.2023
ZEUS PACKAGING Irish packaging specialist buys 11th business in four years	09.02.2023
AZELIS CEO says company to continue expansion / Investments are to be made primarily in Asia and Africa	03.02.2023
BIFFA UK recycling company now in US hands / Private equity group finalises multibillion pound purchase	02.02.2023
ALPLA PET recycling begins in Romania / JV supplies 18,000 t/y of bottle-to-bottle material / Second plant in Angola	02.02.2023
UNIGASKET Italian PTFE hose maker buys US-based MTO Hose Solution	01.02.2023
MANUCOR Sibur sells all shares in former Manuli Film / MBO with the help of Italian banks	31.01.2023
MAIRE TECNIMONT Italian plant manufacturer acquires competitor Conser / Entry into biopolymer sector	27.01.2023
GRAFE Compounder acquires Swiss colour specialist Color Technik	26.01.2023
IFCO German reusable container supplier expands in Baltics	26.01.2023
GRAF Majority stake in rotomoulder RBB / Stronger presence in key French market	20.01.2023
PLASTIFLEX Belgian hose maker to acquire German injection moulder Walter Potthoff	17.01.2023

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