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Two European packaging associations – France’s Elipso and Germany-based IK – met this week to highlight difficulties in polymer sourcing in Europe 16 May 2013

BASF has added to its Ecovio range of compostable and partially bio-based plastic with formulations suitable for thermoforming and injection moulding 14 May 2013

APPE, the packaging division of La Seda de Barcelona (LSB), claims its Bind-Ox technology is helping Italian food brand Conserve Italia extend the shelf life of its Passata products 14 May 2013

US-based Amcor says it has created the lightest 64oz (1.9l) hot-fill PET container of its kind, weighing only 59g 13 May 2013

Bark Innovations says its dosing system is easy to use and taps into the growing trend for liquid concentrates 13 May 2013

Sabic showed off its polyolefin materials for cosmetics packaging at the Packaging for Perfume, Cosmetics and Design (PCD) show which took place earlier this year in Paris, France 9 May 2013

Spanish salt producer Sal Costa turned to RPC’s UniPak when looking for its Sal Essential range 9 May 2013

In a guest article, chief executive of the Child-Safe Packaging Group, Stephen Wilkins, examines the use of child resistant packaging in Europe and argues that manufacturers need to make better use of varieties available 8 May 2013

AkzoNobel has extended its range of packaging made of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics with the new tester pots of Cuprinol Garden Shades paint. 7 May 2013

Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners plans to merge five of its packaging businesses, creating what it calls a global company focused on flexible and rigid plastic packaging 2 May 2013

Spanish PET and packaging group La Seda de Barcelona (LSB) must separate its successful APPE packaging business from the PET polymer and recycling divisions, according to the terms of a new financing deal with the banks 1 May 2013

Drinking wine may never be the same — thanks to Los Angeles inventor Matt Zimmer, who worked with mould maker R&D/Leverage in the US to develop the Stacked Wines range of interlocking wine jars made of PET 29 April 2013

Packaging specialist Sidel says beverage manufacturers can now use aseptic production to make smaller batches of bottles, thanks its new technology 25 April 2013

Sales of plastic packaging and films in Germany stayed relatively stable in 2012, showing only a 0.4% decrease in turnover from 2011, according to trade association IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen 23 April 2013

Industrial packaging manufacturer Mauser Group has started operating an intermediate bulk container-producing joint venture with Mexican company Plastienvases 19 April 2013

• Cap and valve system gives the perfect dose 13 May 2013
• APPE extends passata shelf life 14 May 2013
• Polyplastics opens Indonesian office 13 May 2013
• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Solvay sales drop 3% in first quarter 15 May 2013

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• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Poland-based Plastwag expands capacity 13 May 2013
• Polyplastics opens Indonesian office 13 May 2013
• Kingiseppsky to invest in new petrochemical facility 13 May 2013
• BASF boosts ‘green’ packaging options 14 May 2013

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