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Recovered materials market begins to stabilise

The recycled packaging materials market is beginning to stabilise, but there are still concerns over the length of time it will take to fully recover.

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Rexam to cut Chinese make-up operations

Plans to further cut capacity of Rexam's plastic make-up packaging operations in China were revealed...

Danish group buys ADG Packaging Systems from administrators

ADG Packaging Systems, the vacuum filling business that was once part of Bradman Lake, has been bought...

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The bid to counter the counterfeits

Fake goods can dent sales and damage reputations and with the problem likely to worsen as emerging economies...

The new cold war

Fresh, innovative packaging formats and inventive design are fuelling growth in the market for cold...

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Deciding between the dizzy heights of an upright form, fill and seal machine or a flat version is quite...

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KBA posts a lower Q3 profit in face of economic gloom

KBA, the German packaging printing press manufacturer, is to axe 600 staff after the recent economic...

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Amorim tests cork that can be opened with bare hands

Amorim, the Portuguese cork giant, has revealed that it is developing a wine cork that could be removed...

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