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Source One Plastics branches out into optical sorting solutions for rigid plastics
With this venture in mind, the company has adopted two sorting machines from Meyer Deutschland GmbH.
RECOUP appoints Adrian Whyle as Vice Chair of the Board
Whyle has over 35 years of experience within the speciality chemicals and plastics industries.
Matrix Plastics Ltd appoints Nigel Hayes as Non-Executive Director
Matrix Plastics Ltd has appointed Nigel Hayes as Non-Executive Director. Hayes will focus on supporting the strategic growth of the Matrix Medical Plastics division, helping expand specialty medical compounds across the UK and Europe.
INC elects new Chair of Plastics Treaty Negotiations
Julio Cordano is named Luis Vayas Valdivieso’s successor.
Large-tonnage Borche BU1800-V now in full production at Glendenning Plastics
Following the successful delivery and installation at their West Midlands facility, the Borche BU1800-V two-platen machine is now fully commissioned and in full production at Glendenning Plastics.

Zeus Packaging Group has acquired KOEX Packaging Solutions, a premium packaging business headquartered in Spain.

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Amcor has launched its latest consumer insight report, Recycled Content, Real Impact, exploring how shoppers perceive the use of post consumer recycled (PCR) content in packaging for supermarket products.

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PackUK has marked its second year overseeing the extended producer responsibility for packaging (pEPR) regime by noting that local authorities have now received over £1bn to enhancing recycling.

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The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) has announced the winner of a national recycling competition.

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PM orders investigation into claims Labour think tank paid firm to look into journalist
The think tank paid a company at least £30,000 to investigate the origins of a story about undeclared donations.
Ratcliffe, Man Utd and the immigration comments fallout
Sports editor Dan Roan analyses the potential fallout of Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe's comments on immigration.
'It's never too late': Savannah Guthrie's new plea for mother's release as FBI analyses glove
The FBI says it recovered a DNA sample from the glove, which was found in a field a few miles from Guthrie's home.
Students begin Covid compensation claim against 36 more universities
It comes after University College London settled a claim from students there over lost learning in the pandemic.
GB's Treacy crashes out but curlers' hopes stay alive
Team GB speed skater Niall Treacy's Winter Olympics are over but the women's curlers beat Denmark to keep alive their semi-final hopes.