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Marco Sealing Solutions acquires Rocket Seals
Rocket Seals specialises in distributing O-rings and sealing products.
Colson Group acquires Custom Engineered Wheels
CEW manufactures engineered components for OEM customers for lawn and garden, medical, and industrial applications.
APR expands PCR Certification Program
Manufacturers, brand owners, brokers, distributors, and traders that buy, sell, or handle PCR can verify recycled content claims using independent third-party certification.
Centriforce marks milestone of recycled plastic innovation
Centriforce, the Liverpool-based manufacturer of recycled plastic damage prevention products, celebrates 50 years in business.
PCX Solutions launch its Alternative Materials Certificate
The mechanism aims to reduce the use of fossil-based plastics.

Gillian Garside-Wight, director of consulting, Aura Global, says Burnham must push and enable more reuse, more recycling and more use of renewable resources.

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Aldi and the UK’s largest dairy cooperative, Arla, are collaborating with recycling platform, Polytag, on an operational pilot to track milk bottle packaging through the recycling process using innovative UV-tagging technology to get a better understanding of the product lifecycle.

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Co-op has recently introduced NaviLens technology across its own-label paper products range – in a grocery retail own-brand first move – helping to make it easier for customers with visual impairments to identify products and shop more independently.

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Waste analytics firm Greyparrot says it has raised $27m (£20m) in funding as its AI-supported waste intelligence products has reached an operational milestone. The company says its AI tools have now detected one trillion waste objects during use.

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Coveris has achieved the RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification at Level 2 for three sites, marking a further milestone in the company’s commitment to transparency and circularity in plastic packaging.

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Meta says AI model accessed the internet and hacked another firm
Meta is the latest company to disclose an AI agent breach, raising cyber-security concerns.
Man extradited to UK and charged over alleged hit-and-run death of Keaton Slater
A Latvian man charged with causing death by dangerous driving over the 2024 collision will appear in court on Thursday.
Iran says deal with Oman on Strait of Hormuz is in final stages
Neither the US or Oman have commented on the proposed agreement on the vital waterway.
University of Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row resigns
Prof Jason Arday said he had "concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away".
UK papers: 'Plagiarism row professor resigns' and 'West End stab rampage'
A Cambridge University professor's resignation dominates many of Thursday's papers.