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Greyparrot secures $27M in Series B funding round
The funding will help Greyparrot scale its technology.
Epoch Biodesign acquires former DOMO nylon 6,6 polymerisation site
The 52,000 tonne/year production facility allows Epoch to become the only biorecycling company in the world to own commercial-scale polymer production.
ARBURG acquires Stork IMM
The move will strengthen both companies’ positions within the global plastic injection moulding machine market.
Sun Chemical exhibits pigment preparations for plastics at AMI Compounding & Recycling Expo 2026
The company is highlighting its portfolio of pigment preparations to help plastics converters.
Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Braskem unveil bio-acetone production platform
Designed for the corn-ethanol industry, the platform allows producers to generate a new coproduct alongside ethanol.

One third (37%) of the total tonnage of plastic packaging manufactured in and imported into the UK was declared as taxable under the Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT).

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Protective packaging giant Macfarlane Group has recorded an increase in revenue in Q2 but losses at its Pitreavie business continue to impact profits.

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The Exchange for Change deposit management organisation (DMO) has announced the next steps in its planned implementation of deposit return schemes (DRSs) across the UK.

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Archroma Packaging Technologies will be introducing a new ultra high solids pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) to the North American market at LOUPE Americas (Chicago, 15-17 September 2026).

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Westbury Packaging has retained its BRCGS AA grade accreditation following its latest audit.

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Man killed at Christian festival named as his church leads tributes
Robert Guanco, 41, was a pastor at Jesus the Living Water Church in Eastbourne, East Sussex.
Manhunt after woman, 22, killed and five injured in Swiss shooting
Swiss media reported shots were fired at a rave overnight, with all the victims in their twenties.
Iceland on track to reject EU referendum as counting nears end
Broadcaster RUV reports the nation is on track to reject resuming EU membership talks as the final votes are tallied.
Burnham gets the early prison release changes he wanted - but at what cost?
The prime minister says he will keep hundreds more criminals behind bars but doing so requires complex changes.
PC Harper's killers to stay in jail as PM announces changes to early release scheme
Andy Burnham tells BBC Breakfast anyone convicted of manslaughter will be excluded from the early release scheme in the Sentencing Act.