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IMG Group launches the Everbio Innovation Hub
The Hub is backed by a €15 million investment from C2 Capital Partners.
Flexible Plastic Fund launch its FlexCircular initiative
The project hopes to promote the UK’s transition to a circular economy for flexible plastic packaging.
Westlake Corp expands its European footprint with 380,000-metric-ton PVC production facility
Located in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, the facility will increase the company’s chlorovinyls manufacturing capabilities.
Evonik opens AEM application technology centre in Shanghai
The facility will test high-performance DURAION membranes in real-world operating conditions.
Zotefoams appoints Polyformes as an approved fabricator for EMEA
This strengthens the company’s engineered industrial packaging capabilities.

Packaging News concludes its launch of the Sustainability PowerBook – a power list of the 50 people shaping sustainability in packaging – with the Top 20 honours going to Mary Creagh and Paul Vanston.

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UK’s biggest drinks producers and grocery retailers have united to urge the new Plaid Cymru government in Wales to act now to keep Wales’s Deposit Return Scheme on track.

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Plans to stop vapes being marketed to children have been unveiled today (10 July) as part of a UK-wide consultation to introduce plain packaging, restrictions on flavour description rules and keeping vapes out of sight in shops. 

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Packaging News has launched the Sustainability PowerBook – a power list of the 50 people shaping sustainability in packaging – with the Top 20 now being released.

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The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has criticised the updated Recycling Assessment Methodology (RAM) set to come into effect from 1 January 2027 over its implications for flexible materials.

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EU threatens Meta with fines over 'addictive' Facebook and Instagram
Regulators say features such as infinite scroll contribute to "compulsive use" and "unhealthy habits".
Passenger 'nearly sucked out of window mid-air' on Ryanair plane
Ryanair confirm a passenger was given medical treatment after an incident on a Malta Air flight, which is owned by Ryanair.
Ann Widdecombe: Brexit-backing former minister turned Strictly star
A leading figure on the right of British politics who reinvented herself as a reality TV star.
Labour under Burnham will be faster and bolder, says minister
Lisa Nandy was speaking as 322 Labour MPs voted to back Burnham, meaning he is likely to become leader.
Met police investigating Reform over election donations - reports
The investigation is looking into donations made to Reform UK by the mother of the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, according to the Times.