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The LEGO Group opens its first dedicated manufacturing innovation centre
The facility will accelerate the speed and quality of innovation while also utilising sustainability measures.
Defra reveals nine out of ten packaging producers use non-sustainable materials
The figures have come to light following BagKraft’s Freedom of Information request.
BASF announces the appointment of Lisa Kelly as its Managing Director
Kelly becomes the first woman to serve as Managing Director of BASF plc and BASF Pharma (Callanish).
Klöckner Pentaplast appoints Michael Zacka as Interim CEO
Zacka succeeds Roberto Villaquiran whilst the Board searches for the next CEO.
Biesterfeld expands cooperation with SAERTEX to Norway
SAERTEX manufactures multiaxial non-crimp fabrics (NCF) and composite reinforcement solutions.

Labour MP Mary Creagh has confirmed she is no longer a Defra minister with responsibility for functions such as the circular economy.

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The Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) has warned that delaying mandatory kerbside collections of flexible plastic packaging from March 2027 to 1 April 2030 risks future investment and growth across the UK, slowing progress and weakening the UK's domestic capacity to meet recycled content obligations.

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London Packaging Week 2026 has been reimagined to help packaging professionals discover practical solutions to today's biggest brand and packaging challenges.

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Polytag, the UK data capture and marketing platform for powering the circular economy, can now offer integration with solutions from Videojet Technologies, a global leader in industrial coding and marking solutions.

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Kite Packaging has marked 25 years of business, having grown into one of the UK’s most prominent packaging suppliers.

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Firefighters struggle to contain Madrid wildfires, as more than 160,000 evacuated in France and Spain
Authorities face the "worst fire in the history of the region", Madrid officials say, as French firefighters battle a blaze heading towards Bordeaux.
Police declare 'major incident' as wind change increases Cairngorms wildfire risk
All residents in the village of Nethy Bridge have been evacuated over the threat the wildfire spreading.
Heatwave conditions to return for many as UK temperatures to peak at 35C
Following weeks of mainly dry weather, we can welcome some rain this weekend, but it is not going to be that much.
Texts reveal 14-year-old allegedly murdered by singer D4vd had pregnancy and abortion
Prosecutors allege D4vd started abusing the girl when she was 13 and she had threatened to expose him.
UK papers: 'Summer of chaos' and 'water bosses' pay rises'
The wildfires sweeping through Europe is prominent across many of Saturday's papers.