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New compounding line enhances Broadway’s production capabilities
Broadway has significantly expanded its production capabilities with the launch of a cutting-edge USEON compounding line, featuring the advanced SAT–65 twin screw extruder and UWP500 underwater pelletiser.
LYB collaborates with Armando Alvarez Group to implement bio-circular solutions
FFS bags will be used at LYB’s Wesseling site to package and deliver select materials to customers.
Shibaura Machine brings high-precision injection moulding to Interplas 2026
Shibaura Machine will demonstrate its latest plastics and rubber manufacturing technologies at Interplas 2026 together with TM Robotics.
Continuous manufacturing enables complex composites design
Lauri Turunen, Senior Manager at Exel Composites, explores how the benefits of continuous manufacturing techniques support optimised production across complex, tailored composite designs.
VeriVide highlights LED colour management and visual assessment solutions at Interplas 2026
The company is encouraging event attendees to bring their own samples down to its stand at the show.

The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) says industry figures are warning that parts of the UK recycling infrastructure are coming under increasing pressure as rising operational costs, tighter regulation and new collection requirements continue to reshape the sector.

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Packaging News has announced several new categories to the UK Packaging Awards 2026, with a focus on printers.

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Charities and industry bodies have pledged support to a new National Programme to Redistribute Surplus Food that was announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer this week.

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Steel for Packaging Europe (SfPE) has confirmed that steel packaging has achieved a new record EU recycling rate.

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Amcor has launched a new 38mm carry handle for PET containers.

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Footballer in mass train attack reveals he was stabbed seven times
Footballer Jonathan Gjoshe was among the 11 passengers seriously injured in a knife attack on a train as it travelled through Cambridgeshire last November.
Fans fury as West Ham on brink of drop - how have they got here?
It was less than three years ago that West Ham were lifting a European trophy in Prague. But they are now on the verge of relegation from Premier League.
UAE reports strike near Abu Dhabi nuclear power plant
The country is investigating the source of the strike, which it calls a "dangerous escalation".
England 'go to the trenches' to silence doubters
England's had to "go to the trenches" during their Women's Six Nations title defence and "fronted up" to prove to their doubters wrong, says captain Meg Jones.
How 'force of energy & positivity' Hastings left indelible mark on rugby
Scotland rugby legend Scott Hastings was a colossus on and off the field, writes Tom English.