INTERVIEW

Emmanuel Guichard, managing director at Elipso / A French perspective on EU plastics strategy / Much debate on bottle deposit scheme in France / Emmanuel Macron's goals for recycled plastics exceed EU's

ASSOCIATIONS

German IK and French Elipso deepen partnership / Focus on European plastics packaging topics

ASSOCIATIONS

"PackTheFuture" award 2017 for ten products / Winners announced at "interpack" in Düsseldorf

ASSOCIATIONS

“PackTheFuture” award winners to automatically qualify for global “WorldStar Awards” / European prize recognised by WPO

ASSOCIATIONS

Germany's IK and France's Elipso organise third “PackTheFuture” award / New “Save Food” category added / Winners to be announced at 2017 “Interpack”

ASSOCIATIONS

EuPC Packaging division establishes three new taskforces / Padraig Nolan named division manager

ASSOCIATIONS

Françoise Andres elected new president of French packaging association Elipso

PACKAGING MARKETS EUROPE

Four leading industry associations call on plastics producers to “urgently” invest in European production facilities / Supply security needs to be restored

PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE

Raw material shortages threaten existence of FIBC producers / No choice but to pass on rising costs to customers / EFIBCA industry association

PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE

French and German plastic packaging manufacturers alarmed by "unprecedented” tight supply of standard thermoplastics / Deliveries to customers said to be threatened / Declarations of force majeures questioned

PACKAGING INDUSTRY

French Elipso and German IK come together to tackle environmental and sourcing concerns

FRANCE

Flexible packaging producers face “difficult economic environment” / Business slowdown in 2012

PLASTICS PACKAGING

German plastics packaging association IK predicts economic decline in Q4 / Warns of rising feedstock costs, supply shortages

FRANCE

Elipso flexible packaging association warns of "destabilising effects" of raw material price increases / Calls for more solidarity along the entire production chain

PLASTIC PACKAGING

PAFA industry association warns of inflationary pressures linked to high raw material and fuel prices / Cautions that rising costs will have to be passed down

PLASTIC PACKAGING

German packaging producers association warns of rising raw material prices / Survey nevertheless shows optimism for Q2 economic development

FRANCE

Elipso flexible packaging association warns of "alarming situation" for plastic material prices / Concerns echoed by French plastics processing group

ASSOCIATIONS

ESWA warns of rising raw material costs / Cautions that sector's competitiveness is at serious risk

PLASTICS AND HEALTH

ECPI: Industry protests French bill banning phthalates / Legislation takes first parliamentary hurdle

PLASTIC PACKAGING

German and French industry associations concerned about raw material supply and pricing / Call for new solutions to ensure raw material supplies

FRANCE

Plastic packaging industry set for recovery in 2010 / Optimism for 2011 prevails, despite continued volatility of polymer material supply

FORUM PET EUROPE

Federation brings together European PET bottle supply chain / APPE's Rostagno appointed president