BASF

Q3 earnings fall but exceed expectations / Launch of share buyback programme in November / 2025 forecast revised

NOVOLEX

US packaging group sold to investment company Apollo

LOGOPLASTE

Portuguese packaging manufacturer acquires domestic PET recyclers / Seeks to boost reclaimed content to 30% by 2025

LOGOPLASTE

Portuguese packaging supplier has new majority shareholder / Further acquisitions planned

NEWELL BRANDS

US consumer goods giant to divest packaging manufacturer Waddington / USD 2.3 bn sale to Novolex

NOVOLEX

Bag manufacturer sold to Carlyle / Name and management team to be retained

KETER PLASTIC

UK private equity player BC Partners in exclusive talks to acquire 80% stake / Israeli company could change hands for USD 1.7 bn

AGRICULTURAL FILMS

Innovation drives Europe's oversupplied market / Spain and Italy account for 40% of demand / AMI report

VELOX

Distributing Axalta Polymer Powders' “Coathylene” thermoplastic powders and speciality additives throughout Europe

DUPONT

Company weighs options for its performance chemicals segment / Focus on less cyclical businesses

CHESAPEAKE

Carlyle Group acquires UK speciality packaging supplier for an undisclosed sum