NYCO

Swiss packaging manufacturer compelled to file for insolvency / Operations to continue for time being

NYCO FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

Swiss packaging maker under new ownership / Latest Clondalkin sale reduces processing assets

PROAMPAC

US film and packaging producer on next European buying spree / Purchase of Ultimate Packaging

SÜDPACK

Expansion continues for packaging group with LPF takeover / Clondalkin group continues to shrink

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

Modest growth for European market expected up to 2023 / German and Polish markets struggling / Wood Mackenzie report

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING

Bioplastic and "green" polymer packaging demand to grow 6.5% per year / Flexible green packaging makes slow gains / BCC Research report

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

Demand in Europe to reach nearly EUR 16 bn in 2022 / Share of world market to decline / Poland leads growth / Wood Mackenzie report

CLONDALKIN

Ultra-thin OPS and PET shrink sleeves launched / Costs and production performance improved

CLONDALKIN

PE-based foil offers sustainable alternative for packaging butter

CLONDALKIN

Additional printing presses installed at Wentus and Flexoplast subsidiaries in Germany and The Netherlands / Capacity expanded

CLONDALKIN

Appointment of two co-CEOs / Managerial oversight of Specialist Packaging and Flexible Packaging operations

PEOPLE

Former Graham Packaging CEO Mark Burgess new chairman at Clondalkin

VAN DER WINDT

Takeover of sister packaging company Mecari Plastics

CLONDALKIN

Dutch packager divests large swathes of US flexible packaging operations / Sale of Van der Windt Group

CLONDALKIN

Sales and marketing office established in Russia / Manufacturing agreement with local packager Incol

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

Modest growth expected up to 2016 / US still largest consumer, but China catching up / Asia likely to take more than half of global output / Plastics the dominant substrate / Pira study

POLYETHYLENE FILM

European market at 7.5m t in 2010 / LDPE accounts for 46% but is feeling the pressure from LLDPE and metallocene grades / Bags and sacks dominate applications / Sector characterised by consolidations / Latest AMI report

CLONDALKIN

New structure for Flexible Packaging division