FAERCH PLAST

UK production plant officially opened / Trays for ready meals, fresh meat / Plans to raise output

THIN WALLED PACKAGING

Consolidation changes face of European market / Producers react to falling profitability / AMI study

YEAR IN REVIEW

Plastics industry braces for fresh surprises and more business as usual in 2012 / Price volatility and economic uncertainty / For some segments 2011 beats expectations / Fracking and plastic bag ban are key issues

FAERCH PLAST

Danish packaging manufacturer to build new plant in Durham / Production start-up in summer 2012

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

SUN EUROPEAN PARTNERS

Flexible and rigid packaging businesses established / Portfolio companies combined to create pan-European specialist units

PANNERGY

Remaining plastics holdings are sold / Pannunion awarded to Sun Capital Partners

PEOPLE

Maurice Petitjean becomes new CEO of Veriplast