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2026-08-05 0:43 min Milk, Sorting and collection
Packaging Tracking

Sun Chemical enables Aldi and Arla’s smart packaging for milk bottles to track recycling using Polytag’s UV tags

The eight-week trial uses specially developed ink on wrap-around labels to deliver unprecedented packaging lifecycle data and insights.
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2026-08-05 1:35 min Strategies & Market Analysis, Europe
Packaging materials market

Packaging materials in the EU: quantities stay significant, plastic grew by 11%

Between 2011 and 2025, plastic was the only packaging category that was on the rise. A JRC study published on 6 July 2026 investigated the packaging materials (glass, plastic, metals, paper and cardboard, and composite materials) placed on the market of 19 Member States that ...
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2026-08-05 0:43 min Management, Europe
Approval

European Commission clears creation of joint venture EPL by Indorama and Blackstone

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a joint venture EPL Ltd., including Indovida India, both of India, by Indorama Netherlands B.V. of the Netherlands, controlled by Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (‘Indorama') of Thailand, ...
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Management
European Commission clears creation of joint venture EPL by Indorama and Blackstone
Approval
European Commission clears creation of joint venture EPL by Indorama and Blackstone

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation ...

ARBURG acquires Stork IMM
Acquisition
ARBURG acquires Stork IMM

On 29 July 2026, CFO Steffen Kroner and CTO Guido Frohnhaus signed the purchase ...

Milacron inaugurates its first Global Capability Center in Coimbatore, India
Expansion
Milacron inaugurates its first Global Capability Center in Coimbatore, India

Milacron marked a significant milestone in its growth journey in India with the ...

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Facts & Figures
Half-year report 2026: PET to PET recycled an impressive 17,101 tonnes of PET bottles
Report
Half-year report 2026: PET to PET recycled an impressive 17,101 tonnes of PET bottles

17,101 tonnes of PET beverage bottles were successfully processed and made available ...

Krones further increases order intake and profitability in first half of 2026
Report
Krones further increases order intake and profitability in first half of 2026

Krones’ customers continue to show robust willingness to invest. In the second ...

BMT: Mount Everest-inspired study illustrates methodology for predicting PET bottle deformation
Study
BMT: Mount Everest-inspired study illustrates methodology for predicting PET bottle deformation

BMT combines stretch blow moulding simulation and physical testing to assess the ...

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Strategies & Market Analysis
Packaging materials in the EU: quantities stay significant, plastic grew by 11%
Packaging materials market
Packaging materials in the EU: quantities stay significant, plastic grew by 11%

Between 2011 and 2025, plastic was the only packaging category that was on the ...

ICIS: Diverging trends in pyrolysis chemical recycling between key regions
Report
ICIS: Diverging trends in pyrolysis chemical recycling between key regions

The global pyrolysis market is at a crossroads. This market offers the option to ...

Recycling Europe: War is not a business model - Europe’s plastics recycling industry needs urgent structural solutions
Analysis
Recycling Europe: War is not a business model - Europe’s plastics recycling industry needs urgent structural solutions

The sharp increase in oil prices during the first quarter of 2026, driven by ...

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