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Efforts To Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution May Hit Packaging Firms: Moody's

A new report from Moody's has suggested that efforts by the European Union to reduce marine pollution from plastics may raise costs for packaging firms....

DS Smith To Buy Europac In Major Packaging Deal

UK-based packaging group DS Smith Plc has offered to buy Europac, valuing its Spanish rival at 1.9 billion euros as it looks to strengthen its business in...

Morrisons Latest UK Supermarket To Pledge Plastic Waste Cut

Morrisons has become the latest British supermarket to bow to growing pressure on the industry to tackle plastic waste, pledging that by 2025 all of its ow...

Nestlé Makes Packaging Pledge, But Greenpeace Unsure Of Benefits

Nestlé wants to make all of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, becoming the latest food company to vow to reduce plastic waste, however,...

Smurfit Kappa Rejects Revised International Paper Bid

Packaging giant Smurfit Kappa has noted that a revised takeover bid from International Paper ‘fails to value the group’s true intrinsic busines...

Coca-Cola HBC Sees 4.9% Sales Increase, Boosted By Volume Growth

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has reported sales revenue of €6.52 billion for 2017, representing growth of 4.9%, compared to the previous year....

SCA's Results Indicate That 2018 Could Be A Good Year For The Packaging Sector: Analysis

It's been quite a year for packaging materials firm Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, known colloquially as SCA. Last April, the company announced arguabl...

Refresco Completes Acquisition Of Cott's Bottling Activities

Following a lengthy approval process from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, Refresco has announced that it has completed its acquisition of the b...