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Tobacco Logo Ban Said To Get WTO Backing In Landmark Case

The World Trade Organization upheld Australia’s right to impose plain-package label restrictions on the sale of tobacco products, in a blow to the ci...

Packaging Firm Ardagh Posts 51% In Revenue In First Quarter

Packaging company Ardagh has posted a 51% increase in revenue to €1.84 billion in the first quarter of the year. Pro forma growth stood at 2%. Duri...

Ireland To Introduce Plain Packaging For Tobacco From September

Ireland is to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products from this September, following the signing of a commencement order by the Minister of State at...

Ardagh Group Announces Price Per Share For IPO, Begins Trading

Dublin-based packaging company Ardagh Group has announced the price of its initial public offering in the US. The IPO, filed with the US Securities and...

Mondi Group Posts Slight Dip In 2016 Revenue

Packaging and paper company Mondi Group saw volatility in foreign exchange rates cause its group revenue to dip slightly in 2016, falling 2% to €6.6 b...

IFCO Posts 16% Growth In Full Year Revenue

RPC supplier IFCO has posted a 16% increase in revenue (at constant currency levels) to $992 million in its full year 2015/16, according to accounts just f...

Waitrose Launches Pasta Products With Packaging Made From Food Waste

British grocer Waitrose is launching two new gluten-free fusilli pastas, with the packaging for the products in part made from food waste. As some peas...