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IPL Plastics Announces Completion Of Loomans Acquisition

IPL Plastics has announced that it has fully closed the acquisition of the Loomans Group. The Irish-based packaging company, which last year launched an...

Smurfit Kappa: 'Marked Increase' In Companies Seeking Shrink Film Alternatives

Irish-based corrugated packaging giant, Smurfit Kappa (SKG) has said that it has seen ‘a marked increase’ in the number of companies seeking su...

Smurfit Kappa's Value Falls €3.4bn Below International Paper Offer

In the year that has passed, Smurfit Kappa has seen its value fall to €3.4 billion below what International Paper was offering the company. Almost...

Kingspan Commits To Recycling 1bn Plastic Bottles A Year By 2025

Kingspan, a global leader in high-performance insulation and envelope solutions for low carbon buildings, has committed to recycling 500 million plastic bo...

Nestlé And Veolia Join Forces To Tackle Plastics Leakage

Nestlé and Veolia, a global resource management company, have announced their collaboration to work on waste collection, sorting, and recycling of p...

IPL Plastics To Acquire Belgian-Based Loomans Group

IPL Plastics has announced that it assigned a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire Loomans Group for a total consideration of $85.5 million. The group sa...

Sustainable Packager Foxpak Announces €3M Manufacturing Facility

Foxpak Flexibles Ltd, the group that produces digital flexible, sustainable packaging for both food and non-food sectors, has opened a new manufacturing pl...

Smurfit Kappa Boss Received 40% Pay Jump Last Year

Tony Smurfit, CEO of Smurfit Kappa, revived a 40% pay increase in remuneration last year, according to the Irish Times. Company accounts show that Smurf...