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Continuous manufacturing enables complex composites design
Lauri Turunen, Senior Manager at Exel Composites, explores how the benefits of continuous manufacturing techniques support optimised production across complex, tailored composite designs.
VeriVide highlights LED colour management and visual assessment solutions at Interplas 2026
The company is encouraging event attendees to bring their own samples down to its stand at the show.
Barnes Molding Solutions becomes SPECTRIX
The company offers a varied portfolio of injection moulding capabilities.
Wittmann UK seeks new goals at Interplas 2026
By any standard last year’s K show in Düsseldorf smashed several corporate ambitions for the Wittmann Group.
Velogy becomes Europe’s latest polymers business
The company has manufacturing plants in France, Germany, Spain, and England, with its headquarters located in the Netherlands.

The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) says industry figures are warning that parts of the UK recycling infrastructure are coming under increasing pressure as rising operational costs, tighter regulation and new collection requirements continue to reshape the sector.

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Packaging News has announced several new categories to the UK Packaging Awards 2026, with a focus on printers.

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Charities and industry bodies have pledged support to a new National Programme to Redistribute Surplus Food that was announced by Prime Minister Keir Starmer this week.

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Steel for Packaging Europe (SfPE) has confirmed that steel packaging has achieved a new record EU recycling rate.

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Amcor has launched a new 38mm carry handle for PET containers.

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Meningitis cases in Reading are pupils at two schools, UKHSA says
A sixth-form student died following the three meningitis cases in Reading.
Boy, 15, shot dead in France as prosecutors blame drug war
Prosecutors in Nantes say the shooting was drug-related, but the victim's aunt says he was not involved.
Beckhams and Gallagher brothers make Sunday Times Rich List
The list is based off the paper's estimates of the minimum wealth of Britain’s 350 richest people or families.
Coffee chain sorry for banning teens revising for school exams
Coffi Lab says pupils were not making purchases and bringing food from other vendors.
Harry and Meghan to produce Afghan war film for Netflix
The couple's production company will make a film based on a true story of British troops under siege.