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CP Group acquires Recycleye
By combining Recycleye’s technology with CPG’s portfolio, customers will receive streamlined product alignment and quicker innovation.
Haitian UK presents the latest machinery from Haitian and Zhafir at Interplas 2026
The company will be focusing on advanced servo-hydraulic and all-electric technology solutions at the event.
Process optimisation at Pentagon
Pentagon Plastics have been processing polymers for over 54 years. Throughout that time the organisation has grown, adapted, and flexed to become the injection moulder of choice that they are today.
Countrystyle Recycling breaks ground on new waste transfer facility
The site has been designed to fulfil both the company's and its third-party customers’ needs.
Intouch to present live miniature moulding machines built from LEGO bricks at Interplas 2026
Intouch Monitoring returns to Interplas 2026 with its most ambitious and interactive stand to date: four miniature moulding machines built from LEGO bricks.

Packaging News is offering free cricket tickets at the Kia Oval with bookings for the Sustainability & Impact Summit.

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Smurfit Westrock has announced plans for a consultation process which may lead to the closure of its SSK paper mill in Birmingham, with 130 jobs at risk.

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US private equity firm Pacific Avenue Capital Partners says it is in “exclusive negotiations” with packaging firm Amcor to acquire its bin-manufacturing arm ESE World.

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TerraCycle is holding a free webinar to assess and explore EPR charges rolling out through the packaging supply chain, titles Decoding the Recyclability Assessment Methodology (RAM) & the Role of Take-Back Schemes.

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Each week we publish the average trading price for packaging recovery notes from PRN marketplace The Environment Exchange.

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Families of IRA men shot dead reach settlements for damages
Brian Campbell, 19, and Colm McGirr, 23, were shot dead after the SAS mounted an operation at the scene of an arms dump in December 1983.
Worldwide race to trace passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship
About 12 countries have so far been linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, as the UN health agency confirms at least five cases.
Trump takes his revenge on disloyal Republicans
The US president targets his political enemies in Kentucky and Indiana
Election results so far at a glance - and what's still to come
Reform UK has made gains at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in early council election results overnight.
Chris Mason: What the results tell us so far
So far, we have a chunk of the results around the parts of England that have had contests and no results yet from Scotland or Wales.