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  1. The EC has approved the Amcor/Alcan merger subject to Amcor divesting part of its pharmaceuticals packaging. http://tinyurl.com/y899t9h
  2. Colloids has bought Impact Colours out of receivership and says it will continue manufacturing masterbatch there. http://tinyurl.com/ye874xw
  3. Buying a wind turbine blade mouldmaker will make China composites specialist Gurit's biggest manufacturing base. http://tinyurl.com/ykl2po5
  4. Recession has cost British plastic product manufacturers £1·3 billion in lost profits, says report. http://tinyurl.com/yzeovu6
  5. The new chairman of the Carrier Bag Consortium has hit out at the Welsh Assembly's plan to tax carrier bags. http://tinyurl.com/yzppmyw
  6. Blow moulder Jubb UK of Leicester is making its biggest investment in new machinery since 2003. http://tinyurl.com/yfk8pz5
  7. As Netstal and Engel cease their short-time working arrangements, Ferromatik Milacron is seeking more cost cuts. http://tinyurl.com/yaz2jph
  8. Danish injection moulder Rosti Technical Plastics is to be bought by Swedish investment company Nordstjernan. http://tinyurl.com/yzyzd63
  9. A campaign to ban the use of polycarbonate baby bottles has been started by the action group Breast Cancer UK. http://tinyurl.com/yj3rpsl
  10. Mixed household plastics waste is to be recycled in a 10,000 tonnes/year unit opened in Holland by Plastinum. http://tinyurl.com/yh9llov
  11. Renewably-sourced and biodegradable compounds from German compounder Tecnaro are now available from Albis UK. http://tinyurl.com/yfxzgqg
  12. LyondellBasell is to shut down a PP line in Wesseling, Germany, where the production rate is no longer economic. http://tinyurl.com/ykxhtaf
  13. Summit Systems is taking over the distribution and servicing of ancillary equipment supplied by Romi Sandretto. http://tinyurl.com/yg7aplc
  14. A National Composites Centre is to be set up in the south west of England, based on Bristol University. http://tinyurl.com/ybeug5f
  15. RPC has increased first half profits 19% on sales down 8% and is planning additional structural economies. http://tinyurl.com/y97o54a
  16. Amcor's purchase of parts of Alcan Packaging may need the disposal of one of Amcor's flexible packaging plants. http://tinyurl.com/y9x7344
  17. Symphony Environmental has tied up a deal for packaging giant Superfos to use its oxo-biodegradable additives. http://tinyurl.com/y8a4gsp
  18. America's NPE exhibition is to quit Chicago and go south to Orlando in Florida in 2012. http://tinyurl.com/yaqlyqn
  19. Bayer MaterialScience is buying PolyBioMed in Sheffield, which supplies materials to the medical device industry. http://tinyurl.com/ybnv3x7
  20. Superfos is selling its American business Superfos Packaging to Berry Plastics Corporation for $82 million. http://tinyurl.com/y9cxp7m