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8 March 2010

Helesi, the Greece-based waste management products manufacturer and services supplier, has agreed terms for the sale of Helesi UK, which makes two-wheeled waste bins, to Straight, the maker of recycling containers. 8 March 2010

Tria, the Italian maker of granulators and shredders, will switch its distributor in the UK and Irish markets from Motan to Piovan next month. 8 March 2010

China’s Wanhua Industrial group has won the option to take over the Hungarian PVC group BorsodChem within two years in return for providing €140m to help fund the indebted chemical firm’s expansion. 8 March 2010

The National Skills Academy Process Industries has launched a ‘pay as you go’ Business Partner scheme, with a view to giving businesses access to affordable training and skills support from top process industry experts. 8 March 2010

5 March 2010

Ineos, the world's third largest chemical group, is considering a relocation of its headquarters and tax residence from the UK to Switzerland. It said potential cash tax savings would be €450m between now and 2014 if it went ahead with the move, but said it would remain committed to its UK businesses. 5 March 2010

M&H Plastics hopes its latest investment in a new injection blow moulding machine from Uniloy Milacron will help it expand in the market for pharma packaging. 5 March 2010

German automotive lighting and parts group Hella KGaA Hueck Co plans to invest around €20m in new production equipment at its manufacturing plants in Romania. 5 March 2010

The alliance of Eight Associations from the plastics, rubber, coatings and associated machinery and toolmaking sectors have written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, attempting to influence his Budget later this month. 5 March 2010

A big increase in UK packaging reduction targets could be unachievable without greater support by central and local government, the plastics industry has warned. The target for recycling plastics packaging has more than doubled to 56.9% by a deadline of 2020. 5 March 2010

4 March 2010

Ambler Technologies, based in Rochdale, has designed and produced a chair for Trelleborg Advanced Engineering Materials. The materials group commissioned the chair to showcase its new TB400 low-density epoxy tooling board, in particular to illustrate its machinability and finish quality. 4 March 2010

EuPC, the Brussels trade body for plastics converters, has urged European Union legislators to “get policy on plastics right; otherwise there will be widespread damaging effects on user and supply industries”. 4 March 2010

A brand new award for young designers has been launched by Agentdraw, the product design, development and manufacturing company, in association with The Plastics Industry Awards. Shortlisted entrants will see their product ideas taken through a series of design and prototyping stages, with the winner being given the chance to see their design put into serial production. 4 March 2010

The body encouraging development of more environmentally friendly buildings in Australia has revised its previously negative view on PVC materials. 4 March 2010

3 March 2010

The Zero Waste Scotland initiative has launched a £5m capital grant programme on behalf of the Scottish government, to develop plastics reprocessing infrastructure in Scotland. 3 March 2010

The Plastics 2020 Challenge, the sustainability initiative launched last year, has expressed concern over plastics recycling cuts by an English council. 3 March 2010

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