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18. December 2025

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Management takes over SAUERESSIG Packaging and Surfaces

The newly founded SAUERESSIG Group GmbH is taking over the Matthews Packaging and Surfaces divisions. The focus is on continuity, customer proximity, and international orientation. The SAUERESSIG Packaging and SAUERESSIG Surfaces divisions now have a new ownership structure. As part of a management buyout (MBO), Markus Pennekamp and the existing management team took over on […]

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Comas – Engineering next-gen coating solutions

Thanks to the acquisition of SAM Europe in September 2024, Comas S.p.A., part of the Coesia Group – a multinational network of 20 companies, over 8.000 employees and a turnover of  € 2,4 billion – stands as a global leader in advanced coating, laminating, and printing technologies for roll-to-roll industries. Combining Italian engineering excellence with […]

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12. December 2025 |

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SOMATEC takes over product portfolio from Kampf LSF

Kampf LSF in Laußig has been established for many decades as a special machine manufacturer for converting systems for finishing and processing web-shaped materials. SOMATEC will now take over the product portfolio of Kampf LSF as well as the service and spare parts business at the beginning of 2026. This will ensure the availability of […]

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11. December 2025 |

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FPE welcomes EU decision to defend the integrity of the PPWR

Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), the material-neutral European association representing suppliers of flexible packaging materials, welcomes the European Commission’s choice not to reopen Regulation (EU) 2025/40 on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) under the Environmental Omnibus and, instead, focus on prioritising the development of secondary legislation. FPE strongly urges the European Parliament and the Council to […]

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9. December 2025 |

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Mondi inaugurates new paper machine in Czechia

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, welcomed international customers and partners to celebrate the inauguration of its state-of-the-art paper machine at its Štětí mill in the Czech Republic. The new machine was successfully started up in December 2024 and meets the growing customer demand for paper-based flexible packaging, driven by eCommerce and […]

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4. December 2025 |

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Masterpress selected in EU-financed BeFORE project

Masterpress, a European provider of high-quality label and packaging solutions, is strengthening its role in the transition to fully recyclable packaging by actively participating in BeFORE – Barrier for Recycling, an EU-funded research initiative under the 37th CORNET programme. The BeFORE consortium brings together partners from Belgium, Germany and Poland, including industrial companies, research institutions […]

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2. December 2025 |

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Bioplastics at the heart of Europe’s industrial transition

European Bioplastics (EUBP) welcomes the European Commission’s new Bioeconomy Strategy, which confirms – more clearly than ever – that biobased plastics are a strategic pillar of Europe’s future industrial base. Additionally, the revised Strategy recognises the sector as a lead market in the transition away from fossil-based materials, acknowledging its potential to scale up the […]

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