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Plastics associations say Italy’s proposed plastic packaging tax would hurt the economy


Associations hit out at Italian tax


Leaders of Europe’s three plastics industry associations - Renato Zelcher of European Plastics Converters, Javier Constante of PlasticsEurope and Ton Emans of Plastic Recyclers Europe –


announced their opposition to the Italian government’s proposed €1,000/tonne tax on plastic packaging. Speaking at K2019, they said it “is likely to have a negative impact on the local market, in terms of job losses and consumers being


negatively affected by such a regressive tax”.


About 50,000 people work for 2,000 SMEs in the plastics value chain in Italy, which is Europe’s second largest producer of plastics products after Germany. The associations said the proposed tax would jeopardise their jobs, as well as costing households €140/year on average. � www.plasticsconverters.eu � www.plasticseurope.org � www.plasticsrecyclers.eu


Chroma Color grows


Chroma Color has completed a $1m investment at its site at Leominster in Massachusetts, US. The project included new compounding lines, dust collection system and a new colour development laboratory. Following the upgrade, the company will relocate its operations at nearby Clinton to the Leominster facility. “This move is intended to streamline operations and


better serve customers by integrating key operations into existing manufacturing facilities where we have more advanced lab and technical equipment leveraging robust analytical and formulation resources,” said CEO Tom Bolger. � www.chromacolors.com


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