Archives for January 13, 2005

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Alcan invests in growing Russian packaging market

Aluminium packaging giant Alcan is investing $55 million to build and equip two new Russian plants - a clear indication that foreign firms are beginning to take notice of the Russian packaging market, writes Anthony Fletcher.

EU reforms blamed for sugar plant closure

Ireland's lone sugar processor Greencore Sugar is to cease operating at its Carlow production facility in anticipation of the pending EU reform of the sugar industry, Tom Armitage reports.