Recent reports have suggested David Cameron has withdrawn support for the plan because it could damage the packaging industry.
The packaging industry has been characterized by consolidations, notes Cornell.
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"Reducing weight doesn't necessarily reduce environmental impact, " says Jane Bickerstaffe, of Incpen - the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment.
This may explain why most innovation in the industry involves changes in packaging and marketing, producing all that fussy paraphernalia, rather than changing what is in the bottle.
People are still giving up and steps such as the display ban and plain packaging - if it happens - stop the industry making smoking attractive.
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"Lightweighting" is the current industry buzzword - reducing the weight of packaging, while still providing the same protection.
Demand for palladium-process catalysts in the chemical industry should also rise, driven by downstream demand for packaging and textiles, particularly in Asia.
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But other industry stocks also showed significant gains with KapStone Paper and Packaging (KS), PF Glatfelter (GLT), Domtar (UFS), Neenah Paper (NP), Clearwater Paper (CLW) and Sonoco Products (SON) gaining 6.2%, 5.6%, 4.2%, 4.4%, 3.3% and 3.2%, respectively, during the same two-day period.
And, according to Ms Armstrong, the tobacco industry is not quaking with fear about a wave of plain packaging legislation.
According to Global Industry Analysts, more than 55 percent of U.S. packaging firms reduced their capital expenditures in 2009.
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