ASIAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Engineering polymer consumption on the rise / ASEAN countries increasingly catering to regional customers / Malaysia for medical devices, Singapore for electronics |
11.04.2013 |
BELGIUM
Plastics and rubber products output falls 2.6% in 2012 / Negative business trend continues into 2013 / World's largest per capita plastics producer / Federplast survey |
09.04.2013 |
ITALY
Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up |
11.03.2013 |
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Optimism for 2013 falls as economic woes continue to exert pressure / Exports affected by euro crisis / Former BPF president Brian Mann set to retire |
28.02.2013 |
TURKEY
Visitor numbers at Plast Eurasia 2012 rise 23% year-on-year / Foreign visitor numbers up 41% over 2011 / Exhibitor numbers increase by 10% / Next fair held in December 2013 |
11.01.2013 |
CHINA
Protests in Ningbo elicit official pledge to halt petrochemical expansion / "Green" sentiment among the public rising / Is official acquiescence to demands linked to tendency towards petrochemical oversupply? |
02.11.2012 |