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ITALY
Non-biodegradable plastic bag ban to be enforced from late May / Cereplast gears up to supply (17.04.2013)

PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Improving exports continue to drive production output / Overall manufacturing levels remain static / Germany is largest market / US shows good growth (27.03.2013)

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)

ITALIAN PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
Exports and production in 2012 will come close to record set in 2007 / Non-EU Europe sees highest gains, led by Russia (21.12.2012)

PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
Italy's imports and exports rise in H1 / Imports growth constrained by weak economy / Assocomaplast report (01.10.2012)

PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
Italian exports and imports continue to grow in first quarter of 2012 / Germany remains largest overseas market / Assocomaplast report (10.07.2012)

ITALY
One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities (30.05.2012)

ITALY
Visitor numbers at leading plastics fair “Plast” down slightly / Share of Turkish, eastern European attendees grows / Excellent fair structure / Italy's plastics machinery sector under pressure (23.05.2012)

A. SCHULMAN
ICO Polymers' Verolanuova production plant moved to Gorla / New merged Italian site boasts two new lines (09.05.2012)

ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery production levels up 11% year-on-year / Exports rise by almost 21% / Europe is the leading destination / Exports to Russia rise by more than 60% (28.03.2012)

SO.F.TER.
Raising global compounding capacity by 30,000 t/y / New distribution arrangement for Lombardy region (13.03.2012)

ITALY
Trial of four Porto Torres managers on pollution Charges / Postponement on a technicality (12.03.2012)

ITALY
Legislative guidelines for non-biodegradable bag ban finally passed / Some controversy remains (25.01.2012)

ITALY
Exports increase in plastics and rubber processing machinery / Germany remains largest market / Far East sales to increase by 30% / Credit insurance problem for exporters / Assocomaplast forecasts (23.12.2011)

ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery exports up 22% year-on-year in H1 2011 / Positive trend for full year / Production expected to reach EUR 4 bn / Americas and Far East as key export destinations / Latest Assocomaplast data (27.09.2011)

ITALY
Petrochemical managers indicted on environmental charges at Porto Torres / Trial set for December (05.08.2011)

PLASTICS CONVERTERS
EuPC files complaint against Italy's bag ban (11.01.2011)

ITALY
Machinery export recovery contributes to production increase of 8% in 2010 / Fall in trade in Europe, but growth in Americas and Asia / Assocomaplast survey (06.01.2011)

ITALY
Controversial ban on non-degradable plastic bags in force since 1 January / Producers face retooling (05.01.2011)

ITALY
Plastics consumption stands at about 6m t / Heavily dependent on polymer imports / Output down 14% / Core machinery losing ground internationally / Exports down 25% (07.07.2010)

INDORAMA
Takeover of Equipolymers' PET line in Ottana complete (06.07.2010)

ITALY
Impact of crisis on medical technology sector negligible / Highly dependent on imports from the USA and Germany / Fragmented market (01.02.2010)

ITALY
Vinyls Italia plants fail to restart / Chlorine chemistry has no future in Italy, says Eni chief (18.12.2009)

GEORG FISCHER
Piping division to concentrate Tecno Plastic Alprene's fittings production at new plant near Genoa (25.11.2009)

ITALY
Vinyls Italia plants back up by Christmas? / Eni agrees feedstock supply / New bidders (18.11.2009)

MARCHESINI
Thermoforming centre planned near Modena / Activities to be pooled (09.11.2009)

ITALY
Progress mooted in petrochemicals revival / Vinyls units at Porto Torres, Porto Marghera, may restart (27.10.2009)

HELESI
Pretax profit down in H1 / Revenue growth / New factories on stream (09.10.2009)

EQUIPOLYMERS
Italy in an uproar over plans to shut Sardinian PET plant / Yet another crisis for Claudio Scajola (25.09.2009)

OWENS CORNING
Upgraded glass fibre plant to restart in Q4 / New process allows 40% cut in carbon emissions (15.09.2009)

ITALY
Eni backs down from plans to idle Sardinian cracker / Trade unions are satisfied with results of latest talks (27.07.2009)

ITALY
Eni to again idle cracker at Porto Torres / Trade unions seek talks with Berlusconi (15.07.2009)

ITALY
Investment of EUR 700m up to 2012 / Eni confirms plans to withdraw from chlorine production / Vinyls Italia in administration (26.06.2009)

ITALY
Vinyls Italia may seek “extraordinary administration” / Minister meets with ENI in yet another crisis session (26.05.2009)

VINYLS ITALIA
Sartor declares company insolvent / Entrepreneur says he was duped / Workers on strike (07.05.2009)

ITALIAN PETROCHEMICALS
Latest twist in the Vinyls Italia saga: Sartor threatens to declare the company insolvent / Seven-point plan to salvage Italy's chemical industry (24.04.2009)

ITALY
Polymer consumption slips to 7.1m t in 2008 / Output still declining / Optimism at Milan exhibitions / Upswing in summer may be on the cards / Core machinery manufacture in a dismal state (23.04.2009)

INJECTION MOULDING MACHINERY
Slump in Japanese output (06.04.2009)

ITALY
Definitive agreement on future of vinyls industry / Sartor and Ineos finally sign on the dotted line (03.04.2009)

ITALY
Final curtain in Porto Marghera vinyls drama? / Sale of Ineos production units due to be inked next week (20.03.2009)

ITALY
Machinery production and trade hit by recession / Bleak 2009 predicted / Assocomaplast forecasts (03.03.2009)

LYONDELLBASELL
Com-Ital and Ultrapolymers official distributors in Italy / PE from Saudi-Arabia to be introduced during Q2 (19.02.2009)

INEOS VINYLS ITALIA
Minister saves PVC deal between Ineos and Safi / Last-minute reprieve for Italian petchems sector (17.02.2009)

ITALY
New round of talks on Ineos Vinyls Italia / Insolvency petition not yet filed / Minister Scajola intervenes (13.02.2009)

YANTAI WANHUA
Safic-Alcan appointed to distribute MDI products (12.02.2009)

ITALY
Collapse of PVC sector imminent? / Chain reaction threatens chemicals sector after deal between Ineos and Sartor falters (11.02.2009)

RADICI
TPE and PE compound production site opened (06.02.2009)

BOREALIS
Sirmax appointed as distributor in Italy (26.01.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Porto Marghera shut down completely until January / First time in the history of the Italian complex (19.12.2008)

NEGRI BOSSI
First restructuring steps / BM Biraghi site closed / Closer cooperation with Sacmi Plastics in foreign markets (12.12.2008)

FINMECCANICA
Aerospace supplier plans joint ventures with Russian firm (02.12.2008)

POLIMERI EUROPA
Entire petrochemicals complex in Sardinia to go offline for two months / Cracker, HDPE, chlorine chain and aromatics affected / Phenol chain down for all of 2009 (01.12.2008)

INEOS VINYLS
Sartor gains minority stake in Italian PVC subsidiary / "Continuity of the site is guaranteed" / No agreement on chlorine modernisation (10.11.2008)

SIRCI
Italian pipe manufacturer to acquire Gresintex / Consolidating force in heavily fragmented market (05.11.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Latest Italian chemicals crisis roundtable ends inconclusively / Sale of Ineos Vinyls Italia agreed? (27.10.2008)

SO.F.TER.
Italian manufacturer acquires Matrixx Europe (17.10.2008)

ITALY
Plastics consumption set to fall by 3% in 2008 / Machinery manufacture continues to benefit from strong exports / Injection moulding machines still weak / Date delayed for chemical industry roundtable (08.10.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Chemical industry round table postponed to late October / Talks on Porto Marghera continuing (01.10.2008)

SIPA
Acquisition of bottling and packaging company Berchi (18.09.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Equipolymers declares FM on PET from Ottana / Plant restart unclear (27.08.2008)

ROMI
Sandretto acquisition completed / Total capital injection of EUR 13.5m planned (01.08.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos Vinyls postpones Porto Marghera decision again / Action thought unlikely before year's end (01.08.2008)

RIPRESS
Move into new machinery market with five models / Chinese subassemblies bring savings (01.08.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos board postpones vote on Porto Marghera fate (16.07.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
“Crisis” looms again over Italy's Porto Marghera / Ineos calls 2006 pact into question / PVC supply problems (11.07.2008)

SANDRETTO
Romi shareholders approve renegotiated takeover (08.07.2008)

SANDRETTO
Romi board reaches agreement with trade union / Shareholders still must approve (20.06.2008)

BANDERA
New nanotechnology division / Cooperation with Novamont on biodegradable materials (19.06.2008)

SANDRETTO
Romi shareholders vote against takeover for now / “Conditions not met” (16.06.2008)

ELECTROLUX
Italian refrigerator production to be consolidated at one site / Some 750 jobs to be eliminated (09.06.2008)

SANDRETTO
Planned takeover by Brazilian machine producer Romi / Both sites would continue to operate (27.05.2008)

LONZA
Remaining Polynt stake sold to Polimeri Speciali (14.05.2008)

TAGHLEEF
Acquisition of BOPP producer Radici Film / Technical and developmental capability are drawing cards (05.05.2008)

ITALIAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
“Positive” balance for the industry in 2007 / Overall production rises, injection moulding sector sinks (17.04.2008)

PLASTIPAK
PET preform units acquired from M&G (17.03.2008)

VAMP TECH
Distribution agreement with BASF in Spain (11.02.2008)

DOW
Correggio to become global PU R&D centre (17.01.2008)

SANDRETTO
Four new bidders for Italian machinery producer / Ministry studies offers from Italy, France and Brazil (03.12.2007)

SANDRETTO
France's Billion and Italian businessman final bidders for machinery manufacturer (08.10.2007)

ITALY
Dire need to upgrade plastics production / High-tech needed to bolster falling margins / Packaging will play key role in upturn / Automotive and building industries provide new growth stimulus (04.09.2007)

ERGOM
Fiat acquires major plastics supplier to avert production threat / Strike resulted in losses (06.08.2007)

INJECTION MOULDING MARKET
Italy: Can MIR and Sandretto still be saved? (31.07.2007)

LATI
Compounder restructures its Italian plants / Job cuts and modernisation (31.07.2007)

ITALY
High growth in rubber and plastics machinery / Gains in production and export performance (29.06.2007)

BASELL
Output at Brindisi PP plant increased again (11.06.2007)

ITALY
Thermoplastics consumption grows strongly in 2006 / Production down / More imports from Middle East (13.03.2007)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Italy revives ten-year old revamp plan for Porto Marghera infrastructure / Other sites to follow? (08.01.2007)

B-PACK
New facilities for blown and cast film in Italy (19.12.2006)

MOSSI & GHISOLFI
Rothschild appointed to find PET partner / Packaging now accounts for only 9% of sales (15.11.2006)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Italian oil group hails renaissance of petrochemicals / Eni to invest EUR 600m in Porto Marghera (09.11.2006)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Chlorine chain at Porto Marghera may be revamped / Ongoing discussions (20.10.2006)

BASELL
Catalyst capacity hike completed in Italy (27.09.2006)

ITALY
Country report: Plastics conversion volume stagnates / Injection moulders under enormous pressure / Films sector still strong / Plast 06 in Milan enjoys success at new site (13.03.2006)

PET BOTTLES
Husky and PET Engineering collaborate on single serve bottles for Italy / New legislation (19.01.2006)

KATOEN NATIE
Plans to expand Italian logistics centre at Cremona / Capacity is to be doubled (05.05.2005)

NMC
Foam manufacturer establishes Russian subsidiary / New logistics centre in Italy (07.04.2005)

ITALY
PET Engineering technology collaboration / San Pellegrino mineral water in PET bottles (10.03.2005)

TETRA PAK
Appeals against EUR 95m antitrust fine / Denies breach of IAA prohibition decision in 1993 (16.09.2004)

RADICI
Focus on PA compounds and fibres / Aussapol to Selenis / Merger with La Seda not in sight (19.08.2004)

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Spain/Portugal (59)

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