Global plastics production benefits from healthy economy / Output in 2017 rises 3.8% to 348m t / Solid growth expected for 2018 / PlasticsEurope report
According to provisional figures from the European plastics producers association, PlasticsEurope, which were presented at a conference for the trade press at the beginning of 2018 in Frankfurt / Germany by Claus-Jürgen Simon, head of the Market and Economics department at PlasticsEurope Deutschland, global plastics production rose in 2017 by 13m t to some 348m t. This represents an increase of 3.8% compared with 2016. The EU-28 countries including Norway and Switzerland accounted for a total of... (25.04.2018)