THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2008 – Plastics Information Europe

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THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2008

The crash comes: A market buoyant in spring tanks in autumn / Polymer producers pull the emergency brake / Converters and end users clear stocks and close early / Machinery sector twiddles thumbs / Bottoming out in 2009?

Most plastics markets players had been expecting a downturn for some time. In July, for the first time since PIE’s sister publication “Kunststoff-Information” began its ...