EuPC European Plastics Converters

EuPC Annual Meeting organised with ANAIP / Supplier awards presentation in Madrid

Annual poll starts for best polymers producers awards / Voting open until mid-May

European manufacturers urge EU action on competitiveness / Joint declaration

EuPC announces new sector group PET Sheet Europe

Austrian polyolefins giant joins key circular economy projects PCEP and New Plastics Economy

MedPharmPlast Europe conference takes place in Brussels in late November

PlasticsEurope, EuPC and PRE launch “Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform” / Multi-stakeholder group to increase recycling efforts and meet Circular Economy targets

EPSE Awards 2016: Exceptional PC applications for construction, architecture and design / Prizes bestowed during “K 2016”

Global plastics production grows by 3.5% / European output declines slightly / Consumption in EU rises / Turkey is the biggest buyer of resins / Trade surplus crumbles / Report from PlasticsEurope presented at "K 2016"

EuPC's “The Future of Plastics Packaging” conference draws close to 100 participants / Key presentations by industry representatives and policy-makers

Plastics trade groups present joint proposals / Shaping EU sustainability package

Global production increasingly consolidated / PS market declining / Capacity expansions in Asia / Worldwide EPS demand continues to rise / Germany is the exception / Insulation segment largely switching to grey EPS

EuPC conference on “The Future of Plastics Packaging” to take place in Brussels in September

European converters remain a competitive force / Sector increasingly threatened by insecure raw material supply, high costs and foreign players / Innovation and client proximity strongpoints for continental companies / New study by EuPC and Wieselhuber

Awards for best polymer supplier presented at EuPC annual meeting in Lyon / Repsol takes prizes for innovation and HDPE / “Unique insight” into supply chain dynamics

“MedPharmPlast Europe conference” to take place in Strasbourg later this month

Renolit CEO Michael Kundel unanimously re-elected as EuPC president / European plastics processors must work together to defend their interests

EuPC Annual Meeting to spotlight circular economy / Study and awards presentation in Lyon

European plastics converters alliance calls on EU to suspend tariffs on polymer imports / Processors increasingly anxious in the face of tighter PP and PE availability

“Placard” project on cashew nut shell-based PVC plasticiser continues to progress / Last phase of EU-funded research underway

Claude Clément elected as chairman of EuPC Automotive and Transport division

EuPC “Food Contact Plastics Seminar” postponed following Brussels attacks / New date to be announced later this year

First EuPC and Polymer Comply Europe “REACH Workshop” successfully concluded / Follow-up event later this year

“Plastics Recycling Show” cancelled following Brussels attacks / Second time terror forces event to be abandoned / Belgian capital on lockdown

New heads for EuPC's Building and Construction working groups