Germany Trade and Invest

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
SOUTH AFRICA Demand for plastics picks up again / Good prospects for insulation materials / Significant increase in imports	28.05.2012
PHILIPPINES Plastics industry largely focused on local market / Chinese processing machinery dominates / More than half of local plastics demand met by imports / First cracker scheduled to come on stream in 2013	01.02.2012
UHDE INVENTA-FISCHER Building new PET plant for Etana in the northern Caucasus	30.01.2012
ISRAEL Demand for plastics machinery rising / Not yet back at pre-crisis levels / Germany is the leading supplier	09.06.2011
INDONESIA Upgrading the country's petrochemical industry / Investments to raise domestic capacity aimed at reducing dependence on imports	20.04.2011
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY France sees only partial recovery in 2010 / Extensive investments planned by 2012	22.12.2010
CHINA Plastics production on a rapid ascent in H1 2010 / Increasing danger of overcapacities	25.11.2010
THAILAND Demand for plastics is picking up / Local companies are planning investments	29.10.2010
MALAYSIA Polymer production volume of 1.8m t in 2009 / Processing sector dominated by family-run SMEs / Most activity in industrial parks / Business gradually returning to pre-2008 levels / Roadmap for the future	18.10.2010
TAIWAN Plastics processing picking up again after last year's crisis / Surplus resin output is exported	27.08.2010
INDIA Polymer production expected to reach 12m t/y in 2015 / Demand driven by growing needs for household and consumer goods / Highly fragmented industry dominated by SMEs / Raw polymer materials are main export good	17.08.2010
UNITED KINGDOM Waste and disposal industry generated GBP 16 bn in 2009 / Poor show in European comparison / Needs outweigh available infrastructure / Sector dominated by private foreign companies	04.08.2010
RUSSIA Plastic film market continues to expand / Producers increase capacities / Biaxplen to build new BOPP plant	02.08.2010
ISRAEL Plastics industry slowly regaining strength after recession / Processing industry highly dependent on polymer imports / Europe an important trading partner / Focus on innovation and interest in cooperation	08.07.2010
RUSSIA Polyethylene exports up 125% in 2009 / Local LLDPE production cannot meet domestic demand / Prices on the rise	08.04.2010
INDONESIA Billions to be invested in petrochemical industry / Total PP capacity to reach 1.5m t in 2015	30.03.2010
ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY US household appliances sector moves out of recession / German exports should pick up	11.03.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY German sales held back by weak exports in 2009 / Booming demand in the Middle East / Asia remains main growth market / Traditional markets contracting	11.02.2010
ITALY Impact of crisis on medical technology sector negligible / Highly dependent on imports from the USA and Germany / Fragmented market	01.02.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY UK market expected to contract slightly in 2010 and 2011 / Germany is most important supplier	04.01.2010

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