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INTERVIEW “The government wanted to ban importation of waste, but we said no” / “Inflation aids plastics industry” – interview with Pagev president Yavuz Eroglu	29.08.2024
TURKEY Investments planned to boost domestic PP output / Projects due online from 2025 onwards	21.02.2024
TURKEY Credit crisis deepens as inflation shows record high / Plastic products sector to show growth in 2022	22.12.2022
TURKEY Rise in machinery investments in first half / Outlays could increase 6% this year	26.08.2022
PLASTICS WASTE German environment minister wants EU-wide export ban on plastics scrap / New import regulation in Turkey	17.01.2022
TURKEY Deposit-return scheme for packaging set for 2022	25.08.2021
TRADE FAIRS Plast Eurasia set for 1-4 December in Turkey	20.08.2021
TURKEY Ankara reverses import ban on PE waste / Stricter oversight of recyclers	14.07.2021
TURKEY Demand, output of construction plastics rise in Q1 / Foreign trade expands / PU shows highest growth rate	16.06.2021
TURKEY Processed polymer volume declined in 2020 / Packaging and white goods make up ground / Positive but shaky outlook for 2021 / Associations vehemently oppose import ban on plastic waste from Europe	11.06.2021
TURKEY Boycott of virgin resin leads to lower prices for material – Pagev / Processors question timing of plastics production shutdowns	29.04.2021
RAW MATERIALS EuPC: Over 90% of converters in Europe lack enough resin / "Production of essential goods threatened" / Switch to recyclate difficult for many	19.04.2021
TURKEY Pagev says Turkish processors should halt virgin resin buys until June / Group says Chinese converters following suit / Move comes ahead of expectations for lower prices this summer	14.04.2021
TURKEY Pagev: Processors to boycott imported polymers from 1 April / Chinese associations said to be on board / Price 'crash' expected by June	25.03.2021
TURKEY Plastics association proposes solutions to surging resin prices / Domestic producers should sell to local processors / Calls for pausing import duties	10.02.2021
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY TURKEY Plastics use in vehicles seen down 15% in 2020 / Automobile production forecast 14% lower / Pandemic said to have cost domestic car parts industry at least USD 5 bn	28.01.2021
TRADE FAIRS “interpack” set for 2021 / JEC, Plast Eurasia postponed	18.11.2020
TRADE FAIRS “Plastpol” in Kielce and “Plast Eurasia” in Istanbul to open doors despite coronavirus crisis / Measures taken to protect visitors	05.10.2020
WHITE GOODS TURKEY Difficult time due to Covid-19 / Sales fall 9% in H1 on weak European demand / Leading supplier country	18.09.2020
TURKEY Plastics industry posts fall in demand and output in first half / Contraction predicted for 2020 / Domestic market hindered by taxes and low-value products	11.09.2020
TURKEY Plastic packaging demand stable in 2019 / Output lifts 2% and exports rise 7%	20.07.2020
TURKEY Pagev asks for plastics industry incentives due to Covid-19 impacts / Downturn in construction, automotive and white goods sectors / Medical supply production ramps up	15.05.2020
TURKEY Government introduces Covid-19 measures to help out businesses / Pagev sees lack of including plastics sector as major deficiency / Polyolefin spot prices trending sharply downward	02.04.2020
TURKEY Plastics processing volumes rising / Lower raw material prices depress industry sales / Expansion of exports / Pagev criticises low added value and volume of raw material imports	24.02.2020
PAGEV Yavuz Eroglu re-elected head of Turkish plastics industry association	12.02.2020