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Demand for polymeric applications increasing steeply throughout the world / German medical devices providers report record sales / Russian market caves in / Significant potential in ASEAN region

Fire at Jubail United Petrochemical leaves 12 employees dead / Operations at ethylene-production plant reportedly not affected

Global demand to expand by 4.5% per year to 2022 / Growth driven by rising industrial output in emerging markets / Grand View Research report

Two-day high-level conference on “Zero Plastics Waste to the Oceans” draws industry, government and private sector together / Need for collaborative efforts across the chain / Design for end of life / Calls for system change

Investor WL Ross acquires majority stake in plastics distributor / “Ideal platform to further roll up the fragmented plastics distribution space”

Controlling share in Dutch UD tapes producer Fibre Reinforced Thermoplastics acquired

EU close to classifying BPA as category 1 reprotoxin / REACH Committee approves draft

Developing car windows with integrated lighting / More safety and styling opportunities

Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

Eric Grégoire to become president of EMEA Food & Consumer Products

Ethane imports will soon feed Europe's ethylene crackers / Sunoco opens its terminal in Pennsylvania / Ineos to supply FEP's Mossmorran cracker from Grangemouth

Despite overcapacities, plans to lift output in Asia / Global consumption stands at 4m t/y / Decline in optical data storage devices pressures sector / Market unsettled by BPA controversy / Opportunities for lighting technology and automotive applications

Fire at Bosman logistics provider / Plastic resin storage facility at Dutch chemical park in Geleen destroyed

Collaborating with Dell to recycle carbon fibres / Latest sustainability initiative

Collaboration with Fardem Packaging and Morssinkhof Rymoplast / Recycled material will be used to package up to 100,000 t/y of resin

10th “Annual GPCA Forum” to take place in Dubai in mid-November

Innovative Plastics business unit to be dissolved / Activities divided into standard and speciality units / Job cuts in the US and Europe

Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report

“European Biopolymer Summit 2015” to be held in London in December

Half of rubber carve-out to be sold to Aramco / Joint Venture set to start in Q1 2016 / First back integration for German producer / Farther-reaching Middle East projects envisaged

Metals substitution and rising production of passenger cars drive global demand / PP accounts for about 28% of market / Grand View Research study

“2015 European Biopolymer Summit” to be held in London in December

Asian PE joint venture ready to start / USD 640m investment / SK contributes technology

Spanish technology centre to be beta tester for Ultem resin / Agreement with Stratasys