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PU FOAM
Europur reports good performance last year / EU imports surge as exports fall / Study extended to include Russia and Turkey
29.06.2016
SHALE GAS
German cabinet finally agrees fracking rules / Federal states to decide on test drills
28.06.2016
COVESTRO
Board nods off doubling of MDI capacity at German site / Completion expected in late 2018
28.06.2016
GRUPO ANTOLIN
Plans for record EUR 340m in investments / Plenty of orders for new Cockpit segment
28.06.2016
UNITED KINGDOM
"Brexit is stupid" / 52% of British population votes to leave the EU / Plastics industry reacts calmly / Important market in Europe / Many corporate headquarters likely to relocate to the continent
27.06.2016
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Strong dynamic in the first third of 2016 / Riding on the coattails of the upswing from autumn and winter 2015 / 4% growth year-on-year / Construction business well above average / Semi-finished products a little more subdued
27.06.2016
DOW
First foreign company to receive Saudi trading licence / Diversification of economy
27.06.2016
TCI SANMAR
Engineering contract for Egypt PVC expansion awarded to Jacobs Engineering
27.06.2016
TI AUTOMOTIVE
Third plant for plastic fuel tanks commissioned in China
27.06.2016
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
PRE issues new strategy paper at 20th anniversary meeting / Current market structure “highly unsustainable” / Calls for more holistic approach to recycling / Need for standardisation
24.06.2016
CAPS AND CLOSURES
Rising demand for dispensing and child-resistant products boosts US sales / US market to expand by 3.9% per year to 2020 / Freedonia report
24.06.2016
GERMAN PLASTICS PACKAGING
IK industry association says 37 members have been certified under “Zero Pellet Loss” initiative to date / Combating marine litter
24.06.2016
KALLE
German sausage casings producer sold from one investor to another / Acquisition price more than doubles that of 2009
24.06.2016
PLASTICS RECYCLING UK
Mock Recoup poll finds 65% of UK recycling industry players prefer to remain in the EU / Upcoming referendum will directly affect UK industry
23.06.2016
TOTAL
French refineries and crackers almost back to normal operations
23.06.2016
PPG
European glass fibre operations sold to Nippon Electric Glass
23.06.2016
BRASKEM IDESA
Mexico's “Etileno XXI” hub is officially inaugurated
23.06.2016
HIGH-PERFORMANCE PIGMENTS
Environmental controls impact raw materials availability / Global market forecast to increase by 3% per year to 2021 / Growth in emerging markets continues to decline / Smithers Pira report
22.06.2016
SAFIC-ALCAN
Marketing DuPont's “Vamac” ethylene acrylic elastomers across Europe / Aliphatic isocyanates agreement with Vencorex / Management reshuffle
22.06.2016
TURKEY
Plastics industry slowly starts to grow again / Gains still fall short of expectations / Europe's second largest processing country / Few changes on the imports front / Pagev highlights the need to improve competitiveness
21.06.2016
ECOTECH
UK-based PET recycler insolvent / External administrators appointed
21.06.2016
BOGE RUBBER & PLASTICS
New EUR 25m production hall in Germany starts up / Manufacturing gas pedals for VW / Plastics the main material processed
21.06.2016
COLINES
Italian extrusion machinery producer sets up US subsidiary / Response to rising demand in North America / Sales partnership for North Africa
20.06.2016
JOHNSON CONTROLS
Plans to invest close to USD 800m to increase global AGM battery output / Fourth plant in China a sealed deal / North American AGM capacity to double by 2020
20.06.2016
AXIALL / LOTTE
Groundbreaking ceremony for Louisiana ethane cracker / Start-up expected in 2019
17.06.2016
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