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RAPID TECHNOLOGY
Additive fabrication market is booming
02.06.2005
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS
Output up again in 2004 / Turnover rise after years of decline / Margins “still under pressure”
02.06.2005
ASHLAND
GRPMS to take distribution of composite polymers in Scandinavia / Start in July
02.06.2005
BELGIUM
Plastics processing industry sees recovery after two weak years / Converters may leave the mass market to low-cost competitors / Febelplast and Agoria Plastique discuss further consolidation
19.05.2005
STAND-UP POUCHES
Dynamic growth in Europe / Annual rise of 14% up to 2008 / Schönwald multi-client study
19.05.2005
INFORMATION
Company magazines “Perlos News”
19.05.2005
ASSOCIATIONS
Another regional grouping founded in France
19.05.2005
LEIFHEIT
New identity as maker of branded products / Parts of injection moulding to Czech Republic
19.05.2005
PET
Polymer prices increasingly dependent on feedstocks / PTA and MEG to stay high
19.05.2005
RENOLIT
Planned acquisition of industrial films from Solvay / Sales turnover is set to double
19.05.2005
AUSTRIA
Injection moulding industry consumes 22% of plastics output / Move eastward / AMI study
05.05.2005
KATOEN NATIE
Plans to expand Italian logistics centre at Cremona / Capacity is to be doubled
05.05.2005
TREXEL
“Mucell” process increases market penetration
05.05.2005
SYMPHONY
Further loss despite improved sales / Wider distribution / EPI wins right to legal appeal
05.05.2005
ELECTROLUX
Plant closures and job losses in Europe / Plans for standard components and fewer suppliers
05.05.2005
OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA
Singulus expects market to remain weak / Steag Hamatech reports loss for 2004
05.05.2005
COMPOSITES
Optimistic mood most prominent feature of JEC exhibition / Growth of 3% worldwide expected / Only 65% capacity use in Europe / Focus on process engineering / Recycling via “Green Label”
05.05.2005
UK PROCESSING SECTOR
Higher prices hit profits / Companies expect to build stocks / Money for increased capacity
05.05.2005
HEXION
Borden, Resolution and Bakelite merger / New market leader for thermosetting resins created
05.05.2005
BASF
US and Canadian polystyrene business sold to Ineos / One plant and 140 staff will transfer
05.05.2005
MCKECHNIE GROUP
Acquired by UK investment company / Teams up with world leader in precision die castings
05.05.2005
LANXESS
Plans to shut down styrenics production in Germany or Spain / Some 400 jobs at stake?
21.04.2005
HEYWOOD WILLIAMS
Restructuring completed / Group back in profit / Higher losses in Plastic Systems division
21.04.2005
ERIE PLASTICS
Expansion in Hungary / European capacity doubled / Focus on packaging market
21.04.2005
VICTREX
Acquisition of BDF feedstock facilities from Degussa / Capacity expansion plans mulled
21.04.2005
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