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BELGIUM
Leading global per capita consumer and producer of plastics / High capacity utilisation rates / Above-average EU salaries impede capacity to compete on world stage
26.09.2011
MITSUBISHI POLYESTER FILM
USD 20m expansion at South Carolina plant
22.09.2011
FRÄNKISCHE ROHRWERKE
German pipe manufacturer lays corner stone for first French plant
20.09.2011
POLYETHYLENE FILM
European market at 7.5m t in 2010 / LDPE accounts for 46% but is feeling the pressure from LLDPE and metallocene grades / Bags and sacks dominate applications / Sector characterised by consolidations / Latest AMI report
15.09.2011
TRANSPARENT PLASTICS
PC electronics applications boost North American transparent plastics market / Regional market to reach 1.8m t in 2015 / BCC Research study
13.09.2011
SOLUTIA
Conductive films capacity acquired in Taiwan
09.09.2011
PRAGMA TRADE
Film trader plans to start plastics processing / Money rolls in following initial public offer
01.09.2011
RUSNANO
Groundbreaking for new Russian nanostructured polymer membrane plant / Output to be exported
26.08.2011
SRF
New BOPP film line from Brückner / First foray into the biaxially oriented PP film market
16.08.2011
AXION
Recycled composite selected for Trinidad boardwalk
15.08.2011
ARMACELL
European technical foam business sold to Begium's NMC / Focus on Insulation and PET Core-Foams instead
05.08.2011
SOLUTIA
Plans for PVB resins plant in Malaysia
02.08.2011
JSC MOGILEV ZIV
Belarussian film manufacturer to commission new POF line in August
28.07.2011
BILCARE SOLUTIONS
Price hike for rigid plastic films
27.07.2011
AXION
Joint venture with India's Sicut to produce railroad ties from recycled plastics / US technology licence
25.07.2011
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
Price hike for European PVC rigid film
11.07.2011
WESTLAKE
PVC manufacturer closes pipe extrusion activities in Springfield / Pipe market overcapacities still pose a threat
06.07.2011
GERMAN PLASTIC CONVERTERS
Sales slightly above pre-crisis levels during first four months of 2011 / Growth rates flatten / Pressured by higher costs
28.06.2011
ALPHACAN
Expanding profile extrusion capacity in Gaillac / France
27.06.2011
LANXESS
Price hike for synthetic monofilaments
23.06.2011
REXAM
Closures business bought by Berry Plastics for GBP 360m / Restructuring of plastics operations continues
21.06.2011
GREIF
Packaging producer with record sales, earnings in fiscal Q2 / Takeover of Bottanuco Fustiplast
17.06.2011
WORLD PLASTIC PIPES
Demand predicted to reach 20m t in 2015 / Smaller volume products to see above average growth / Freedonia report
10.06.2011
SUN EUROPEAN PARTNERS
Flexible and rigid packaging businesses established / Portfolio companies combined to create pan-European specialist units
07.06.2011
RUIA
Indian conglomerate acquires Sealynx / Consolidation with Meteor, Draftex and Standard Profil on the cards
23.05.2011
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