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BPI.FILMS Investment in two five-layer cast film lines / Output increased by 40% / Installation creates 12 jobs	17.04.2009
INSULATING MATERIALS Global growth up to 2012 / Foam plastics stay number one / Volume up again / Freedonia study	16.04.2009
FEINTOOL Plastics component producer Mühlemann to close / Declining sales	07.04.2009
BLOW MOULDING INDUSTRY AMI forecasts further increase in plastics consumption in Europe to 6m t by 2011 / Germany is largest consumer / PET moves ahead of HDPE / Engineering plastics grow in niche markets	02.04.2009
NORTH AMERICAN PIPE Purchase of PVC pipe assets	01.04.2009
IMS ECO-PAC Injection moulding jv to produce lightweight food packs / In-mould process incorporates printed barrier films	30.03.2009
EUROCELL Acquisition of Recovinyl-certified recycling business / Purchase price undisclosed	27.03.2009
ARMANDO ALVAREZ Film lines ordered from Gloucester Engineering	24.03.2009
HEXION New resins unit to supply wind energy market / Failed bid to acquire Huntsman leads to 2008 loss	16.03.2009
SORA COMPOSITES Family firm acquires insolvent Ranger France / 270 jobs to be saved	11.03.2009
FILTRONA Divesting US extrusion business / Higher sales / Stable profits / Acquisition of Lendell	11.03.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS Industry ends 2008 on a positive note / Packaging performs best / Outlook for 2009 is troubled	05.03.2009
DECEUNINCK Another plant to close in the US / Capacity to move entirely to Monroe	03.03.2009
MERIDIAN SMC production facility to be built in Mexico	23.02.2009
VIETNAM Plastics production in its infancy / Five major petchems complexes under construction or planned / Many small plastics converters / High energy and material consumption due to outdated machinery	17.02.2009
BENTELER-SGL Acquisition of Fischer Composites / Austrian plant to be extended / Fischer remains true to skis	12.02.2009
PLASTICS PROCESSING IN POLAND Central European country leads market growth / Consumption levels pass Scandinavia / More than 2.3m t of thermoplastics processed / New AMI report spotlights over 1,000 companies	10.02.2009
MAUSER Approval granted for IBC joint venture with Spain's Reyde	02.02.2009
TORAY Investment in German carbon fibres specialist ACE / Plans to develop RTM process for mass market cars	20.01.2009
PERLOS Hungarian injection moulding plant to close by June / Mobile phone demand weak / Service units to stay	16.01.2009
POLYNORM Voestalpine plastics business acquired by Inteva	12.01.2009
EUROSTYLE Arques sells 85% of shares to management	09.01.2009
FREEFOAM PLASTICS Purchase of Chemix PVC mixing plant / Start-up underway / Equipment likely to be transferred	23.12.2008
BTV PLAST Takeover by private equity investor Benson Oak	11.12.2008
RANGER French injection moulder slashes 80 jobs	10.12.2008

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