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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complexes under construction or planned / Many small plastics converters / High energy and material consumption due to outdated machinery	17.02.2009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
MAGNA Closure of manufacturing units in Canada / About 1,110 jobs affected	09.12.2008
GREECE Plastic packaging with steady growth / Significant import volume / Germany main machinery supplier	08.12.2008
ALPHACAN Restructuring of French profile extrusion business / Closure of Hasparren plant	05.12.2008
RECTICEL Purchase of three foam units from Brekke / Investments postponed	05.12.2008
TERAPLAST Relocation of PVC pipe production / Ambitious expansion program up until 2013	28.11.2008
EUROPEAN PLASTICS MARKETS Demand again grew faster than GDP in 2007 / Consumption 52.5m t / Germany still the biggest producer / Half of European plastics waste is recycled / PlasticsEurope report “Compelling Facts about Plastics 2007” on the EU27 plus Norway and Switzerland	25.11.2008
CHINA Rise of 27% rise in value of plastics production in 2007 / Pipes and profiles segments on the brink of consolidation / More stringent safety regulations for the chemical industry	21.11.2008

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