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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
ALPHACAN Sanitary and heating pipes business divested	21.11.2008
CABLE INDUSTRY Europe: 1.3m t polymers for cables in 2008 / Market still dominated by PVC / PE steadily gaining ground / Big regional variations / Demand highest in Italy / Publication of AMI's latest guide	17.11.2008
AMCOR FLEXIBLES “No more extrusion facilities to be closed”	11.11.2008
EVONIK Russian “Plexiglas” sheet jv to triple capacity	11.11.2008
SIRCI Italian pipe manufacturer to acquire Gresintex / Consolidating force in heavily fragmented market	05.11.2008
RANGER French injection moulding company files for protection from creditors	03.11.2008
TUBES MARKET Falling demand hits European producers	31.10.2008
POLI-ECO Profile manufacturer maintains strong growth / Capacity expansion / Tailor made production lines supplied by Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik	30.10.2008
TESSENDERLO Acquisition of Nyloplast Europe	29.10.2008
TOY MARKET Largest Chinese industry supplier goes belly up / Number of producers halved this year / Further insolvencies expected	28.10.2008
POLYTEC Acquisition of Peguform completed / Combined group sales will exceed EUR 1 bn in 2008	28.10.2008
VEKA Production site in France expanded	27.10.2008
ATLANTIS PLASTICS Acquisition by Monomoy Capital is finalised	16.10.2008
WAVIN Building downturn will hit 200 jobs in the UK / Streamlining to bring EUR 6.5m annual savings	15.10.2008
BALDA Selling off the future to bail out the present: Balda is reducing its touch screen stake / Refocusing on the infocom plastic systems and components business	09.10.2008
ITALY Plastics consumption set to fall by 3% in 2008 / Machinery manufacture continues to benefit from strong exports / Injection moulding machines still weak / Date delayed for chemical industry roundtable	08.10.2008
PLASTICS PROCESSING Converters' association says prices must rise	26.09.2008
DIMEX Austrian subsidiary insolvent / “Tight” liquidity situation at parent company	26.09.2008

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