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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
TURKEY Plastics market growth unabated / Now Europe's fourth largest processor / Per capita consumption above 60 kg / Industrial park for converters in special zone near Istanbul	25.09.2008
PURAC New PLA process developed with Sulzer Chemtech / Synbra selects process for 5,000 t/y plant	25.09.2008
PLASTIC PIPES European production up slightly in 2007 at 3.3m t / Germany is largest producer / PVC is clear leader but with slower growth than other materials / Subdued expectations / AMI guide	18.09.2008
VALEO German rear lighting systems production to be shifted to France and Poland / Increasing competition	17.09.2008
KRONOS Second PC sheet line installed in Omsk / Russia	16.09.2008
DUPONT Expansion of capacity for “Tedlar” PVF film / Doubling of output / Backsheets for solar panels	15.09.2008
REHAU Modernisation and expansion of the Viechtach site / Moulded joints for pipes / Pilot plant for new coating process / Improved logistics, energy management and recycling	10.09.2008

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