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RENOLIT
Planned acquisition of industrial films from Solvay / Sales turnover is set to double
19.05.2005
AUSTRIA
Injection moulding industry consumes 22% of plastics output / Move eastward / AMI study
05.05.2005
COMPOSITES
Optimistic mood most prominent feature of JEC exhibition / Growth of 3% worldwide expected / Only 65% capacity use in Europe / Focus on process engineering / Recycling via “Green Label”
05.05.2005
UK PROCESSING SECTOR
Higher prices hit profits / Companies expect to build stocks / Money for increased capacity
05.05.2005
MCKECHNIE GROUP
Acquired by UK investment company / Teams up with world leader in precision die castings
05.05.2005
HEYWOOD WILLIAMS
Restructuring completed / Group back in profit / Higher losses in Plastic Systems division
21.04.2005
NMC
Foam manufacturer establishes Russian subsidiary / New logistics centre in Italy
07.04.2005
BPI
Price increases hit profitability / 2005 has started well / Acquisitions should be expected
07.04.2005
SWITZERLAND
Plastics consumption rises to 163,000 t in 2004
24.03.2005
MOBILE PHONE SUPPLIERS
Plastics converters continue to profit from booming demand / More pressure on Tier 1
10.03.2005
PLASTICS CONVERTERS
German sector feels pinch of price hikes in 2004 / Turnover up 3.6% / Margins tight
10.03.2005
PREMIER PROFILES
Some 200 jobs set to go in plant shutdown / Significant financial losses incurred in 2004
10.03.2005
ITALY
PET Engineering technology collaboration / San Pellegrino mineral water in PET bottles
10.03.2005
INJECTION MOULDING
German injection moulding market holds up well / 6% more firms since 2001 / AMI guide
10.03.2005
BRITISH VITA
Cash bid from US investment group refused / Business and prospects “undervalued”
24.02.2005
UK PLASTICS PRODUCTS
Construction and packaging are the growth drivers / Exchange rate shifts boosts exports
10.02.2005
EPEX
Extruders join forces in new association
27.01.2005
BOPA FILM
Niche market with 8% growth / China drives demand / Applications in fresh food packaging
27.01.2005
PLASTIC PROFILES
Technoplast experiences renaissance in Europe / Chinese orders fall off after surge
27.01.2005
SOLVAY
Rigid films business to be sold to Ineos
27.01.2005
JFC PLASTICS
New factory in Poland / Strategic move for expansion into central and eastern Europe
13.01.2005
HT TROPLAST
HT Troplast to be sold to Advent and Carlyle / Last of Rütgers plastics business divested
13.01.2005
PARKSIDE INTERNATIONAL
Films business put in administration / Polish plant and flexibles activities are unaffected
23.12.2004
COMPOSITES
UK initiative to promote lightweight materials / Pan-industrial network / Help for smaller firms
23.12.2004
TUFNOL
MBO from receiver / Business restructured and renamed / Over 70 jobs, Scottish depot saved
09.12.2004
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