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RECTICEL
PU processor issues profit warning after weak Q3
30.10.2023
ITALY
Consolidation accelerates amid weak performance in plastics industry / Recyclate consumption eases as virgin prices hit rock bottom / Upturn unlikely before 2024
30.10.2023
DESNOGORSK POLIMER
Russian film producer doubles capacity / Expansion at domestic site almost complete
30.10.2023
INDORAMA
Takeover bid for Israeli nonwovens maker Avgol fails / Pet giant still holds majority stake
30.10.2023
EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Production, global market share decline in 2022 / World plastics output edges higher
27.10.2023
EVONIK
Supplier unveils CF PEEK for medical 3D printing
18.10.2023
SPAIN
Plastics industry benefits from approach adopted by Madrid / Value of production rising / Outlook good despite political stalemate / Major drive to expand recycling
11.10.2023
3D PRINTING
Patent filings grow at 26.3% CAGR / Eight-fold growth for AM technologies in the past decade
10.10.2023
M. HOLLAND
3D printing unit sold to US tech group
25.09.2023
SWEDEN
Government to end tax on plastic bags / Officials blame higher energy needed to make paper sacks
20.09.2023
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Developing economies to drive growth / BOPP set for biggest gains / Several challenges persist / Smithers report
20.09.2023
PLAST
Only 38,000 visit Milan fair / Organisers still satisfied
19.09.2023
PLAST
Italian fair reopens after five years / Visitor, exhibitor attendance lower than before pandemic / Market players mostly pessimistic / Green Deal or ‘Green Death?'
18.09.2023
OBEN
Peruvian film producer buys BOPET competitor Terphane / Tredegar to concentrate on aluminium
14.09.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY
The EU Commissioner for Climate Protection is changing – what does that mean for the industry? / PIE asks some German associations
04.09.2023
EXXONMOBIL
HDPE grade for MDO films / Recyclable mono-material packaging
24.08.2023
EUROPEAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
EU Commissioner Timmermans quits / Next stop: run for Dutch Prime Minister / Sefcovic named successor
23.08.2023
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Technical parts suppliers defy downward trend in H1 / Frustration 'running high' / Recession possible
23.08.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Companies including Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil fail to recognise risks in published documents – Planet Tracker report
10.08.2023
GLOBAL TRADE
Confidence among exporters in 2023 global trade turnover falls / Companies have smaller appetite for new markets - Allianz Trade report
02.08.2023
PLASTICS ECONOMY EUROPE
10th PIE Market Survey: Inflation, uncertainty weigh heavily on industry / 30% of companies forecast better H2 2023 / Investment plans unchanged
01.08.2023
AVIATION
UK plans EUR 93 mn composites R&D centre / Boeing first project partner
01.08.2023
FLEXIBLE FILM RECYCLING
Collaboration needed to boost circularity in Europe – PRE report / Group calls for more spending on infrastructure
17.07.2023
POLIBAK
New line for PP cast films in operation
17.07.2023
CONSTRUCTION GERMANY
Gloomy mood among plastics processors / Declining volumes, high prices / Heavy losses in residential construction / Market players criticise lack of impulses from Berlin
26.06.2023
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