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PLASTIROLL
Capacity for biologically degradable films doubled
09.07.2010
EXTRUDED PROFILES
European market dominated by window profiles / Recovery in the construction industry unlikely before 2011 / PVC most important / Germany the biggest processor / Poland catching up with western Europe
30.06.2010
PLAZIT 2001
Acquisition of Spanish PMMA sheet manufacturer Gerundense
21.06.2010
NUOVA PANSAC
Plant closures off the agenda for now / Plans to introduce short-time working / Film capacity to be halved by 2012
10.06.2010
BIAKSPLEN
New BOPP film plant in Siberia / Sibur to supply PP / Central Asian and Chinese markets eyed
27.05.2010
TORAY FILMS EUROPE
Metallocene BOPP barrier film facility starts up
20.05.2010
STRETCH FILM
EU competition authorities search offices of film manufacturers / BPI and Trioplast among those targeted on suspicion of price fixing
19.05.2010
DOBROPLAST
Plans for third PVC window profiles production facility in Poland
13.05.2010
BOPP FILM
Global demand on the rise / China is world's largest market / India booming / Latest research conducted by AMI
04.05.2010
POLYETHYLENE FILMS
European consumption drops to 7.4m t / Demand in building and construction crumbles / Eastern European manufacturers make AMI's top 50 for the first time
20.04.2010
FILM MARKET
Messe Düsseldorf market report ahead of “K 2010”
26.03.2010
MANULI STRETCH
Film manufacturer to expand at German plant for the third time / Group capacity increases to 310,000 t/y
28.01.2010
DUPONT
New USD 175m “Tedlar” film plant to start 2011 in Ohio / Demand from photovoltaics industry
25.01.2010
EXTRUDED PLASTICS
US market to reach USD 23 bn in 2013 / Resurgent housing industry boosts demand / Freedonia report
22.01.2010
MONDI
UK flexoprinting expansion is completed / Film extrusion line and printer added at Scunthorpe
19.01.2010
SIBUR
MoU signed to create Russia's largest PP complex
04.01.2010
SABIC INNOVATIVE PLASTICS
Indian film and sheet production expanded
21.12.2009
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Global market to reach 19m t in 2013 / Developing regions will show highest growth / China becomes world's second largest consumer / Freedonia report
01.12.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Joint venture in India with Malibu Plastica / Production and marketing of PC sheet
27.11.2009
PLASTIC PRESSURE PIPES
Sabic forecasts that global market for HDPE pressure pipes will reach 5m t in 2013 / Shin-Etsu examines alternatives to lead stabilisers
16.11.2009
SOUTH AFRICA
Members of plastic pipes cartel face “massive fines”
16.10.2009
GEALAN
Russian subsidiary to start producing window profiles
07.10.2009
PROFINE
Profile producer to cease production in Troisdorf / Relocation to Berlin and Pirmasens
05.10.2009
SOLUTIA
Upgrade of PVB facility in Ghent / Increase in predicted earnings for 2009
21.09.2009
DIMEX
Profile producer to be closed down shortly
07.09.2009
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