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HDPE PIPES
Global sales to grow 5% per year to 2025 / Growing urbanisation boosts demand for water supply pipes / Allied Market Research report
15.01.2019
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Concerns about food waste boost global demand for high-barrier films / Demand growing faster than for regular packaging films / AMI report
11.01.2019
COVESTRO
Expansion of PC films production in Thailand / Focus on growth in Asia-Pacific
04.01.2019
FRANCE / ITALY
Packaging by far largest market for injection-moulded thermoplastics / PP and PET account for biggest share / AMI report
20.12.2018
UPONOR
Finnish pipes manufacturer closes down activities in Asia
18.12.2018
AGRICULTURAL FILMS RECYCLING
Crisis situation for agrifilms recycling in France / Weak demand for recyclates / Price pressure on rPE
16.11.2018
EVONIK
Multilayer PMMA film plant opens in Germany
16.11.2018
PLASTIC PIPES GERMANY
Significant rise in production volume in 2017 / Building boom boosts order volumes / Industry association continues confident / Macroeconomic factors leading to uncertainty
09.11.2018
VITASHEET
German manufacturer of sheet and thermoforming film renamed epsotech
26.10.2018
EFEKT PLUS
Polish stretch film specialist expands capacity / First line due on stream in 2019
04.10.2018
WESTLAKE
Purchase of European PVC compounder Nakan / Fate of Alphacan and Omniplast unclear
28.09.2018
3A COMPOSITES
Swiss company to acquire Lucite International and Perspex / PMMA sheet business to be strengthened
26.09.2018
RENOLIT
Acquisition of Draka Polymer Films / PVC film plant in the Netherlands to be renovated
19.09.2018
TREOFAN
Canadian label company CCL renames Americas business Innovia Films
06.09.2018
SRF
Indian conglomerate to set up integrated PET and BOPET film plant in Thailand
18.07.2018
SRF
New BOPET film factory in Hungary / Investments pegged at EUR 60m
22.06.2018
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING RECYCLING
UK recycling industry needs over EUR 110m / Brands should be incentivised to sell goods in improved packaging
01.06.2018
BILCARE RESEARCH
Price increases for rigid PVC and PET films
24.05.2018
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
Pharmaceutical films capacity expansion in Brazil
10.05.2018
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
Capacity expansion in China / Demand rising in Asia for medical films
19.04.2018
COVESTRO
Polycarbonate sheet extrusion business up for sale / US plant to be acquired by Plaskolite / Bidding process for European plants
28.03.2018
DOMO CHEMICALS
Film partnership with Belgium's Group MAM / Focus on automotive glazing applications
22.03.2018
BIAXPLEN
Sibur subsidiary starts operations at metallising unit in Siberia / Continuing growth in Russian BOPP market expected
19.03.2018
SCHUR FLEXIBLES
Exclusive talks with Uni Packaging / Deal could boost presence in France and UK for dairy and fresh food
19.03.2018
RPC
Acquisition of German films manufacturer Nordfolien / Former Nordenia plants to be part of plastics packaging group
14.03.2018
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