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PLASTICS PACKAGING German packaging producers start 2013 on an optimistic note, new IK association survey shows / Raw materials price situation remains tense	14.01.2013
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS “Solviva” high-performance biomaterials now available for Chinese healthcare industry / Part of global rollout	14.01.2013
US PLASTIC FILM MARKET Demand to grow by 1.8% annually to 2016 / Material performance and source reduction will drive gains / LLDPE remains leading material / Freedonia survey	11.01.2013
US CAPS AND CLOSURES Plastic accounts for 79% of demand as shift away from glass and metal packaging continues / Overall market to grow by 4.4% annually in 2016 / Freedonia report	09.01.2013
FOOD PACKAGING Producers must be aware of the “rise of the consumer” / Packaging designs will be driven by informed shoppers demanding more from retailers / Linpac innovation manager speaks at AMI's “Thin wall packaging 2012" conference in Cologne	21.12.2012
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS Swiss parliament votes to ban single-trip plastic bags / Federal Council must make final decision / No litter problem	19.12.2012
CONTITECH New air conditioning and motor cable plant in Kaluga / Supplying Renault and AvtoVaz	12.12.2012
RPC Acquisition of fellow UK packaging producer Manuplastics	12.12.2012
INSULATION Global demand to reach USD 60 bn by 2016 / Foamed plastic sees largest gains / Asia-Pacific spearheads growth / Latest Freedonia study	06.12.2012
LINPAC Ropak Packaging subsidiary sold to Bway Corporation / Latest in a string of divestitures	05.12.2012
RETAIL-READY PACKAGING Global market reaches USD 54 bn in 2011 / Asia to lead gains with 6% average annual growth to 2017 / Worldwide retail market performance will influence demand increases / Smithers Pira report	03.12.2012
BRAZIL Plastic packaging demand to rise by 4.9% per year to 2015 / Highest growth rates expected for PP and PET	30.11.2012
AVTOTOR Cooperation with Canadian automotive supplier Avtotor / Manufacturing cluster to be established in Kaliningrad	28.11.2012
BRASKEM Automotive HDPE range is extended / Resins developed for fuel tanks, filler tubes and reservoirs	28.11.2012
NORTH AMERICA Rigid plastic packaging market to grow by 2.6% per year to 2017 / Flexible packaging growth predicted at 2.3% / Smithers Pira study	27.11.2012
IMCD Distribution pact for medical elastomer compounds from Turkey	27.11.2012
AVIATION COMPOSITES Market growing at 12.8% per year to USD 414m in 2018 / Composites offer weight reduction and impact resistance advantages over metal / Frost & Sullivan study	23.11.2012
BOREALIS Transparent PP grade developed for frozen food applications / Higher flow and improved stiffness	19.11.2012
CONTITECH New hose plant planned in Brazil / Strong demand for floating and drilling hoses	13.11.2012
EUROPEAN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Consumption grows by 2% in 2011 / Customers pay the price of rising costs / PCI Films report	12.11.2012
US PLASTIC CONTAINERS Resin demand to exceed 6.4m t in 2016 / Market to reach USD 32 bn / Food and pharma applications expected to see fastest gains / PET and HDPE account for a combined 86% of production in 2011 / Freedonia report	05.11.2012
HELIX MEDICAL Acquisition of MedVenture Technology in the US / Increase in design, development resources	31.10.2012
EXXONMOBIL BOPP films business to be sold to India's Jindal PolyFilm / Merged capacity totals 480,000 t/y	30.10.2012
EASTMAN Completion of PVB expansion in Belgium	30.10.2012
BASF / TENCATE Strategic alliance to develop and produce thermoplastic composites for the automotive sector	29.10.2012

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