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FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
European market worth EUR 20 bn / Amcor is largest player / Trend towards eastern Europe / Latest AMI report
16.07.2010
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Double-digit volume increases in some market segments / Higher plastics prices hurt recovery
15.07.2010
DALIAN SHIDE
120,000 t/y profiles plant to be built in Yu Shu
14.07.2010
EGGER
Austrian wood specialist acquires majority in Turkish edgeband manufacturer Roma Plastik / Option for full takeover
13.07.2010
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
Plastic innovations in store at K 2010 despite economic crisis / Hope that industry will soon see a sustained upturn / Demand fall in eastern Europe hits profiles sales / A-Plastixx B+C price index shows continuous upward curve
12.07.2010
PLASTIC CAPS AND CLOSURES
North American market to reach USD 4.26 bn in 2016
12.07.2010
US INSULATION MARKET
Foamed plastic demand set to rise 5.3% annually to USD 4.4 bn in 2014 / Resurgent house building sector in US to drive growth / Freedonia report
09.07.2010
PLASTIROLL
Capacity for biologically degradable films doubled
09.07.2010
FAURECIA
Takeover of Plastal Spain / Negotiations for French plant apparently still ongoing / Joint venture with Chinese seat manufacturer Xuyang
08.07.2010
PLASTICS PACKAGING MARKET
German packaging association recommends precautionary actions to ensure feedstock supply / Asserts that many declarations of forces majeures do not meet legal definition
07.07.2010
CARBO TECH COMPOSITES
Bulk order from McLaren / Serial production of carbon fibre reinforced passenger cabins / 4,000 units to be manufactured starting 2011
25.06.2010
ADVANCED COMPOSITES GROUP
South African subsidiary sold to AAT Composites
23.06.2010
SIG COMBIBLOC
EUR 90m investment in Brazilian carton production plant / Initial capacity of 1 bn units per year can be doubled
18.06.2010
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Spanish price fixing suspicions substantiated / Proceedings launched against Veripack and Ilip
15.06.2010
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Car sales in western Europe rise significantly / Demand still poor in eastern Europe / Fewer supplier insolvencies / Plastics availability now a bigger problem than financing
14.06.2010
MECAPLAST
Automotive supplier opens new plant in Chennai / Second Asian production site
14.06.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Suppliers as key driving force of innovation and efficiency / Industry to gather at “Compamed 2010” Düsseldorf
14.06.2010
ELECTRONICS MARKET
PCB market recovering / Driven by vehicle electronics and Asia / Raw material prices rise
11.06.2010
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
PACKAGING
US demand for foodservice packaging defies economic odds / Market expected to reach USD 7.9 bn in 2014 / New Freedonia study
09.06.2010
MANN+HUMMEL
New offices in China / R&D centre and spare parts storage facility
03.06.2010
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Plastic milk bottles set to meet UK recycling target / 85% of bottles contain 10% recycled polymer
31.05.2010
OCTAL
DPET sheet combines sustainability with product consistency
31.05.2010
INTERVIEW
IK managing director Ulf Kelterborn: "Dramatic cost hikes are hitting packaging manufacturers hard"
28.05.2010
TECHNICAL PARTS
Detailed data on German market in 2009 / Crisis makes itself felt with a minus of 20% / Slow recovery after hitting rock bottom in Q1 2009 / Automotive construction remains dominant
27.05.2010
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