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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Car manufacturers seek salvation in alternative propulsion concepts at IAA / Plastics and composites increasingly important / Suppliers remain stuck in the crisis / Situation still tense
29.09.2009
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Cincinnati Extrusion and Tech-Wood develop houses made entirely of WPC / Trial construction in the US and Europe
24.09.2009
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Persian Gulf states drive growth / Region to add 15m t of polymer capacity in three years / Favourable positioning due to abundant petrochemical supply / Packaging accounts for over half of output / Focus on PE, PP and PVC / AMI report
22.09.2009
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLIERS
France's industry minister Estrosi announces second bailout fund for small automotive suppliers
22.09.2009
SOLUTIA
Upgrade of PVB facility in Ghent / Increase in predicted earnings for 2009
21.09.2009
PREH
Automotive supplier opens new injection moulding plant in Romania / Multi-functional switches and control systems
21.09.2009
PLASTIC ENGINEERING
Precision moulder placed in administration / Loss of trade to UK automotive market
18.09.2009
INERGY
Production facility inaugurated in Belarus
15.09.2009
GENERAL MOTORS
Opel: Board of Directors and trust fund agree to sale / Demands to be worked out
11.09.2009
RUSSIA
Automotive industry: Key Russian manufacturers to be pooled in new holding company
02.09.2009
PLASTIC PACKAGING ADDITIVES
Market continues decline until 2010 / PP and PE additives offer best growth opportunities
26.08.2009
CHINA
Production climbs by more than 20% in value in 2008 / Scepticism gives way to cautious optimism for 2009 / Plastics converters anticipate rise of 10% for second half-year / Construction sector booms with state investments
19.08.2009
SIMBA DICKIE
Toy producer opens new UK office
14.08.2009
SWITZERLAND
Plastics industry with record sales of around CHF 16 bn in 2008 / Polymer consumption touches nearly 1m t / Economic crisis currently putting the brakes on business / Packaging segment also slipping
10.08.2009
SHARP INTERPACK
Assets and order book of UK thermoforming plant acquired from Rexam
05.08.2009
WOLF-GARTEN
MTD to acquire insolvent German garden tool producer / Future of plastics processing unclear
03.08.2009
CARFI
Portuguese injection moulder to build plant in Poland
16.07.2009
BEMIS
Alcan Packaging Food Americas bought for USD 1.2 bn / Acquisitive growth continues
10.07.2009
PLASTICS PACKAGING
Monomaterial systems account for 80% of French film and packaging / Sales total EUR 7 bn
10.07.2009
BOROUGE
Cooperation with Indian compounder Machino / PP materials for the automotive industry
09.07.2009
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
New EUR 3.5m PET line planned for Wales / Barrier films output upgraded in US
08.07.2009
BRIGHT AUTOPLAST
New injection moulding plant in India / Plastic parts for under-the-bonnet applications
08.07.2009
ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Slight decline in global sales during 2009 / Premium household appliances largely stable / Recovery expected in mid-2010 / Polymer prices at low level
07.07.2009
BERICAP
Capacity expansions in France and Hungary / Plastic closures hardly affected by global crisis
30.06.2009
FACC
Cooperation with Arabian company Mubadala / Building of new plant in Abu Dhabi / Transfer of orders
25.06.2009
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