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EPS
PIE extends price reporting to include grey EPS / Slight growth expected for the EPS segment as a whole / Consolidation in the European processing sector / Impulses for recycling
05.02.2019
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
MASTERPLAST
Hungarian group closes down EPS insulation board production site in Romania
29.11.2018
TURKEY
Plastic construction materials dogged by low prices / Imports clearly outpace exports / Domestic building activity rising
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
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
SELIT
Second US plant for German XPS flooring underlays manufacturer / Group's Belgian owner NMC grows sales
30.08.2018
EXEL COMPOSITES
Growth with acquisitions in the US and China / 2017 figures above those for the previous year
30.05.2018
POLYCARBONATE SHEET
EPSE launches European quality label for multiwall PC sheet
04.04.2018
DOMO CHEMICALS
Film partnership with Belgium's Group MAM / Focus on automotive glazing applications
22.03.2018
THERMAL INSULATION
European demand to grow by 2.5% per year / EPS accounts for one quarter of market / Study by IAL Consultants
12.03.2018
HIRSCH SERVO
Acquisition of Rigips' EPS insulation panel division / First step towards Western Europe
07.02.2018
SYNTHOS
Polish firm converts grey EPS production to graphite
05.01.2018
PLASTIC PIPES GERMANY
Production volume stagnates in 2016 / Shift towards PE and away from other materials / Earnings still under pressure / Industry association hopes for positive impetus from Berlin
24.11.2017
FLOORING MARKET
Antitrust lawsuit in France ends / Huge fines for Tarkett, Forbo and Gerflor / Manufacturers' association also convicted
24.10.2017
ICYNENE
PU specialist purchases French competitor Isolat / Spray foams for heat and sound insulation
27.09.2017
VEKA
German window profiles manufacturer plans fourth US extrusion plant / Logistics centre to open in Mexico
14.09.2017
DPO PLASTIK
Russian plastics processor is expanding / Investment in film extrusion, injection moulding and gas tank production
30.08.2017
SAINT-GOBAIN
Acquisition of German reinforcing scrims specialist
11.08.2017
FORBO
Fine set to run into the millions / Provision made for antitrust lawsuit in France
31.07.2017
THERMAL INSULATION
After deadly Grenfell Tower fire in London, manufacturer Celotex takes PIR insulation panels off the market
04.07.2017
RECTICEL
PU insulation panel facility planned in Finland
29.06.2017
FRANKE
Plastic kitchen sink production to be consolidated at Slovak factory
19.05.2017
COMPOSITES
Composites can open up new horizons in the construction industry / New focus at the “JEC” trade show in Paris / Automotive and aerospace industries still strong / Record visitor numbers / Attention turning to the lack of recycling options
07.04.2017
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