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GRAMMER Additional job cuts target German headquarters / No compulsory redundancies / EUR 40m in savings	19.02.2008
EUROPEAN PLASTICS MARKETS Demand grows faster than GDP / Consumption of 49.5m t in 2006 / Germany still leading producer / Pan-European recovery hits 50% for the first time / PlasticsEurope report on EU25 plus Norway and Switzerland	18.02.2008
SUMITOMO Takeover of Demag Plastics Group confirmed / Deal to close in early March / Ergotech and Van Dorn included	15.02.2008
LYONDELLBASELL Sales office opened in Bratislava / Slovakia	14.02.2008
VELOX High-performance polymers from OPM added to European portfolio	14.02.2008
FAIRS / EXHIBITIONS Interplastica 2008 attracts 24,000 visitors	13.02.2008
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS Strong growth in 2007 and cautious optimism about 2008 / Most companies expect increasing demand	12.02.2008
MATERIALDEPAN NORDEN Takeover by K.D. Feddersen / Further expansion plans / Improved position in northern Europe	12.02.2008
A. SCHULMAN “Aggressive steps” to improve earnings in North America / Gingo loses no time after spat resolution	11.02.2008
TORAY 20,000 t/y OPP film plant to be built in France	11.02.2008
VAMP TECH Distribution agreement with BASF in Spain	11.02.2008
PLASTIC BAGS New York City introduces recycling legislation	11.02.2008
SABIC USD 1.7 bn complex in China / PE and ethylene glycol / Joint venture with Sinopec	08.02.2008
PAULANA Croatian firm plans new seat manufacturing facility / Bayer MaterialScience to supply PU systems	08.02.2008
TOY MARKET European Commission presents new draft directive on toy safety / Target is banning toxic substances	08.02.2008
INEOS Follow-up: Takeover of Kerling completed following EU approval	07.02.2008
ENGEL North American manufacturing consolidated in Pennsylvania / Canadian plant to be closed	06.02.2008
PLASTECH ENGINEERED PRODUCTS Dispute with Chrysler leads to Chapter 11 filing	06.02.2008
DECEUNINCK Sales down in western Europe / Further strong growth in eastern Europe / Acquisition of extrusion machinery from window manufacturer Atrya / Order for Inoutic	05.02.2008
INEOS EU approval for takeover of Kerling / PVC markets more open than thought	04.02.2008
OWENS CORNING Saint-Gobain acquired following regulatory approval / Expansion in China and Russia	04.02.2008
POLYMER PRICES Strong demand tightens hexene grades of LLDPE / Price curve increasingly uncoupled from standard product / C6 to be reported separately in PIE	04.02.2008
GERMANY Plastics industry boom tapering off? / Optimism still outweighs pessimism / Readership survey	01.02.2008
POLOPLAST Pipe specialist maintains strong growth / High investment / Expansion plans / Sights set on new facility in eastern Europe	01.02.2008
BELNEFTECHIM Revamp of BOPP production at Mogilev	01.02.2008

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