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PLASTICS MARKETS Worldwide production plummets in 2009 / Slump in polymer consumption throughout Europe / PVC and engineering plastics hardest hit / Horizon much brighter in 2010 / PlasticsEurope report	16.11.2010
INDORAMA Acquisition of Invista's PET plants in US and Mexico / Takeover in China, too / Rise to world market leader	16.11.2010
GERMAN E&E INDUSTRY Strong exports growth / Order intake slightly weaker in September / Capacity use rises	16.11.2010
ARROW MEDICAL Clean room facilities expanded in UK	15.11.2010
PLASTIC PIPES German business climate index hits new high / Polymer price rises still pressuring earnings	11.11.2010
TURKEY Plastics sector growing at 15% a year / 670,000 t of plastics produced in 2009 / Packaging is leading application / Highly dependent on exports to meet raw material demand	10.11.2010
DSM / KEMROCK Plans for specialty resins production in India	09.11.2010
DOW CHEMICAL Official start-up of octene LLDPE line in Map Ta Phut	08.11.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS What goes down must come up / Sales continue to rise / Production volumes picked up in H1 2010 / Technical components highly volatile	05.11.2010
INDIA Plastics industry growing at 15% a year / Country poised to become world's third largest polymer consumer by 2012	29.10.2010
THAILAND Demand for plastics is picking up / Local companies are planning investments	29.10.2010
CARBON HOLDINGS Engineering contract awarded for Egypt PE project	27.10.2010
PET US bottle and jar recycling volume rises to 28% in 2009 / Packaging leads the list / Solutions for thermoforms studied / NAPCOR says poor supply will push recyclate prices higher	26.10.2010
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Polycarbonate expansion in Thailand can go ahead / Decision on new Asian plant this year	25.10.2010
PIPELIFE Total withdrawal from Iberian market / Workers take action as trading activities cease in Spain and Portugal	21.10.2010
BASF Plans to build new antioxidant blending facility in Bahrain	21.10.2010
PLANTIC Distribution agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast extended to Europe	19.10.2010
KENYA Consortium of global beverage and packaging companies launches plastics recycling project	19.10.2010
MALAYSIA Polymer production volume of 1.8m t in 2009 / Processing sector dominated by family-run SMEs / Most activity in industrial parks / Business gradually returning to pre-2008 levels / Roadmap for the future	18.10.2010
US CAPS AND CLOSURES Plastics account for 79% of total market and are expected to reach USD 9.5 bn in 2014 / Beverages forecast to experience lower gains / Pharma to see largest growth / Freedonia report	15.10.2010
BAERLOCHER Production base for stabilisers in China	15.10.2010
KRAUSSMAFFEI New production plant in Slovakia	14.10.2010
UK INJECTION MOULDING 20% of polymers processed in 2009 were injection moulded / PP is the most popular choice / Ongoing decline in number of local moulders / Latest AMI guide	13.10.2010
BOTTLE RECYCLING UK recycles almost three out of every four HDPE milk bottles / Growth in kerbside collections	13.10.2010
ROSNEFT New PE swing plant in Angarsk / “Innovene” S PE technology license from Ineos	12.10.2010

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