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PACKAGING REGULATIONS EUROPE
Europen reports on German drinks packaging / Ireland launches waste management review / EC publishes 203 page report on waste directive
04.03.2010
BASF
European prices for PVC modifiers to increase
02.03.2010
BASF
Butanediol and butanediol derivative prices up
01.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for styrene from Moerdijk
26.02.2010
TURKEY
Plastics industry on the road to recovery / Petkim to invest USD 60m in additional restructuring / Feedstock access crucial for future development
26.02.2010
INEOS
PVC production in Wales to cease after second quarter / Reaction to “steadily declining market”
25.02.2010
ISRAEL
Environment ministry distributes memorandum on packaging waste / Knesset passes law on beverage containers / 22.5% recycling target for plastic
25.02.2010
WEIDENHAMMER
Composite can production begins at Russian JV
25.02.2010
VELOX
New European distributor for SK Chemicals' “Skygreen” range for cosmetic packaging
23.02.2010
DS SMITH
Bag-in-box facility opened in Russia / Platform for growth, local manufacture
23.02.2010
PLANTIC
Americas distribution agreement with Klöckner Pentaplast
22.02.2010
COMPOUNDING MARKET
US demand for independently compounded thermoplastics to reach 3.4m t in 2013 / Freedonia report
22.02.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Double-digit sales, production setback in 2009 / Industry advises caution on speed of recovery
19.02.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Sales decline 30% in 2009 / Crash less severe than feared / India becoming major customer
16.02.2010
RUSSIA
Improvement in polymers market expected in 2010 / Shrinking domestic demand in 2009 has players looking abroad / PVC producers bracing for higher costs / State support for new petrochemical projects
15.02.2010
OPAL
Indian company building new LDPE and PP plants based on Ineos technology
12.02.2010
ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONICS MARKET
German industry association sees signs of slow recovery
12.02.2010
CHINA
Masterbatch market continues to grow / Industry dominated by 50 leading companies / AMI report
11.02.2010
KURARAY
New PVB production line starts up in Germany
11.02.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
German sales held back by weak exports in 2009 / Booming demand in the Middle East / Asia remains main growth market / Traditional markets contracting
11.02.2010
RUSSIA
Optimism at "Interplastica 2010" in Moscow / Plastics market widely believed to be improving
10.02.2010
STOROPACK
All Benelux subsidiaries brought under one roof
09.02.2010
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Positive outlook for 2010 / Most players expect sales increases / British Plastics Federation survey
03.02.2010
ITALY
Impact of crisis on medical technology sector negligible / Highly dependent on imports from the USA and Germany / Fragmented market
01.02.2010
FAIRS
Record number of visitors at “Swiss Plastics” fair
28.01.2010
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