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FRANCE
Research hubs PEP and ISPA merged / Paul Vallette appointed first president of fused group
17.02.2016
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Sales just shy of EUR 60 bn level / Exports to Eurozone continue to drive growth / Volumes processed stable at 2014 level / 2016 growth expected to resemble that of last year / Cautious optimism
16.02.2016
FRANCE
Plastic bag ban delayed to 1 July / Authorities promote use of bio-based plastic carrier bags / “ORPlast” circular economy initiative calls for higher recyclate usage / Pressure to lift recycling rates in E&E and packaging segments
15.02.2016
ASSOCIATIONS
Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Federation launched / Focus on lobby work and public awareness
11.02.2016
ASSOCIATIONS
New leadership for Swiss Plastics / Silvio Ponti to succeed Doris Fiala as president
10.02.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos
09.02.2016
INDUSTRY
First European Plastics Innovation Awards bestowed / Seven categories
08.02.2016
PET RECYCLING
EFSA panel finds chain extenders TEOS and HMDS non-genotoxic for rPET in contact with food
29.01.2016
RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE
French warrantor Valorplast lowers redemption price for PET bales / PS refunds offered for the first time
26.01.2016
ASSOCIATIONS
Turkey's Pagev and PlasticsEurope sign declaration of collaboration / Emphasise need to address common problems
19.01.2016
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Segment sales up 5% in 2015 / Other regions make up for slowdown in demand from Germany and China / 2016 revenues could break the EUR 7 bn barrier
18.01.2016
UK COMPOSITES PROJECT
Development of flax-based composites for sporting and auto applications
18.01.2016
ASSOCIATIONS
PlasticsEurope appoints Javier Constante and Daniele Ferrari as vice presidents
14.01.2016
ASSOCIATIONS
Composites Germany confirms its board / CRP recycling crucial for material's acceptance
04.01.2016
ASSOCIATIONS
ISOPA general assembly elects new leadership
21.12.2015
ANNUAL REVIEW 2015
Circular economy, recycling, environment: How "green" is Europe's plastics industry? / Plastic bags and one-way cutlery under pressure / Political establishment and industry join hands to combat marine litter
14.12.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
PRE joins criticism of EU's Circular Economy Package / “Facelifted” initiative lacks concrete actions, recyclers say
09.12.2015
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
Plastics organisations critical of EU's revised proposals / Waste reduction targets seen as insufficient / Landfilling will still be allowed / Recyclers call new package “light” version
07.12.2015
ASSOCIATIONS
“PackTheFuture 2015” award bestowed in Paris / Nine plastic packaging products receive prizes
02.12.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
“Biodegradables” part of the marine litter problem, not the solution / UNEP report
01.12.2015
REACH
ECHA guides companies through second-phase registration / Producers and importers of chemical substances in volumes of 1-100 t/y affected / Deadline is May 2018
01.12.2015
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Plastics Recyclers Europe questions PlasticsEurope's 2014 figures on reuse of waste plastics / Calls for more transparent and harmonised pan-European data collection
30.11.2015
3D PRINTING
Harbinger of a new industrial revolution for Europe's plastics industry? / Additive technology raises flexibility and opens up new markets, says EPDA
27.11.2015
PLASTICISERS
ECPI urges European Commission to authorise recycling of flexible PVC containing DEHP / Expresses disappointment in European Parliament's objection
27.11.2015
PLASTICS INDUSTRY EUROPE
Polymer production grows by 4% in 2014 / EU 28 trade surplus widens / Turkey still most important resin buyer / PlasticsEurope recommends landfill ban to improve recycling / "Plastics – the Facts 2015"
26.11.2015
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