Industry General

Düsseldorf remains the "spark plug of technology"

EPSE Awards 2016: Exceptional PC applications for construction, architecture and design / Prizes bestowed during “K 2016”

PlasticsEurope and BPF launch “Olly's cool box of plastics” / Primary school education kit now available in English

Special show "Plastics shape the future" / Olympians as guests

Sunny Sunday sees slight dip in visitor numbers / Respite from record pace of preceding days

Interest remains unbroken on Day Four as well

Record visitor numbers for three days in a row

Strong visitor showing on Day 2 as well

Global plastics fair gets off to a good start with 26,000 visitors on Day 1

World's leading plastics fair opens its doors / Focus on feedstock supply, “Industry 4.0”, additive manufacturing and marine litter / Packaging increasingly important to machinery manufacturers

Plastics processing production reaches 8.6m t in 2015 / Need to increase added value identified / PAGEV sets up EUR 20.6m centre of excellence near Istanbul

European Commission imposes EUR 6m fine on collection and recycling systems operator ARA for anti-competitive and monopolistic behaviour

Use in England plummets following levy / Millions raised for charities

“Plastics Recycling Show” goes to Amsterdam in March 2017 / New venue for inaugural European event cancelled twice due to terror attacks

More than 50% of respondents to PIE poll say “Brexit” will not impact their business / More than a third fear negative repercussions / “Not the decision our sector wanted,” says UK chemicals association / Linpac does not expect any change

"Brexit is stupid" / 52% of British population votes to leave the EU / Plastics industry reacts calmly / Important market in Europe / Many corporate headquarters likely to relocate to the continent

Mock Recoup poll finds 65% of UK recycling industry players prefer to remain in the EU / Upcoming referendum will directly affect UK industry

PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope

European converters remain a competitive force / Sector increasingly threatened by insecure raw material supply, high costs and foreign players / Innovation and client proximity strongpoints for continental companies / New study by EuPC and Wieselhuber

First materials tested in Aitiip's mulching technology development in Spain / Biodegradable film also improves soil and crop properties

Awards for best polymer supplier presented at EuPC annual meeting in Lyon / Repsol takes prizes for innovation and HDPE / “Unique insight” into supply chain dynamics

Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation

Project to develop bioplastic packaging that helps extend shelf life / Sensors display when food not fit to eat / Four prototypes

New exhibition for the PU market / "PSE Europe" 2017 to spotlight innovation

PlasticsEurope president Patrick Thomas: Plastics industry needs to be at the forefront of combating problems like marine litter / Lessons from "PolyTalk" to be applied at global level / Europe is the source of the solution