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JAPAN
Industry in uproar over proposal to tax naphtha
29.11.2010
BIOPLASTICS
Bacteria "trained" to convert waste into plastic / Research conducted at Delft University of Technology
26.11.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING IN GERMANY
IKB bank still sees considerable insolvency risk among plastics processors / Sales of German rubber and plastics industry back at 2007 level next year / Producers follow converters to growth regions
23.11.2010
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Introduction of charge for carrier bags in Wales delayed until October 2011 / Minimum level of 5 pence
11.11.2010
BOREALIS
“Water for the world” aid programme with Borouge completes its third year / Significant milestones in providing water access and raising awareness
05.11.2010
K 2010
Düsseldorf asserts its role as plastics industry magnet / Visitor numbers “exceed expectations” / Optimism all round / Eight-day fair provides “new impetus” to industry
04.11.2010
K 2010
Day seven: Insiders know that it's all in the bag
03.11.2010
K 2010
Day six: All saints, few visitors
02.11.2010
K 2010
Day five: It's all child's play
01.11.2010
K 2010
Day four: Who can carry all that booty?
31.10.2010
K 2010
Day three: All fired up
30.10.2010
K 2010
Day Two: Back to the future
29.10.2010
K 2010
Great start to plastics fair in Düsseldorf
28.10.2010
PET WINE BOTTLES
UK survey finds PET wine bottles are most acceptable alternative to glass
28.10.2010
K 2010
World's largest plastics fair opens its gates / Good times for the industry / Wealth of innovations
27.10.2010
K 2010
World's leading plastics show opens in Düsseldorf / Centre of the plastics universe / Industry has climbed out of the trough and put on its running shoes / Confidence is growing, but will the upswing be sustainable?
22.10.2010
ASSOCIATIONS
EuPC calls frequent declarations of FM “highly questionable” / Calls on converters to take legal action
22.10.2010
LME
Trading in plastics futures to cease
22.10.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
Canada's ban on BPA in baby products now in effect / Precautionary approach “appropriate”
18.10.2010
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
European food safety agency won't change its verdict on BPA / “No new evidence” found
07.10.2010
PLASTICS AWARD
Ningbo declared “Engineering plastics city of China”
05.10.2010
COMPOSITES
AVK awards: Efficient production of complex components / Recycling carbon fibres for film production
24.09.2010
K 2010
PIE fair special: All-around information source for the show / Exhibitors' data base at “K-online”
13.09.2010
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Chalk championed as the perfect eco-balance for plastics / LCA underlines additive´s environmental credentials
06.09.2010
DUPONT
Successful lawsuit against “Teflon” brand infringements in Russia
30.08.2010
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