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BELGIUM Leading global per capita consumer and producer of plastics / High capacity utilisation rates / Above-average EU salaries impede capacity to compete on world stage	26.09.2011
AXION Recycled composite selected for Trinidad boardwalk	15.08.2011
AXION Joint venture with India's Sicut to produce railroad ties from recycled plastics / US technology licence	25.07.2011
GERMAN PLASTIC CONVERTERS Sales slightly above pre-crisis levels during first four months of 2011 / Growth rates flatten / Pressured by higher costs	28.06.2011
SUN EUROPEAN PARTNERS Flexible and rigid packaging businesses established / Portfolio companies combined to create pan-European specialist units	07.06.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING Rising costs expected to drive up prices in Q2 / Pressure on margins / German industry survey	01.04.2011
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS Sales up 14% in 2010 / Almost back at pre-crisis levels / Renaissance for manufacturers of technical components / Confidence for 2011 / German plastics processing association warns that costs are assuming threatening proportions	10.03.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING German companies adopt positive outlook for 2011 / Price hikes for packaging and raw materials in the cards	12.01.2011
ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Sector recovers faster than expected / Exports almost back at pre-crisis level / 2012 could see new sales records / Concerns about raw material prices and availability / A-Plastixx E&E rising again	04.01.2011
CROATIA Plastics consumption drops to 105,600 t in 2009 / Employment rises despite the crisis	15.12.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING EuPC says European processors reeling from high prices, material shortages / Will recyclate become more important in the future?	08.12.2010
CHINA Plastics production on a rapid ascent in H1 2010 / Increasing danger of overcapacities	25.11.2010
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
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
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
PLASTIC PACKAGING German players adopt cautious outlook for Q4 / Margins suffer from extremely high feedstock prices	11.10.2010
TAIWAN Plastics processing picking up again after last year's crisis / Surplus resin output is exported	27.08.2010
BRAZIL Industry association calls on plastics processing sector to consolidate / 5.19m t of plastics consumed in 2009 / Braskem is leading producer / Export deficit reaches USD 1 bn	23.06.2010
AUSTRIA Plastics Processing: Bank Austria anticipates national plastics sector to recover gradually / Exports weak in 2009	03.06.2010
BRITISH PLASTICS INDUSTRY Success of Climate Change Agreement allows processors to operate from "level playing field" / Further actions needed	31.05.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING EUROPE Soaring polymer prices harm converters, says EuPC / Appeal to customers to help support rises	28.05.2010
TECHNICAL PARTS Detailed data on German market in 2009 / Crisis makes itself felt with a minus of 20% / Slow recovery after hitting rock bottom in Q1 2009 / Automotive construction remains dominant	27.05.2010
CROATIA Plastics sector shows strong growth rates / Both exports and imports up in 2008 / Highly dependent on feedstock from abroad	17.05.2010
FRANCE Plastics processors association urges manufacturers and processors to remain calm / First customers on allocation	04.05.2010
AUSTRIA Total plastics processing output down to EUR 4 bn in 2009	22.04.2010

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