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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
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Nearly 3m t of polymers processed in Gulf Cooperation Council states in 2009 / Packaging about half the market / No regional production of high performance plastics / AMI report
19.04.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
German plastic packaging manufacturers optimistic about Q2 / Higher polymer prices are eating away at margins
06.04.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING EUROPE
EuPC enters trade dialogue with European Parliament / Converters increasingly under pressure
08.03.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Double-digit sales, production setback in 2009 / Industry advises caution on speed of recovery
19.02.2010
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Positive outlook for 2010 / Most players expect sales increases / British Plastics Federation survey
03.02.2010
GULF STATES
Gulf Cooperation Council member states invested around USD 82 bn in plastics and chemicals manufacturing industry in 2008 / More than 50% of all state investment
16.12.2009
ALGERIA
Plastics industry grows by 4.5% each year / Plast Alger 2010
14.12.2009
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Downturn costs UK plastic product manufacturers EUR 1.4 bn in lost profits / 24% of companies still managed to maintain or improve margins
10.12.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Business improves in Q3 against Q2 / Still 14% below 2008 quarter / Building applications shine
27.11.2009
PLASTICS MARKETS
Global production decline in 2008 / Dramatic drop in sales / Slump in European polymer consumption / Packaging and medicinal sector perform relatively well / First signs of a recovery
02.11.2009
CZECH REPUBLIC
Plastics processing: Contraction in 2008 and 2009 / Highly dependent on the automotive sector / Cautious optimism for 2010
30.10.2009
CHINA
Consistent gains in plastics output despite financial crisis / Double-digit growth expected in Q4 2009
27.10.2009
RPC
Expansion of Slovakian production site / Takeover of 40 injection moulding machines from The Netherlands
22.10.2009
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