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POLYMERS FOR EUROPE ALLIANCE
Voting begins for Best Polymer Producers Awards / Decarbonisation as overarching category
13.03.2024
TURKEY
Plastic product consumption up in 2023 / Severe price drop for incoming, outgoing polymer shipments / Economic growth despite massive inflation
11.03.2024
INDIA
Further massive expansion with oil, gas, petrochemicals / Change of strategy now to smaller decentralised projects / New plastics powerhouse behind China and US gains in stature
06.03.2024
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Technical parts makers take stock of mixed 2023 / Sales slightly higher / Profits down, outlook gloomy
01.03.2024
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Significant decline in turnover, volume last year / Only very muted expectations for 2024 / Many companies unable to pass on costs
19.02.2024
FOOD AND DRINK PACKAGING
Demand in Europe to rise 1.65% annually to 2028 / Increasing use of recycled plastics in beverage bottles – report
05.02.2024
PLASTICS ECONOMY EUROPE
11th PIE Market Survey: Business performance largely depressed / Hopes for recovery soar high / Low demand remains top concern / AI not a threat just yet
02.02.2024
PACKAGING
Low-income countries to drive future demand / Sales of healthcare, convenience food on the rise / Smithers report
24.01.2024
PLASTICS INDUSTRY GERMANY
High costs and weak economy are increasingly causing problems for plastics manufacturers - Plastics Europe
20.12.2023
US PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Slowdown likely next year / Sector posts trade surplus in H1 / Consumption to flatten
07.12.2023
ITALY
Consolidation accelerates amid weak performance in plastics industry / Recyclate consumption eases as virgin prices hit rock bottom / Upturn unlikely before 2024
30.10.2023
EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Production, global market share decline in 2022 / World plastics output edges higher
27.10.2023
SPAIN
Plastics industry benefits from approach adopted by Madrid / Value of production rising / Outlook good despite political stalemate / Major drive to expand recycling
11.10.2023
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Developing economies to drive growth / BOPP set for biggest gains / Several challenges persist / Smithers report
20.09.2023
PLAST
Only 38,000 visit Milan fair / Organisers still satisfied
19.09.2023
PLAST
Italian fair reopens after five years / Visitor, exhibitor attendance lower than before pandemic / Market players mostly pessimistic / Green Deal or ‘Green Death?'
18.09.2023
PLASTICS INDUSTRY
The EU Commissioner for Climate Protection is changing – what does that mean for the industry? / PIE asks some German associations
04.09.2023
EUROPEAN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
EU Commissioner Timmermans quits / Next stop: run for Dutch Prime Minister / Sefcovic named successor
23.08.2023
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY
Technical parts suppliers defy downward trend in H1 / Frustration 'running high' / Recession possible
23.08.2023
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Companies including Saudi Aramco, ExxonMobil fail to recognise risks in published documents – Planet Tracker report
10.08.2023
GLOBAL TRADE
Confidence among exporters in 2023 global trade turnover falls / Companies have smaller appetite for new markets - Allianz Trade report
02.08.2023
PLASTICS ECONOMY EUROPE
10th PIE Market Survey: Inflation, uncertainty weigh heavily on industry / 30% of companies forecast better H2 2023 / Investment plans unchanged
01.08.2023
CONSTRUCTION GERMANY
Gloomy mood among plastics processors / Declining volumes, high prices / Heavy losses in residential construction / Market players criticise lack of impulses from Berlin
26.06.2023
PORTUGAL
Plastics industry records growing exports / "Nearshoring" effects drive exports to Germany
12.06.2023
EUROPEAN ENERGY
Fifty or more shades of green / EU Commission calls for deeper commitment to zero-carbon future / Route runs through hydrogen
13.04.2023
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