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GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Scant improvement in Q2 / Sales still down 20% year-on-year / Cheaper polymer affects figures
31.08.2009
REIFENHÄUSER
Purchase of Kiefel Extrusion from Brückner / Terms of the deal not disclosed
28.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ethylen Pipeline Süd held up by south German property owners / State prepares for expropriation
21.08.2009
SWITZERLAND
Plastics industry with record sales of around CHF 16 bn in 2008 / Polymer consumption touches nearly 1m t / Economic crisis currently putting the brakes on business / Packaging segment also slipping
10.08.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SolVin lifts FM for S-PVC from Rheinberg
06.08.2009
WOLF-GARTEN
MTD to acquire insolvent German garden tool producer / Future of plastics processing unclear
03.08.2009
INJECTION MOULDING
Austrian plastics consumption almost 150,000 t in 2008 / PP accounts for the largest share / AMI study
28.07.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
All segments see slump in H1 2009 / Some light at the end of the tunnel? / Credit crunch severely felt
23.07.2009
SWITZERLAND
AMI study on the Swiss injection moulding industry / E&E and medical technology the main customers
16.07.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SolVin declares FM for S-PVC from Rheinberg
10.07.2009
HAITIAN
Roofing ceremony at Zhafir
03.07.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
New interest group to represent producers, converters and machinery manufacturers / Political expectations set out / Dramatic downturn in the first quarter 2009 / Signs that the situation is easing
02.07.2009
SUNPOR
New EPS facility officially opened
02.07.2009
BASF
Closure of PS plant in Ludwigshafen / European PS capacity cut by 15%
26.06.2009
STANKIEWICZ
IAC to acquire insolvent automotive supplier / Solutions have not yet been found for the French and US sites
24.06.2009
BOREALIS
Third gas phase reactor started at Schwechat
22.06.2009
SUMITOMO DEMAG
Production restructured / German sites will play bigger role / Indian share of joint venture is sold to partner
04.06.2009
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Sales down more than 20% year-on-year in first quarter of 2009 / Strong downward pressure from technical components / Building materials and packaging perform slightly better
03.06.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Propylene pipeline inaugurated in Germany
28.05.2009
NETSTAL
Plans to cut up to 60 more jobs / Order intake down 30%
22.05.2009
SUNPOR
New EPS line on schedule
19.05.2009
POLYTEC
Follow-up: Polytec to retain two Peguform facilities / Core of future composites strategy
15.05.2009
HP PELZER
Takeover of Mexican plant from Carcoustics / Rumours of purchase of Stankiewicz
13.05.2009
JACKON
EPS facility in Wismar converted to new material "LowLa"
13.05.2009
TESA
German plants and logistics sites under scrutiny / Expansion with products for pharmaceutical industry
11.05.2009
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