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PE FILM MARKET
Extrusion in Europe reaches over 7.5m t / Market growth less than 2% per year / Sector reaching maturity / BPI no longer largest player / German RKW group new No. 1 / AMI report "Top 50"
23.03.2007
AKZO NOBEL
PVC additives business divested
22.03.2007
PACKAGING MARKET
Foodservice packaging manufacturers expect higher sales volumes / Increased investment
21.03.2007
EXPRESS COMPOSITES
UK acquisition adds to capabilities
21.03.2007
MYERS
European material handling business sold to Linpac / Takeover of Schoeller Arca in USA
19.03.2007
PET
EU reimposes antidumping duties on Asian PET / Protest by European preform manufacturers
16.03.2007
RPC
Thermoforming factory closed in the UK
16.03.2007
LINPAC
Moulded foams business sold / No longer a strategic fit following sale of other divisions
14.03.2007
ITALY
Thermoplastics consumption grows strongly in 2006 / Production down / More imports from Middle East
13.03.2007
HUNTSMAN
PU jv established in Russia with NMG
12.03.2007
RESIN EXPRESS
Distribution deal with Ticona for central and eastern Europe
12.03.2007
ASSOCIATIONS
New UK trade body represents film, lightweight flexible packaging and rigid sheet producers
09.03.2007
PERLOS
End of mobile phone moulding in Finland / Over 1,100 jobs to go / New regional structure
08.03.2007
VERIPLAST
Restructuring may cost 85 jobs in UK / Shift of focus to higher value products
08.03.2007
INVIBIO
Carbon fibre reinforced grade of PEEK
07.03.2007
GURIT
Jobs to go at Newport as part of refocusing / New carbon fibre prepreg plant at UK site
06.03.2007
BASF
Plans to become a European Company / First chemicals-plastics producer to make the move / Employees concerned
05.03.2007
AMCOR
European PET business up for sale / Flexibles segment faces extensive restructuring
02.03.2007
DAVIS-STANDARD
European extrusion systems moves to UK
01.03.2007
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
No new propylene network for western Germany / Operator consortium abandons pipeline project / "Local solution" from Duisburg to Marl?
27.02.2007
COMMENT
Petrochemicals in Northwest Europe: Back to square one
27.02.2007
PLASTICS AND HEALTH
EFSA: New BPA intake limits recommended
27.02.2007
PROFINE
Sales leap above forecast / Eastern Europe is growth driver / Russia now largest market
26.02.2007
AZELIS
UK distributorship for Repsol PP
23.02.2007
WRAP
PET recycling: UK to have food-grade plant this year
23.02.2007
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