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GRAVITY PIPES EUROPE
Market remains below 2007 peak at EUR 6 bn in 2015 / Trend is reversing / Demand will pick up over next five years / AMI report
 		02.12.2015
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Sales after first nine months of 2015 match those of last year / Packaging products perform above average / Construction and semi-finished goods barely move / Technical parts and consumer goods looking up / Positive mood despite feedstock upheaval
 		01.12.2015
SPECIALTY FILMS
US market to grow by nearly 5% to 2019 / Construction and electronics sectors to be best performers / Healthy demand from packaging / Freedonia report
 		11.09.2015
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Feedstock price swings reflected in the statistical H1 balance sheet / Depressed sales at the start of the year gradually lifted by cost rises / Full-year revenues could set new record
 		25.08.2015
NORTH AMERICAN PVC FILMS MARKET
Regulatory pressures limit US and Canada growth / Production could shift to Mexico / Grand View Research report
 		25.08.2015
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
European market to grow by 2% per year to 2019, led by eastern Europe / PCI Films study
 		31.07.2015
INSULATED PANELS
Growth in cold storage in Asia and Middle East boosts global demand / Output forecast to grow by 4% per year to 2019 / IAL Consultants directory
 		15.07.2015
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY
Germany's Federal Cartel Office imposes EUR 75m fine on five acoustic insulation producers for alleged price fixing
 		30.06.2015
3D PRINTING
Spanish technology centre to be beta tester for Ultem resin / Agreement with Stratasys
 		29.06.2015
AFRICA
Processors eye 8% annual growth in African plastics demand to 2018 / South Africa accounts 25% of plastics processing sites / AMI database
 		13.05.2015
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Strong gains posted in 2014 / Global market worth more than USD 4 bn / Latest “Wohlers Report”
 		20.04.2015
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Sales hit new high in 2014 / Record number of employees / Widespread confidence for 2015 / GKV president still sees big challenges in energy policy and lack of trained personnel
 		24.02.2015
US PLASTIC FILM
Demand to reach almost 7m t in 2018 / LLDPE remains largest volume resin / Above average growth expected for PP film / Freedonia study
 		05.02.2015
COMPOSITES RESEARCH
US sets up USD 260m IACMI composites research institute in Tennessee
 		14.01.2015
EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY CHINA
Sustainability to the fore in machinery advances / Optimisation of screws and barrels / Plasticising alternatives
 		13.01.2015
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