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POLYURETHANES
Flexible foam producers fined EUR 114m for price fixing / EU sees antitrust offence confirmed
 		31.01.2014
MOULDED PLASTICS
Global market forecast to grow by nearly 5% per year to 2019 / Strengthening automotive demand / Transparency Market Research study
 		28.01.2014
CHINA PLASTIC PIPES
People's Republic is world's largest producer and user of plastic pipes / 11m t produced in 2012 / Increasingly competitive on a global scale
 		28.10.2013
POLAND
Plastic processing: Production value continues to climb despite 2012 volume drop / Blustery economic headwinds picking up / Construction sector in a hole following completion of large projects / New impetus for growth starting 2014
 		09.10.2013
PP FILM MARKET
European demand to rise by 2.2% annually through 2017 / Growth returns to western Europe / PCI study
 		27.09.2013
BRAZIL
Plastic resin imports climb 26% in H1 / Converted plastics consumption rises 6.7% / Only 1.5% rise in production forecast for 2013
 		24.09.2013
PLASTICS PROCESSING EUROPE
Technical Parts: Changing European landscape / Germany expands leading position / Central European countries on the advance / France undergoes massive restructuring
 		09.09.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Sales bounce back to 2012 half-year level / Seasonal peak shifts into April / Packaging and technical parts see gains / Export trade picks up again / Improved outlook for full year
 		30.08.2013
AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY FRANCE
German premium brands give boost to suppliers amid slump / Poor domestic demand compensated by healthy international business
 		20.08.2013
GERMAN INJECTION MOULDING MARKET
Showing modest growth / Demand boosted by pickup in automotive industry / AMI report
 		29.07.2013
FRANCE
Plastics Processing: 2012 volume drops to 4.5m t / Further declines expected in 2013 / Heavy losses in the automotive sector / Insolvency filings on the rise / Market expected to rebound in 2014
 		26.07.2013
COMPOSITES
German market seen as healthy and with potential to get even better / Europe viewed weaker but still in a positive situation
 		25.07.2013
GERMAN STRETCH FILM MARKET
Imports from outside the EU on the rise / Main supplier Italy suffers considerable setback / Poland continues to make inroads
 		17.07.2013
RIGID FILM MARKET EUROPE
Competitive pressures drive corporate restructuring / Role of private equity grows / AMI report on top 50 producers
 		24.06.2013
US SPECIALITY FILMS
Market to reach USD 8.0 bn in 2017 / Barrier films forecast to grow 5.1% / Construction industry boosts demand / Freedonia report
 		28.05.2013
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