The party's (almost) over – the last one turn out the lights

Europen: Dutch to introduce carbon-based packaging tax / Belgium condemned by European Court of Justice / Germans revision of Packaging Ordinance delayed / Higher plastics bag levy in Ireland / New bulletin highlights progress on regulation

Record attendance at world's leading plastics trade show in Düsseldorf / Exhibitor numbers pass 3,100 for first time / China third largest participant / Focus on energy efficiency and sustainability

“Half-time” tally shows rise in attendance compared with 2004

Halls still buzzing on show's third day

The curtain rises on a city of its own

Höchli elected ICDLI president

Special presentation spotlights plastics innovations / Panels of experts every day

EU Commission calls for stricter measures on toy safety / Review of the European directive promised

Asian exhibitors raise their profile / China leads the way

European composites companies to professionalise EuCIA

Online database of exhibitors and their products / Messe Düsseldorf offers information and service

Bakelite celebrates its 100th birthday / Leo Hendrik Baekeland invented the first all-synthetic plastic / "Solidified matter, yellowish and hard”

New recommendations on pipe and profile extrusion lines

Mobile injection moulding machine tours the country / Publicity for plastics processing