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STYRENICS RECYCLING
Technology pact with Canada's Pyrowave / Elix joins the initiative
 		03.02.2020
PLASTICS ECONOMY
Major decline in German-speaking Europe / Development index falls to ten-year low / Automotive crisis leaves considerable scars / Plastic bashing begins to impact business / Glimmer of hope with first signs of an upturn
 		31.01.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Record figures for recreational vehicles / Sales and revenue set to grow in 2020 too
 		29.01.2020
HUNGARY
PET bottle makers to use 50% more recyclate / State aid for reprocessing sought
 		29.01.2020
POLYURETHANE
European flexible foam production could see “make or break” year / Weaker demand of late / China subdued in global comparison / Rigid foams make up ground
 		24.01.2020
CHINA
Ban on single-use plastics starting in 2020 / Production of household items containing microbeads to end this year
 		23.01.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING
EU commissioner Sinkevicius calls for a blanket ban / German and EU converters associations question environmental impact
 		22.01.2020
TURKEY
Agricultural plastics output and demand set to slip in 2019 / Reversal of past five years / Foreign trade continues to climb
 		22.01.2020
WORLD TRADE
US and China sign agreement in trade conflict / Import duties still in place
 		21.01.2020
PET
Fibre applications compensate for overall slowdown / Surplus tendency with paraxylene / PTA more balanced / Excessive increase in MEG capacities
 		17.01.2020
PLASTIC BOTTLE RECYCLING
US reprocessing flat as exports fall / Industry and government driving reuse
 		16.01.2020
PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA
ARA achieves record result / Plastic packaging collection continues to grow
 		10.01.2020
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Global stagnation / “The road will be steep, stony and arduous” / New boss of German association receives support from the industry / Favourite cities for IAA to be named by end of January
 		09.01.2020
LOGISTICS
Drastic increase in free capacity for European road freight transport
 		06.01.2020
CHEMICALS ECONOMY
EU production forecast to be flat in 2020 / Cefic cites slowing global economy / Issues of Brexit not specifically addressed
 		02.01.2020
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