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EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Record production levels reached by etma members in 2010 / Plastic accounts for 30% of overall market
 		23.03.2011
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Sales up 14% in 2010 / Almost back at pre-crisis levels / Renaissance for manufacturers of technical components / Confidence for 2011 / German plastics processing association warns that costs are assuming threatening proportions
 		10.03.2011
ELECTRICAL / ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY
Sector recovers faster than expected / Exports almost back at pre-crisis level / 2012 could see new sales records / Concerns about raw material prices and availability / A-Plastixx E&E rising again
 		04.01.2011
SOUTH AMERICA
Pallet stretch film market to rise by 8% per year to 2014 / AMI report
 		16.12.2010
CROATIA
Plastics consumption drops to 105,600 t in 2009 / Employment rises despite the crisis
 		15.12.2010
SPAIN / PORTUGAL
Plastics consumption recovering slowly after the crisis / Injection moulders face pressure to consolidate / AMI report
 		07.12.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING IN GERMANY
IKB bank still sees considerable insolvency risk among plastics processors / Sales of German rubber and plastics industry back at 2007 level next year / Producers follow converters to growth regions
 		23.11.2010
PLASTIC PIPES
German business climate index hits new high / Polymer price rises still pressuring earnings
 		11.11.2010
INEOS FILMS
Pressure on margins forces price hikes
 		08.11.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
What goes down must come up / Sales continue to rise / Production volumes picked up in H1 2010 / Technical components highly volatile
 		05.11.2010
DUPONT
Price increase for “Butacide” and “Butacide” PVB interlayer products
 		03.11.2010
TUBES
Innovation in design / New developments enhance appearance and add strength to brand and image
 		31.10.2010
UK INJECTION MOULDING
20% of polymers processed in 2009 were injection moulded / PP is the most popular choice / Ongoing decline in number of local moulders / Latest AMI guide
 		13.10.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
German players adopt cautious outlook for Q4 / Margins suffer from extremely high feedstock prices
 		11.10.2010
FOAMED PLASTICS / POLYURETHANES
German association predicts local market will recover / Country expected to consume 1.7m t foams and PU in 2010 / “Fragile uptrend” could be jeopardised by high raw material and energy prices
 		08.10.2010
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