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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
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Production increases by 12% year-on-year / Output in 2010 expected to exceed record levels of 2008
 		22.09.2010
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
Follow-up: Carpenter among companies suspected of price fixing / FBI searches Richmond headquarters / Vita declines to comment on investigation
 		11.08.2010
POLYURETHANE
European Commission investigates suspected PU foam manufacturers' cartel / Recticel and other companies raided
 		04.08.2010
RUSSIA
Plastic film market continues to expand / Producers increase capacities / Biaxplen to build new BOPP plant
 		02.08.2010
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Double-digit volume increases in some market segments / Higher plastics prices hurt recovery
 		15.07.2010
EXTRUDED PROFILES
European market dominated by window profiles / Recovery in the construction industry unlikely before 2011 / PVC most important / Germany the biggest processor / Poland catching up with western Europe
 		30.06.2010
BRAZIL
Industry association calls on plastics processing sector to consolidate / 5.19m t of plastics consumed in 2009 / Braskem is leading producer / Export deficit reaches USD 1 bn
 		23.06.2010
AUSTRIA
Plastics Processing: Bank Austria anticipates national plastics sector to recover gradually / Exports weak in 2009
 		03.06.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING EUROPE
Soaring polymer prices harm converters, says EuPC / Appeal to customers to help support rises
 		28.05.2010
TECHNICAL PARTS
Detailed data on German market in 2009 / Crisis makes itself felt with a minus of 20% / Slow recovery after hitting rock bottom in Q1 2009 / Automotive construction remains dominant
 		27.05.2010
STRETCH FILM
EU competition authorities search offices of film manufacturers / BPI and Trioplast among those targeted on suspicion of price fixing
 		19.05.2010
CROATIA
Plastics sector shows strong growth rates / Both exports and imports up in 2008 / Highly dependent on feedstock from abroad
 		17.05.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Europe's injection moulding industry is feeling the crunch / Future growth largely driven by eastern Europe / Western European market contracts / Latest AMI report
 		17.05.2010
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