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PLASTICS RECYCLING
EU waste exports to China plummet / Southeast Asia takes up some slack / Strong Chinese demand for high-quality recyclates drives prices up
 		20.04.2018
PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA
ARA initiative for a circular economy / Prime goals are eco-design and higher recyclate content
 		20.04.2018
SHALE GAS
Glitches shut US pipeline and terminal / Ethane exports in limbo
 		18.04.2018
PLASTICS PACKAGING
German industry expects strong Q2 / Recycling becoming important matter for customers
 		17.04.2018
FLUOROPOLYMERS
German industry association warns of tight market and massive price hikes
 		17.04.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Biopolyester: BASF lifts force majeure on "ecoflex" and "ecovio" bioplastics / Deliveries still affected
 		13.04.2018
WORLD TRADE
Next round in US trade war hits plastics / China to impose 25% customs duty on many products
 		06.04.2018
PLASTICS PROCESSING MACHINERY
Global market set to expand to 2021 / Solid growth in China / 3D printing gains in developed countries / Freedonia report
 		03.04.2018
PHENOL
China announces anti-dumping probe / EU and four other regions affected / Connection with proposed US import duties seems unlikely
 		03.04.2018
ITALY
Plastics sector looks back on good year / Growth above industry average with stellar prospects / Machinery manufacturing, “Industry 4.0” and digitalisation drive investments
 		29.03.2018
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Production exceeds EUR 4.6 bn in 2017 / “Industria 4.0” plan boosts domestic market / Exports and imports witness double-digit growth / Amaplast report
 		26.03.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PS/EPS: Synthos' production in Czech Republic unaffected by deadly explosion at refinery
 		23.03.2018
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
The combustion engine lives on – for the time being / More upheaval in auto components supply sector / Automotive engineering plastics conference in Germany delivers fresh approaches for car interior / More requirements, more competition, more plastic
 		23.03.2018
PLASTINDIA
Return to New Delhi in 2021 / Disillusionment follows euphoria about Gandhinagar
 		22.03.2018
EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET
Production up 2% in 2017 / Outlook positive, with stable demand
 		21.03.2018
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