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CHINAPLAS
Growing number of international visitors and exhibitors in Guangzhou / Focus on sustainability and production efficiency
 		12.06.2013
ASIAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Engineering polymer consumption on the rise / ASEAN countries increasingly catering to regional customers / Malaysia for medical devices, Singapore for electronics
 		11.04.2013
BELGIUM
Plastics and rubber products output falls 2.6% in 2012 / Negative business trend continues into 2013 / World's largest per capita plastics producer / Federplast survey
 		09.04.2013
ITALY
Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up
 		11.03.2013
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Optimism for 2013 falls as economic woes continue to exert pressure / Exports affected by euro crisis / Former BPF president Brian Mann set to retire
 		28.02.2013
TURKEY
Visitor numbers at Plast Eurasia 2012 rise 23% year-on-year / Foreign visitor numbers up 41% over 2011 / Exhibitor numbers increase by 10% / Next fair held in December 2013
 		11.01.2013
CHINA
Protests in Ningbo elicit official pledge to halt petrochemical expansion / “Green” sentiment among the public rising / Is official acquiescence to demands linked to tendency towards petrochemical oversupply?
 		02.11.2012
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Production rise in 2009-2011 / Industry still robust / Demand up 5% annually / Technical applications show the strongest growth / Consultic study
 		05.10.2012
INDIA
New Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastics / Directive includes manufacture and distribution
 		18.09.2012
CHINA PET MARKET
Close to 12m t turned out in 2011 / Price of chip exports abroad down year-on-year / First PET resin line installed in 1990 / New capacity expansion wave underway
 		17.09.2012
SRI LANKA
Government grant to support local plastics industry / Sector dominated by SMEs / Plastics consumption expected to rise by 10-12% per year
 		07.08.2012
SPAIN
Plastics industry rises output by 1.9% in 2011 / Increase in exports offsets fall in domestic demand / Packaging remains largest market by far
 		24.07.2012
INDIA
Polymer demand outstrips GDP / Third largest consumer after China, US / GlobalData report
 		19.07.2012
GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL
14m t of new petrochemical capacity brought on stream in 2011 / Saudi Arabia leads the pack / Regional players are setting their sights to the east / Feedstock surplus will sweep global markets in near future
 		18.07.2012
SWITZERLAND
Plastics industry sales recede slightly in 2011 / Employee numbers down / Economy pressured by Swiss franc and European debt crisis
 		04.07.2012
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