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APET SHEET IN ASIA
Region's market reaches 650,000 t/y / Market growing 15% annually / PCI sector analysis
 		12.11.2007
EuPC
Higher oil prices to impact plastics products / Essential to pass on costs
 		14.09.2007
SMC / BMC
Manufacturers’ alliance forecasts price increase to cover rising materials costs
 		27.06.2007
ROTATIONAL MOULDING
"Significant" growth in Europe / Consumption will reach 288,000 t in 2011 / AMI report
 		29.03.2007
PE FILM MARKET
Extrusion in Europe reaches over 7.5m t / Market growth less than 2% per year / Sector reaching maturity / BPI no longer largest player / German RKW group new No. 1 / AMI report "Top 50"
 		23.03.2007
BOPET FILM
Thin polyester films growing fast / Consumption soon to reach 2m t / Expansion dominated by Asia usual / Study by HPP Science / European machinery for global production
 		19.03.2007
ISRAEL
Plastics growth forecast at 7% annually / Germany leads imports of plastics processing machines
 		09.03.2007
GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Converters in positive mood after strong 2006 / Earnings improve on the back of 10% sales rise
 		01.03.2007
FRANCE
Plastics processing sector sees shrinking profits in 2005 / Manufacturers of technical components under pressure / Consolidation in progress / Employment down / Short-term Recovery unlikely
 		19.02.2007
PLASTIC PIPE
Global demand to increase 4.4% a year to 2010 / Developing countries to outpace global growth
 		16.02.2007
TURKEY
Pipe market profits from new building and infrastructure projects / Plastics replace steel
 		15.01.2007
BOPP FILM
World market growth of 8% again in 2005 / Asia is driving force / Relative importance of the regions shifts / Companies from growth markets advance strongly / China leads the field
 		23.10.2006
EUROPEAN COMPOSITES MARKET
GRP demand down / LFT continues growth / SMC stagnates / Thermosets decline / Figures for 2005
 		02.10.2006
PLASTIC FILM
Freedonia sees 2.6% annual rise in US resin demand up to 2010 / Highest growth in PP film
 		30.08.2006
PVC PROFILE MARKET
European PVC consumption reaches 1.5m t / Market share of plastic windows rises / Wave of concentration weakens after period of consolidation / Strong expansion in the east
 		25.04.2006
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