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IRAN
Start-up of Kavian II cracker slightly delayed / Commissioning expected in autumn / PE lines to follow in 2016
 		17.04.2015
NPE
SPI reports strong visitor numbers at leading US plastics fair / Fewer Latin American exhibitors
 		14.04.2015
SHALE GAS
Germany's new fracking rules pass cabinet / Experts question commercial viability of shale gas in Europe
 		13.04.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE
French and German plastic packaging manufacturers alarmed by "unprecedented” tight supply of standard thermoplastics / Deliveries to customers said to be threatened / Declarations of force majeures questioned
 		10.04.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Total declares force majeure for HDPE from Gonfreville
 		09.04.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lukoil resumes production at Stavrolen cracker in the Caucasus
 		08.04.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE
Plastics associations voice concern over recent force majeure announcements / Processors increasingly under threat / Call for more transparency
 		07.04.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for PE swing plant in Gelsenkirchen / European supply situation increasingly tight
 		30.03.2015
CHINA
German plastics and rubber machinery supplies down 5.5% in 2014 / VDMA data released ahead of “Chinaplas” industry fair
 		30.03.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Borealis announces force majeure for PP from Belgium
 		27.03.2015
US PROCESSING
2015 sales growth to be led by automotive sector / Increased sourcing from foreign suppliers / Lack of skilled workforce remains key issue / MAPP survey
 		27.03.2015
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Positive year 2014 for Italian manufacturers / Growth in exports to US, EU and Asian countries / Production value reaches EUR 4 bn
 		27.03.2015
SWITZERLAND
Swiss franc's gains hit plastics industry particularly hard / Exports cave in
 		26.03.2015
PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET
Germany's VDMA and NPE organiser SPI stress importance of sustainability at US plastics fair / Collaboration on resource efficiency
 		26.03.2015
RECYCLING
UK trials test kerbside recycling of flexible laminated packaging / Public-private project uses Enval technology
 		26.03.2015
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