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STRATASYS
3D printing to spur growth in additive manufacturing / Plastics in high demand / Independent survey
 		26.08.2015
GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING
Feedstock price swings reflected in the statistical H1 balance sheet / Depressed sales at the start of the year gradually lifted by cost rises / Full-year revenues could set new record
 		25.08.2015
NORTH AMERICAN PVC FILMS MARKET
Regulatory pressures limit US and Canada growth / Production could shift to Mexico / Grand View Research report
 		25.08.2015
BIOPLASTIC PACKAGING
Global consumption growing at 21% per year / Fastest growth projected for PET, PE and PP / Smithers Pira study
 		24.08.2015
CHINA
Medium-level growth has become the new normal / Plastics processing sector expansion in current Five Year Plan 50% less than in preceding period / CPPIA officials point to need for innovation
 		20.08.2015
NATIONAL PLASTICS PROCESSING CENTRE
WMG establishes UK national hub for innovation and research in plastics processing / Fully integrated approach to design, manufacturing and disposal
 		20.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Full operations at Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker unlikely to resume for months / Investigation into fire ongoing
 		19.08.2015
PET RECYCLING
India introduces ban on imports of post-consumer PET waste / 78,000 t of material turned away in May / Domestic recycling industry relied on 70-80% imports
 		19.08.2015
PET
US imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on PET from China and India / No tariffs for Omani imports
 		18.08.2015
SHALE GAS
UK to “fast-track” planning applications for shale gas exploration / Process would bypass local councils / Ministers' decision on new licenses imminent / Ineos welcomes latest developments
 		18.08.2015
THERMAL INSULATION
Energy efficient building construction in Europe and Asia drives global demand / Fastest growth expected for PU materials / World market valued at USD 23 bn in 2021 / Frost & Sullivan report
 		18.08.2015
WORLD PLASTIC PIPE
Market forecast to reach 19.3 bn metres in 2019 / PVC is leading resin in production / Construction will boost demand / Robust growth in developing nations / Freedonia study
 		17.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LDPE: Incident at Basell Orlen may impact supply / No indication of possible plant damage
 		14.08.2015
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CHINA
Sector growth exceeds global average / Foreign investors hampered by "buy local" guidelines and murky registration criteria / Local producers under pressure to modernise / Government funds innovation
 		14.08.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Olefins: Explosion and fire prompt Unipetrol to initiate “preventative” shutdown of Litvinov cracker / Impact still unclear
 		13.08.2015
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