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WINDOW MARKET
West European market expected to show growth again from 2015 / Plastic profiles dominate / Interconnection study
 		16.05.2014
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Italy collects and reuses more packaging in 2013 / Less waste to landfill
 		14.05.2014
POLYURETHANES
Total PU consumption in the Americas seen as growing nearly 4% up to 2018 / Study by IAL Consultants
 		12.05.2014
PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS
Chicago City Council votes in favour of partial plastic bag ban / SPI calls ordinance a “job killer”, argues it would be better to “reduce, reuse, recycle”
 		07.05.2014
BOPP FILM MARKET
Global demand expected to grow by 5-6% per year / Shift in balance of power to China, India and the Middle East / AMI study
 		07.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Lucite declares force majeure for MMA from Cassel
 		06.05.2014
PET PACKAGING
Global market to grow by 4.6% per year to 2019 / Rising demand for bottled water / Smithers Pira report
 		05.05.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Bayer MaterialScience declares force majeure for MDI in EMEA
 		30.04.2014
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
"Plastivision Arabia" fair held in Sharjah / Weighing in on a dedicated plastic park strategy / Focus on downstream industries / First "Print Pack Arabia" well received
 		24.04.2014
POLYOLS MARKET
Global green and bio polyols sector growing at 10.8% per year / Strongest growth in Asia / Corn and soybean most common feedstock / Markets and Markets report
 		24.04.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET
China key to European plastics machinery suppliers / Domestic sales increasing in importance / Market accounts for 10% of Euromap exports in 2012 / “Chinaplas” in Shanghai gets underway
 		23.04.2014
RUSSIA
Specialty chemicals market to grow by 5.6% to 2018 / Government targets reduction in imports to 12% / TechSci Research report
 		23.04.2014
CHINA POLYETHYLENE MARKET
Current five-year plan sees new production plants brought on stream / Dependence on imports declines / International producers see sales fall short of expectations / Will the next PE flood come in before the shale gas volumes?
 		22.04.2014
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Consumers prefer to squeeze rather than shake / Survey highlights benefits of plastic packaging
 		22.04.2014
SHALE GAS
German anti-fracking groups mobilise against Baltic coast test drilling / US study finds Environmental Protection Agency underestimated methane emissions from gas fields
 		22.04.2014
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