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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
North American lightweight materials demand outpacing total auto materials gains / Growth forecast at 5.2% per year to 2018 / Freedonia report
 		28.07.2014
AGRICULTURAL FILMS
Innovation drives Europe's oversupplied market / Spain and Italy account for 40% of demand / AMI report
 		28.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BP shuts down its olefin plant in Gelsenkirchen for a few days
 		25.07.2014
GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Solid half-year performance / Positive development / Exports improve / Expectations for H2 somewhat lower / Players continue to suffer from renewable energy surcharges
 		25.07.2014
PLASTIC PACKAGING GERMANY
First five months of 2014 see solid growth / Economy stable / Rising pressure on margins / IK industry association posts detailed figures for 2013
 		24.07.2014
CUPS AND LIDS MARKET
US consumption to reach USD 10 bn in 2018 / Lid demand growth to outpace cups / Foodservice market will remain largest application sector / Freedonia report
 		24.07.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Exports rise again in first quarter led by China / Imports remain weak / "Much-needed injection of confidence"
 		21.07.2014
PPS MARKET
Japanese PPS producer DIC to build first compounding plant in China / Total capacity rises to 40,000 t/y
 		17.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Joint venture plant for styrene and propylene oxide in Moerdijk offline until year's end / Allocations for PO remain stable
 		16.07.2014
TAIWAN
Petrochemicals Group CPC shuts down cracker in Kaohsiung / Shale gas shock wave rolls on
 		15.07.2014
PPS MARKET
Trading in shares of world market leader Lumena suspended / Status of plant expansion in China's Sichuan province unclear / Toray begins construction on South Korea facility
 		11.07.2014
PLASTICS PACKAGING MARKET
Amcor remains Europe's leading plastics packager in value terms / Top 10 ranking reshuffled in wake of economic crisis / Almost all firms underwent restructuring / AMI report on Europe's leading 50 plastics packagers
 		11.07.2014
PLASTICS RECYCLING
Group of UK companies band together to tackle CPET recycling problem / In-market trial of solution to commence in July
 		10.07.2014
RECYCLING UK
Defra funds study to boost recycling of flexible packaging / Development of new methods of recovery and treatment / Flexible laminate could be included in mainstream recycling collections
 		09.07.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Sabic declares force majeure for LDPE from Wilton
 		09.07.2014
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