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COMPOSITES
UK centre of excellence set for start in 2011 / Industrial-scale manufacturing facilities
 		16.09.2010
US MEDICAL PLASTICS
Market to grow at 5% annually to 2015, reaching 2m t/y / TPEs expected to show largest increases
 		10.09.2010
RECYCLING
RECOUP UK now recycles 45% of plastic bottles / Year-on-year increase of 6% / Kerbside collections of over 215,000 t
 		08.09.2010
TAIWAN
Plastics processing picking up again after last year's crisis / Surplus resin output is exported
 		27.08.2010
INDIA
Polymer production expected to reach 12m t/y in 2015 / Demand driven by growing needs for household and consumer goods / Highly fragmented industry dominated by SMEs / Raw polymer materials are main export good
 		17.08.2010
SWITZERLAND
Industry faced difficult year 2009 / Plastics consumption stands at around 800,000 t / Optimistic outlook
 		30.07.2010
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Growing confidence in recovery / Workforce is expanding / British Plastics Federation survey
 		19.07.2010
ISRAEL
Plastics industry slowly regaining strength after recession / Processing industry highly dependent on polymer imports / Europe an important trading partner / Focus on innovation and interest in cooperation
 		08.07.2010
ASEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Southeast Asian region is a key player in plastics / Increasing use of all-electric injection moulding machines / Green technology
 		25.06.2010
FAIRS
New attendance record at "Chinaplas 2010"
 		11.05.2010
TURKEY
Europe's fourth-largest plastics converter processed 3.5m t of plastics in 2009 / Packaging applications lead the way / Extrusion as most common processing technique / AMI reports
 		29.04.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING
Nearly 3m t of polymers processed in Gulf Cooperation Council states in 2009 / Packaging about half the market / No regional production of high performance plastics / AMI report
 		19.04.2010
RUSSIA
Polyethylene exports up 125% in 2009 / Local LLDPE production cannot meet domestic demand / Prices on the rise
 		08.04.2010
BELGIUM
Plastics and rubber industry cautiously optimistic about 2010 / Industry driven by energy-saving technologies
 		01.04.2010
JAPAN PETROCHEMICALS
Producers face pressure from Middle East / Overseas expansions targeted
 		29.03.2010
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