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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
LyondellBasell declares force majeure for PP from Brindisi / C3 increasingly tight as Versalis' cracker appears to be off stream too
 		14.04.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF temporarily shuts down its Ludwigshafen cracker
 		11.04.2014
BRAZIL
Local office of German plastics machinery association holds first management meeting / Cautiously optimistic about 2014 / Germany supplies 25% of all plastics and rubber machinery imports
 		11.04.2014
NONWOVENS
Beyond plastics: European production up 2% year-on-year in 2013
 		11.04.2014
ITALY
EPS consumption drops by 3% year-on-year in 2013 / Construction sector hardest hit
 		04.04.2014
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
It's all about lightweight construction / German plastics congresses focus on new approaches / Russian market could become even more depressed following Crimea crisis / Poor demand idles assembly plants for several days
 		01.04.2014
PLASTICISERS
Danish report says most phthalate-free plasticisers safe for PVC medical devices
 		31.03.2014
SHALE GAS
Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in
 		28.03.2014
US PROTECTIVE PACKAGING
Demand to increase by 4.5% annually to 2018 / On-line shopping will be the most significant driver of growth / Freedonia report
 		27.03.2014
THERMOSET RESINS
South African and Kenyan demand to rise by 3.9% per year to 2017 / Infrastructure developments boost growth / Frost & Sullivan report
 		26.03.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET
Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth
 		25.03.2014
PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY
Improvement in second half exports helps offset effects of poor domestic market in 2013 / Production falls by 2.5% / Some optimism for 2014 / Germany remains largest export market
 		25.03.2014
EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
Chemical output stagnant in 2013 / H2 growth helped pull sector out of a recession / Net trade surplus reached EUR 46 bn / Sector confidence down slightly in January 2013 / Cefic report
 		25.03.2014
BRAZIL
Flexible packaging accounted for 79% of LLDPE demand in 2013 / Maxiquim study
 		21.03.2014
PACKAGED WATER
African demand growth slows on weakening infrastructure and rising prices / PET bottles comparatively expensive / Canadean research
 		19.03.2014
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