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PLASTICS RECYCLING
Plastics have potential to reach recycling rate of more than 60% by 2020 / Creation of 360,000 "green" jobs / Plastics Recyclers Europe study
 		18.09.2013
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Demand for new cars in Europe to bottom out in 2013 / Slight growth predicted for 2014 / Production stagnates at 12m vehicles / Producers fight poor demand with technology / Suppliers raise proportion of plastics in cars
 		17.09.2013
TAIWAN
Economics ministry gives go-ahead for petrochemicals industry to build crackers in China / Feedstocks for the domestic industry
 		12.09.2013
UK PACKAGING INDUSTRY
2% growth per year to 2017 / Rising demand for lightweight and convenient formats / Canadean report
 		11.09.2013
PLASTICS PROCESSING EUROPE
Technical Parts: Changing European landscape / Germany expands leading position / Central European countries on the advance / France undergoes massive restructuring
 		09.09.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Fiery flare-offs at Versalis LDPE plant in Ferrara / Production shut down for a week
 		05.09.2013
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
Global growth of more than 5% annually / Demand to reach 5.8m t in 2017 / Automotive market will account for biggest share / Asia Pacific to remain largest market / Freedonia report
 		04.09.2013
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Sales bounce back to 2012 half-year level / Seasonal peak shifts into April / Packaging and technical parts see gains / Export trade picks up again / Improved outlook for full year
 		30.08.2013
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BorsodChem: Force majeure for TDI / Technical problem during plant start up
 		29.08.2013
UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Optimism grows for year ahead as productivity improves / Gains in turnover and profitability expected / Reject euro replacing sterling / BPF survey
 		29.08.2013
PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY
Orders for German machinery manufacturers on the rebound / Exports show upward trend
 		29.08.2013
PLASTICS INDUSTRY CHINA
Diverts focus away from export to domestic markets / Shift in consumer behaviour boosts demand growth / Small companies to disappear / Industry consolidation gathers pace
 		28.08.2013
PACKAGING MARKETS
Increased optimism for global revenue growth in 2013 / Strong demand in Brazil and China / Prices expected to increase / Canadean survey
 		28.08.2013
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
EU olefin production continues very weak / Q2 results on par with disastrous 2009
 		27.08.2013
INDIA
Plastics industry likely to reach an all-time high in revenues by 2015 / Demand potential to double / Polymer demand reaching 40m t by 2021
 		27.08.2013
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