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ARGENTINA
Polymer consumption exceeded 1.7m t in 2011 / Domestic capacities are mostly in the standard field / Brazil is leading trade partner / Second Argenplas industry fair in June 2012
 		31.05.2012
ITALY
One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities
 		30.05.2012
BOPP FILM
Global demand rises by 5.5% to reach over 6m t in 2011 / Asia is powerhouse of growth / China accounts for 40% of worldwide production / Ongoing global market consolidation / New AMI report
 		29.05.2012
SOUTH AFRICA
Demand for plastics picks up again / Good prospects for insulation materials / Significant increase in imports
 		28.05.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS
Irwin Seating latest US-company to join international price-fixing case
 		25.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Neo Group declares force majeure for PET from Klaipeda
 		24.05.2012
TAIWAN
Environmental legislation could see planned cracker project relocated to Malaysia
 		24.05.2012
THERMOFORMING
Growth driven by packaging applications / Market expected to reach 3.9m t in 2017 / BCC Research
 		23.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rhodia declares force majeure for Brazilian polyamide chain
 		22.05.2012
GREECE
Plastics industry suffers from shrinking domestic demand / Packaging industry is one bright spot
 		22.05.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Shale gas revolution has North America celebrating a comeback in the ethylene chain / Previous heavyweight champion is back in the ring / Europe currently the loser / Cracker changeovers accelerate propylene and butylene bottlenecks
 		21.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema places customers on strict PA 12 allocations / CDT deliveries expected to resume by year's end / Frenzied efforts to produce PA 10 substitutes / Force majeure remains in place for “Pebax” TPE and “Rilsamid” PA 12
 		21.05.2012
EPS
Italian market has been stagnant for years / Demand pegged at 141,000 t in 2011
 		18.05.2012
BIOPLASTICS
European Bioplastics industry group claims recent US report not scientifically backed-up / “Unbalanced conclusions”
 		18.05.2012
GERMANY
Plastics producers raise 2011 output to 20.7m t / Revenues on the rise / Margins pressured by feedstock costs / PlasticsEurope Deutschland predicts “growth interval” in 2012
 		17.05.2012
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