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ITALY
Plastics and rubber machinery exports up 22% year-on-year in H1 2011 / Positive trend for full year / Production expected to reach EUR 4 bn / Americas and Far East as key export destinations / Latest Assocomaplast data
 		27.09.2011
BELGIUM
Leading global per capita consumer and producer of plastics / High capacity utilisation rates / Above-average EU salaries impede capacity to compete on world stage
 		26.09.2011
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Economy still strong but slowing down / High polymer prices eat into earnings
 		26.09.2011
GERMAN PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
Machinery exports show robust recovery in 2011 / China remains largest market / Positive trend to continue in 2012
 		23.09.2011
CHINA
Officials reportedly mull creation of plastics recycling park in Xingtan, Guangdong province / Latest attempt to regulate mushrooming plastics recycling industry
 		22.09.2011
BIOPLASTICS
Austrian recycler Ecoplast sceptical about bags made of degradable plastics / “Material cannot be recycled”
 		21.09.2011
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY
ZVEI: Business situation in Germany still healthy / July orders slightly above last year / Drastic price increases with rare metals / Record exports in first six months
 		20.09.2011
AUTOMOTIVE
Use of lightweight substitute materials set to grow rapidly / Global revenues to reach USD 95 bn in 2017 / Polymers finding increasing application / Frost & Sullivan study
 		19.09.2011
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Focus remains on mass markets of Russia, China and India / CAFE standard will drive the switch to new materials in USA / Lightweight construction a key topic at IAA / Will global sales stagnate in 2012?
 		16.09.2011
POLYETHYLENE FILM
European market at 7.5m t in 2010 / LDPE accounts for 46% but is feeling the pressure from LLDPE and metallocene grades / Bags and sacks dominate applications / Sector characterised by consolidations / Latest AMI report
 		15.09.2011
FOODSERVICE DISPOSABLES
US demand forecast to grow by 4.1% up to 2015 / Packaging to see greatest gains / Improved economy will fuel rise in dining out and use of disposables / Freedonia report
 		15.09.2011
INDIA
Recycling plastic waste for road construction / Recyclate-bitumen mix said to result in stronger and longer lasting roads
 		15.09.2011
PHILIPPINES
New programme to exchange plastic scraps for rice / Battling garbage and malnutrition at once
 		14.09.2011
TRANSPARENT PLASTICS
PC electronics applications boost North American transparent plastics market / Regional market to reach 1.8m t in 2015 / BCC Research study
 		13.09.2011
ENGINEERING THERMOPLASTICS
Market's centre moves east as crisis recedes / China now largest consumer of polyamide with 30% of global output / More than 80% of ABS output in Asia / PCI “Yellowbook” and PIE Polyglobe paint the picture
 		09.09.2011
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