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SWITZERLAND
Plastics segment returns record sales in 2006 / Exports rise 11% / Positive forecast for 2007
24.07.2007
TURKEY
Plastics industry gaining momentum / Polymer consumption reaches 4.1m t / Need for more local production / Boom in PVC construction material / Machinery manufacturing sector growing
06.07.2007
ROMANIA
Very little domestic polymer production / Many small converters / Annual plastics consumption of 250,000 t / Low labour costs make the country a "little China"
20.06.2007
RUSSIA
Massive increase in PP capacity / Expansion squeezes imports / Demand continues to rise
30.05.2007
RUSSIA AND CIS MARKETS
Plastics industry on the rise again / Extensive reconstruction required / More foreign investment from abroad / Packaging accounts for almost half of applications / AMI study
21.05.2007
UNITED KINGDOM
Plastics products reach 5.3m t in 2006 / Modest growth / Building remains largest segment
03.05.2007
TURKEY
Demand for machinery growing by at least 10% per annum / Germany is the main supplier / Asia presence growing
23.04.2007
RUSSIA
Strong demand for polyethylene / Growing import share / Capacities on the threshold of expansion
13.04.2007
ITALY
Thermoplastics consumption grows strongly in 2006 / Production down / More imports from Middle East
13.03.2007
POLAND
Plastics imports continue to grow / Producers invest / Output still lags demand
15.02.2007
CHINA
Plastics demand to reach 50m t in 2010 / Injection moulding growing at 8% annually / AMI database
02.02.2007
PVC MARKET
Chinese demand to reach 12m t in 2010 / Construction and packaging drive growth / Freedonia report
17.01.2007
UNITED KINGDOM
Plastics industry suffers from migration eastward / Modest growth to 2011 / Packaging accounts for a third of business / Number of active Injection moulding companies falls / Market reports
18.12.2006
INJECTION MOULDING
Iberian industry growing at 3% annually / Volumes reach 900,000 t /y / AMI report
13.12.2006
MEXICO
Growth in PVC market / Clear increase in imports / Potential not yet fully exhausted
07.12.2006
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