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PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Potential Petroplus insolvency could tighten European naphtha market / Five refineries to close?
 		09.01.2012
CHINA
Dalian city officials reportedly retract promise to relocate Fujia Dahua's PX plant / Citizens threaten renewed protest action
 		05.01.2012
UK RECYCLING
Closed Loop Recycling plans to raise capacity in early 2012 / New plant to be located at adjacent brown field site / Focus on improved recyclate quality
 		04.01.2012
BARRIER PACKAGING
US market to grow 1.5% per year to 2016 / Multilayer packaging becomes more sophisticated / Latest BCC study
 		02.01.2012
STRETCH AND SHRINK FILM
US demand predicted to rise by 3.3% per year to USD 2.4 bn in 2015 / Resins demand to rise to 860,000 t / Latest Freedonia study
 		23.12.2011
ITALY
Exports increase in plastics and rubber processing machinery / Germany remains largest market / Far East sales to increase by 30% / Credit insurance problem for exporters / Assocomaplast forecasts
 		23.12.2011
ELECTRONIC ENCLOSURES
Plastics use in electronic enclosures growing at 6.1% per year / Surge in new products drives downsizing and thin-walling / BCC Research reports
 		23.12.2011
EPS
Recycling in the US grows in 2010 / Retailers with closed-loop solutions / Foam producers' study
 		22.12.2011
QATAR
Follow-up: Shell and Qatar Petroleum ink deal on scope of proposed Ras Laffan petrochemical hub / Output to go towards growing Asian markets
 		16.12.2011
BIOPLASTICS
Global demand to reach 1m t/y in 2015 / Largest gains predicted for non-biodegradable bioplastics / Brazil emerges as leading producer / Market shift away from Europe, US / New Freedonia report
 		15.12.2011
EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Demand has recovered from last economic crisis but is still below 2007 peak / Development is “erratic and patchy” / German-speaking countries and engineering plastics lead / Volatility bites / AMI report
 		14.12.2011
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS
Shell test drills confirm shale gas reserves in China's Sichuan basin / Sinopec chairman says country's shale gas reserves surpass those of US
 		14.12.2011
TITANIUM DIOXIDE
Prices for rutile feedstock to rise dramatically in H1 2012
 		12.12.2011
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Manufacturers' association lifts 2011 forecast again / Economy expected to cool again in 2012
 		08.12.2011
CHINA
Formosa Plastics CEO worried about economic downturn
 		05.12.2011
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