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GLOBAL PACKAGING MARKET
Annual market value projected to total USD 733.9 bn up to 2014 / Plastics increasingly substituting metal and glass / Middle East and Asia-Pacific upcoming largest consumers / Report by Pira International
 		25.11.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Cristal Global lifts force majeure on TiO2 from US plant
 		25.11.2010
CHINA
Plastics production on a rapid ascent in H1 2010 / Increasing danger of overcapacities
 		25.11.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Arkema lifts force majeure for PVC
 		24.11.2010
POLYURETHANES
Sub-Saharan African market to reach USD 695m in 2016 / Growth limited by reliance on imported raw materials
 		24.11.2010
PLASTICS PROCESSING IN GERMANY
IKB bank still sees considerable insolvency risk among plastics processors / Sales of German rubber and plastics industry back at 2007 level next year / Producers follow converters to growth regions
 		23.11.2010
PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY
German exports to GCC member countries cave in by 32.7% in 2009 / VDMA industry association discerns an improvement in 2010
 		22.11.2010
RECYCLING
WRAP project shows viability of PP recyclate for food-grade packaging / Results due in 2011
 		19.11.2010
PLASTIC PACKAGING
Year of volatile supply markets draws to a close / Forces majeures raise converters' ire / Healthy demand / November halt to slide in polymer prices for flexible materials just a fluke? / Rigid packaging grades still rising
 		17.11.2010
PLASTICS MARKETS
Worldwide production plummets in 2009 / Slump in polymer consumption throughout Europe / PVC and engineering plastics hardest hit / Horizon much brighter in 2010 / PlasticsEurope report
 		16.11.2010
GERMAN E&E INDUSTRY
Strong exports growth / Order intake slightly weaker in September / Capacity use rises
 		16.11.2010
PLASTIC PIPES
German business climate index hits new high / Polymer price rises still pressuring earnings
 		11.11.2010
TURKEY
Plastics sector growing at 15% a year / 670,000 t of plastics produced in 2009 / Packaging is leading application / Highly dependent on exports to meet raw material demand
 		10.11.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
SolVin lifts FM for PVC from France
 		10.11.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF: Force majeure for PA compounds is lifted
 		09.11.2010
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