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PACKAGING REGULATIONS EUROPE
Europen reports on German drinks packaging / Ireland launches waste management review / EC publishes 203 page report on waste directive
 		04.03.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PA 6.6 supply situation increasingly tight / BASF reports “limited availability” / Rhodia upholds FM
 		03.03.2010
TOTAL
Follow up: Strikes called off for now / Propylene production could return to normal in several days
 		26.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for styrene from Moerdijk
 		26.02.2010
TURKEY
Plastics industry on the road to recovery / Petkim to invest USD 60m in additional restructuring / Feedstock access crucial for future development
 		26.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Strikes at Total refineries / FM evidently declared for C3 / Domo Caproleuna cuts PA supplies
 		25.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Shell declares force majeure for C2/C3 from Moerdijk
 		25.02.2010
ISRAEL
Environment ministry distributes memorandum on packaging waste / Knesset passes law on beverage containers / 22.5% recycling target for plastic
 		25.02.2010
COMPOUNDING MARKET
US demand for independently compounded thermoplastics to reach 3.4m t in 2013 / Freedonia report
 		22.02.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS
Double-digit sales, production setback in 2009 / Industry advises caution on speed of recovery
 		19.02.2010
COMPOSITES
Global market for unsaturated polyester resins to reach USD 5.8 bn in 2015 / Lucintel report
 		19.02.2010
GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY
Sales decline 30% in 2009 / Crash less severe than feared / India becoming major customer
 		16.02.2010
PLASTICS RECYCLING
PAFA welcomes government grant for mixed plastics recycling in the UK
 		16.02.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos lifts FM for C2 and C3 from Cologne
 		15.02.2010
RUSSIA
Improvement in polymers market expected in 2010 / Shrinking domestic demand in 2009 has players looking abroad / PVC producers bracing for higher costs / State support for new petrochemical projects
 		15.02.2010
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