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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Greece: Sector is continuing to grow / Highly dependent on imports / German companies dominate the market
 		20.01.2010
GLASS FIBRE PRODUCTS
European Commission launches investigation into Chinese imports / APFE accusations of dumping / EuCIA warns that import duties could drive prices up, production elsewhere
 		15.01.2010
US PACKAGING ADDITIVES
Demand to increase 4.6% annually to USD 550m in 2013 / Higher prices will support market value
 		11.01.2010
LATIN AMERICA
Polyolefins projects planned across the region / Crisis causes widespread delays / Braskem as driving force behind many projects
 		08.01.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
World-scale ethylene and PE complex to be built at Ras Laffan / New cracker to start next month
 		08.01.2010
TOY MARKET
NPD study finds continuous growth in 2009 across several national markets / Only US and UK markets decline / Digital and web-connected toys to dominate market in 2010
 		07.01.2010
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF restarts 1.08m t/y Antwerp cracker / Smaller German unit back up later this month / “No FM”
 		05.01.2010
MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
UK market expected to contract slightly in 2010 and 2011 / Germany is most important supplier
 		04.01.2010
BASF
Blaze forces shut-down of cracker in Ludwigshafen / Cracker in Antwerp still idled after fire just days before
 		23.12.2009
FLAME RETARDANTS
US to phase out DecaBDE by 2013 / Chemtura and Albemarle announce commitment
 		23.12.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
BASF cracker at Antwerp offline after fire
 		21.12.2009
MICROWAVE PACKAGING
US market to reach USD 2.4 bn in 2013 / Fresh prepared foods show fastest growth / Frozen foods remain the largest user at 60% / Freedonia report
 		21.12.2009
ITALY
Vinyls Italia plants fail to restart / Chlorine chemistry has no future in Italy, says Eni chief
 		18.12.2009
WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES
Global market continues to grow / Boom in China thanks to new applications / German nova-Institut innovation award / WPC congress in Cologne
 		17.12.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos declares force majeure for ethylene and propylene from Cologne
 		16.12.2009
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