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POLYPROPYLENE
Russia: Consumption rose further in 2008 / Enormous potential / High capacity utilisation
 		28.04.2009
INJECTION MOULDING
Germany: Weak economy affects injection moulding companies / Number shrinks mainly due to insolvencies and relocation / Further reduction likely / Packaging now most important application / AMI study
 		27.04.2009
ITALIAN PETROCHEMICALS
Latest twist in the Vinyls Italia saga: Sartor threatens to declare the company insolvent / Seven-point plan to salvage Italy's chemical industry
 		24.04.2009
ITALY
Polymer consumption slips to 7.1m t in 2008 / Output still declining / Optimism at Milan exhibitions / Upswing in summer may be on the cards / Core machinery manufacture in a dismal state
 		23.04.2009
FRENCH AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Peugeot alarmed by supplier situation / Crisis team is examining calls for assistance
 		21.04.2009
INSULATING MATERIALS
Global growth up to 2012 / Foam plastics stay number one / Volume up again / Freedonia study
 		16.04.2009
COMPOSITES
Business park for composite materials planned on the German-French border
 		08.04.2009
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Chinese government wants to make auto sector internationally competitive
 		07.04.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rising demand rise spurs output increase in Japan
 		06.04.2009
INJECTION MOULDING MACHINERY
Slump in Japanese output
 		06.04.2009
BLOW MOULDING INDUSTRY
AMI forecasts further increase in plastics consumption in Europe to 6m t by 2011 / Germany is largest consumer / PET moves ahead of HDPE / Engineering plastics grow in niche markets
 		02.04.2009
ALUMINIUM PACKAGING
Further expansion in the European cans market / Double-digit growth in eastern Europe
 		31.03.2009
PVC HEAT STABILISERS
EU suspects cartel / Akzo, Ciba and Arkema confirm notification
 		26.03.2009
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
US government to help component suppliers after all / Finance Minister Geithner approves USD 5 bn
 		25.03.2009
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC futures trading expected soon on DCE
 		24.03.2009
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