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POLYMER FOAMS
Oil prices hit market hard / Report predicts 5% annual growth to EUR 6.7 bn by 2011 in Europe
 		20.10.2005
MIDDLE EAST
Future hub of the plastics world will become the centre of global production for polyolefins / Gas as a cheap raw material base / Naphtha feedstocks are likely to be substituted by ethane
 		20.10.2005
POLYAMIDE
Global engineering polymer production at 2m t annually / Main markets are automotive, E+E and packaging / PA 6 growth passes PA 6.6 / Asian capacities larger than in North America by 2010
 		06.10.2005
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Bankrupt suppliers flee into chapter 11 / Delphi and Collins & Aikman as new “super supplier”?
 		06.10.2005
PET
Packaging resins continue to expand share of polyester market / New CMAI study
 		22.09.2005
PLASTICS MACHINERY
Business confidence for 2006 higher despite slowdown in China / Euromap trend survey
 		22.09.2005
RUSSIAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Growth in all segments / Packaging leads uses / High tech imports needed “Interplastica” show
 		22.09.2005
PMMA
Global capacities above 1m t / New plants mainly in Asia / Speciality products lead to additional applications / Strong growth expected for TFT and LCD displays.
 		22.09.2005
PLASTIC PIPES
Modest growth of 2% a year in Europe / Total production of 3m t / Italy now ahead of Germany in volume terms / Overcapacities will lead to further structural change / New AMI market study
 		22.09.2005
RECYCLING
WRAP project produces food grade HDPE from milk containers / Waste minimisation funding
 		08.09.2005
PLASTICS ADDITIVES
New Rapra report with data for 2000-2004
 		08.09.2005
PET RECYCLING
Post-use collection rises by 8.5% in 2004 / Growth in bottle “exports” to Asia ends
 		08.09.2005
SPECIALITY ADDITIVES
Consumption driven by plastics demand / Freedonia sees USD 6.8 bn market by 2009
 		08.09.2005
THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS
European growth of 4.5% / Sport, leisure and footwear main applications / AMI study
 		08.09.2005
PE FILM
UK consumption and imports hit record levels
 		25.08.2005
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