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PLASTICS INDUSTRY IN SAUDI ARABIA
Gulf region with strong plastics processing industry / Booming economy fuels Arabplast in Dubai
 		02.06.2005
THERMOPLASTIC SHEET MARKET
European market growth continues / High level of consolidation / Pressure from end-users / PS is the dominant material / Steady growth / New AMI guide spotlights more than 700 companies
 		02.06.2005
PVC AND ENVIRONMENT
Progress Report 2005 on “Vinyl 2010” initiative / Sustainable development target again reached
 		02.06.2005
RAPID TECHNOLOGY
Additive fabrication market is booming
 		02.06.2005
GERMAN PLASTICS PRODUCERS
Output up again in 2004 / Turnover rise after years of decline / Margins “still under pressure”
 		02.06.2005
PET
Polymer prices increasingly dependent on feedstocks / PTA and MEG to stay high
 		19.05.2005
BELGIUM
Plastics processing industry sees recovery after two weak years / Converters may leave the mass market to low-cost competitors / Febelplast and Agoria Plastique discuss further consolidation
 		19.05.2005
TREXEL
“Mucell” process increases market penetration
 		05.05.2005
OPTICAL STORAGE MEDIA
Singulus expects market to remain weak / Steag Hamatech reports loss for 2004
 		05.05.2005
AUSTRIA
Injection moulding industry consumes 22% of plastics output / Move eastward / AMI study
 		05.05.2005
UK PROCESSING SECTOR
Higher prices hit profits / Companies expect to build stocks / Money for increased capacity
 		05.05.2005
COMPOSITES
Optimistic mood most prominent feature of JEC exhibition / Growth of 3% worldwide expected / Only 65% capacity use in Europe / Focus on process engineering / Recycling via “Green Label”
 		05.05.2005
EUROPEAN MACHINERY MARKET
Positive outlook for 2005 / New orders on the increase / Growth in the east / Euromap survey
 		07.04.2005
PLASTICS MACHINERY IN JAPAN
New record for injection moulding machinery output / New number three in worldwide market
 		07.04.2005
PLASTICS IN AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
Attendance at Mannheim congress steady / Plastics remain material of choice / Supply chain optimisation puts Tier 1 companies under pressure / OEMs want to pass on even more risks
 		07.04.2005
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