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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
UK RECYCLING
Development project to make food grade PET from bottle scrap / Completion by May
 		24.03.2005
SWITZERLAND
Plastics consumption rises to 163,000 t in 2004
 		24.03.2005
DUPONT
Entries invited to packaging awards scheme
 		24.03.2005
PLASTICS ECONOMY
Expectations of German-speaking players largely fulfilled / Pressure from raw materials
 		10.03.2005
MOBILE PHONE SUPPLIERS
Plastics converters continue to profit from booming demand / More pressure on Tier 1
 		10.03.2005
PLASTICS CONVERTERS
German sector feels pinch of price hikes in 2004 / Turnover up 3.6% / Margins tight
 		10.03.2005
ITALY
PET Engineering technology collaboration / San Pellegrino mineral water in PET bottles
 		10.03.2005
INJECTION MOULDING
German injection moulding market holds up well / 6% more firms since 2001 / AMI guide
 		10.03.2005
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Masterbatches advancing fast / Compounding shows strong growth / New AMI market guides
 		24.02.2005
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