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PLASTICS PACKAGING
German packaging producers start 2013 on an optimistic note, new IK association survey shows / Raw materials price situation remains tense
 		14.01.2013
US CAPS AND CLOSURES
Plastic accounts for 79% of demand as shift away from glass and metal packaging continues / Overall market to grow by 4.4% annually in 2016 / Freedonia report
 		09.01.2013
FOOD PACKAGING
Producers must be aware of the “rise of the consumer” / Packaging designs will be driven by informed shoppers demanding more from retailers / Linpac innovation manager speaks at AMI's “Thin wall packaging 2012" conference in Cologne
 		21.12.2012
INSULATION
Global demand to reach USD 60 bn by 2016 / Foamed plastic sees largest gains / Asia-Pacific spearheads growth / Latest Freedonia study
 		06.12.2012
RETAIL-READY PACKAGING
Global market reaches USD 54 bn in 2011 / Asia to lead gains with 6% average annual growth to 2017 / Worldwide retail market performance will influence demand increases / Smithers Pira report
 		03.12.2012
BRAZIL
Plastic packaging demand to rise by 4.9% per year to 2015 / Highest growth rates expected for PP and PET
 		30.11.2012
NORTH AMERICA
Rigid plastic packaging market to grow by 2.6% per year to 2017 / Flexible packaging growth predicted at 2.3% / Smithers Pira study
 		27.11.2012
EUROPEAN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Consumption grows by 2% in 2011 / Customers pay the price of rising costs / PCI Films report
 		12.11.2012
US PLASTIC CONTAINERS
Resin demand to exceed 6.4m t in 2016 / Market to reach USD 32 bn / Food and pharma applications expected to see fastest gains / PET and HDPE account for a combined 86% of production in 2011 / Freedonia report
 		05.11.2012
FRANCE
Flexible packaging producers face “difficult economic environment” / Business slowdown in 2012
 		22.10.2012
WORLD PROTECTIVE PACKAGING
Demand set to rise by 6.3% annually to 2016 / Increasing manufacturing output and consumer spending fuel gains / Asia Pacific will record highest growth / Freedonia report
 		11.10.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING
German plastics packaging association IK predicts economic decline in Q4 / Warns of rising feedstock costs, supply shortages
 		09.10.2012
AUTOMOTIVE MARKET
Suppliers suffer the brunt of declining sales figures / Growth driver China shows signs of weakness / Will the lull drag on until 2015?
 		02.10.2012
MEDICAL PLASTICS
Asia and Latin America drive global growth / US plastic devices market to expand by 5.2% per year to 2018 / Higher increases forecast for Europe / Pharmaceutical packaging gains in importance
 		05.09.2012
MEXICO
Automotive industry demand for engineering plastics expected to grow at nearly 10% per year / PC and PA lead the list
 		03.09.2012
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