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PET BOTTLES
Plastics continue to make inroads into the beer market / Schönwald multi-client study
 		17.11.2005
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Concentration in the supply sector continues / Are European players takeover targets, too?
 		03.11.2005
ENVIRONMENT
UK campaign discourages use of free carrier bags / Project support from top supermarkets
 		03.11.2005
RECYCLING
New WEEE directive will lead to new materials / Resale value to influence the choice of plastics
 		03.11.2005
PACKAGING
France bans non-degradable plastic bags from 2010 / Concern for environment, agriculture
 		03.11.2005
AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Bankrupt suppliers flee into chapter 11 / Delphi and Collins & Aikman as new “super supplier”?
 		06.10.2005
CAPS AND CLOSURES
Plastics take firm hold as metal declines / Smaller suppliers may quit the market
 		11.08.2005
WINDOW MARKET
PVC to take 50% of CEE consumption by 2007 / 8.4m units in 2004 / New wealth drives growth
 		28.07.2005
BEVERAGE PACKAGING
PET increasingly sets the pace / Technology developments / Inroads into beer market
 		16.06.2005
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
DUPONT
Entries invited to packaging awards scheme
 		24.03.2005
ITALY
PET Engineering technology collaboration / San Pellegrino mineral water in PET bottles
 		10.03.2005
WINTER SPORTS
Consolidation proceeds / Europeans targeted / Pressure on equipment prices / World´s largest ski producer Rossignol threatened with takeover by US company / Blizzard sold to wood processor
 		10.02.2005
PACKAGING RECYCLING
Big names back UK recycling trials / Waste PET to be reused in food packaging applications
 		10.02.2005
INSULATION
EPS producers warn of “massive” price hikes
 		23.12.2004
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