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BOPP FILM Global demand rises by 5.5% to reach over 6m t in 2011 / Asia is powerhouse of growth / China accounts for 40% of worldwide production / Ongoing global market consolidation / New AMI report	29.05.2012
SOUTH AFRICA Demand for plastics picks up again / Good prospects for insulation materials / Significant increase in imports	28.05.2012
EUROPEN Revised guide to European packaging legislation is published / EU developments and national regulations	28.05.2012
POLYURETHANE FOAMS Irwin Seating latest US-company to join international price-fixing case	25.05.2012
GROUP DF Millionaire Dimtry Firtash invests heavily in revitalisation of Ukraine's petrochemical sector	25.05.2012
LANGE+RITTER Distributing Akzo Nobel additives	25.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Neo Group declares force majeure for PET from Klaipeda	24.05.2012
PLASTIC PACKAGING PAFA says new recycling targets have ignored industry research / No clear waste policy / Further infrastructure investment needed	24.05.2012
TAIWAN Environmental legislation could see planned cracker project relocated to Malaysia	24.05.2012
TICONA Full range of engineering plastics now available directly in Japan	24.05.2012
BASF New antioxidants plant in Singapore / Transfer of production from Japan / Completion in 2013	24.05.2012
ITALY Visitor numbers at leading plastics fair “Plast” down slightly / Share of Turkish, eastern European attendees grows / Excellent fair structure / Italy's plastics machinery sector under pressure	23.05.2012
THERMOFORMING Growth driven by packaging applications / Market expected to reach 3.9m t in 2017 / BCC Research	23.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Rhodia declares force majeure for Brazilian polyamide chain	22.05.2012
ALBEMARLE Exit from phosphorous flame retardants business / Avonmouth and Nanjing sites to cease production	22.05.2012
GREECE Plastics industry suffers from shrinking domestic demand / Packaging industry is one bright spot	22.05.2012
MITSUI Raising PP compound output across the globe / Acquisition in Brazil / Meeting increased demand from global automotive sector	22.05.2012
FEEDSTOCK MARKETS Shale gas revolution has North America celebrating a comeback in the ethylene chain / Previous heavyweight champion is back in the ring / Europe currently the loser / Cracker changeovers accelerate propylene and butylene bottlenecks	21.05.2012
TOSOH No. 1 VCM line in Nanyo complex resumes operations following November blast	21.05.2012
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Arkema places customers on strict PA 12 allocations / CDT deliveries expected to resume by year's end / Frenzied efforts to produce PA 10 substitutes / Force majeure remains in place for “Pebax” TPE and “Rilsamid” PA 12	21.05.2012
EPS Italian market has been stagnant for years / Demand pegged at 141,000 t in 2011	18.05.2012
BIOPLASTICS European Bioplastics industry group claims recent US report not scientifically backed-up / “Unbalanced conclusions”	18.05.2012
GERMANY Plastics producers raise 2011 output to 20.7m t / Revenues on the rise / Margins pressured by feedstock costs / PlasticsEurope Deutschland predicts “growth interval” in 2012	17.05.2012
ECO PLASTICS Continuum bottle recycling jv with Coca-Cola officially opened / Setting new industry standards for sustainable packaging / New bottles from old within six weeks	17.05.2012
PLASTICS PACKAGING Detailed 2011 figures for Germany released / Volume sales grow faster than sales by value / Margins pressured by high polymer prices / End markets apply the brakes because of high costs	15.05.2012

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