EuPC European Plastics Converters

EuPC's “The Future of Plastics Packaging” conference draws close to 100 participants / Key presentations by industry representatives and policy-makers

Plastics trade groups present joint proposals / Shaping EU sustainability package

Global production increasingly consolidated / PS market declining / Capacity expansions in Asia / Worldwide EPS demand continues to rise / Germany is the exception / Insulation segment largely switching to grey EPS

EuPC conference on “The Future of Plastics Packaging” to take place in Brussels in September

European converters remain a competitive force / Sector increasingly threatened by insecure raw material supply, high costs and foreign players / Innovation and client proximity strongpoints for continental companies / New study by EuPC and Wieselhuber

Awards for best polymer supplier presented at EuPC annual meeting in Lyon / Repsol takes prizes for innovation and HDPE / “Unique insight” into supply chain dynamics

“MedPharmPlast Europe conference” to take place in Strasbourg later this month

Renolit CEO Michael Kundel unanimously re-elected as EuPC president / European plastics processors must work together to defend their interests

EuPC Annual Meeting to spotlight circular economy / Study and awards presentation in Lyon

European plastics converters alliance calls on EU to suspend tariffs on polymer imports / Processors increasingly anxious in the face of tighter PP and PE availability

“Placard” project on cashew nut shell-based PVC plasticiser continues to progress / Last phase of EU-funded research underway

Claude Clément elected as chairman of EuPC Automotive and Transport division

EuPC “Food Contact Plastics Seminar” postponed following Brussels attacks / New date to be announced later this year

First EuPC and Polymer Comply Europe “REACH Workshop” successfully concluded / Follow-up event later this year

“Plastics Recycling Show” cancelled following Brussels attacks / Second time terror forces event to be abandoned / Belgian capital on lockdown

New heads for EuPC's Building and Construction working groups

Award for best European plastics producers launched / Voting open until mid-May / Study planned to assess European converters' competitiveness

CEFEP group representing leading insulation producers joins EuPC

Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Federation launched / Focus on lobby work and public awareness

First European Plastics Innovation Awards bestowed / Seven categories

“Food Contact Plastics Seminar” held in Brussels in April

Plastics organisations critical of EU's revised proposals / Waste reduction targets seen as insufficient / Landfilling will still be allowed / Recyclers call new package “light” version

“Biodegradables” part of the marine litter problem, not the solution / UNEP report

German plastics fair meets expectations / Rising internationality among visitors / Movers and shakers attend / Aside from VW crisis, sector mood mostly upbeat

International plastics fair opens its doors / More than 1,750 exhibitors from 38 countries