BOPET FILMS

Global demand to grow 5.6% per year to 2023 / China and India see fastest growth / Wood Mackenzie report

PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY

Automotive industry hitting the brakes is noticeable in the first quarter / Decline in sales of technical parts / Picture is one of uncertainty

PLASTICS INDUSTRY UK

Recycling programme Wrap reports on "UK Plastics Pact" progress / Strides made in removing PS and black plastics from packaging as well as single-use items

CHINAPLAS 2019

Record number of visitors at Guangzhou venue / Strong focus on innovations in digitisation and e-cars / Trade dispute with US casts a shadow

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS

Polyethylene: Total reports a brief outage of line in Carling

RPC

PET container with transport of hazardous goods certification

SABIC

Compounded resins from chemically recycled PET bottles launched / Higher-value PBT materials with enhanced properties

INEOS COMPOUNDS

Plasticised PVC with Shore A hardness up to 30

MONDI

Flexible packaging from post-consumer plastics

DSM

E-car thermal management portfolio expanded with new PPS grade

MANAGEMENT

Global average payment duration fell to 65 days in 2018 in line with economic slowdown / China sees longest average payment term / Electronics and construction sectors suffer / Euler Hermes report

LOGISTICS

BASF invests in storage and ship capacities / Prevention measures in case of Rhine river becoming too shallow again

MANAGEMENT

Global insolvencies forecast to rise in 2019 led by China / Western Europe a key contributor to top business failures / North America to plateau / Euler Hermes report

UNITED KINGDOM

UK corporate insolvencies likely to rocket in the face of a "no-deal" Brexit / Atradius report

LOGISTICS

Massive increase in road freight costs in Germany