Operations continue amid production stoppages and Covid-19 measures / Supply chains largely intact / Automotive ordering grinds to a halt / Some services offered at the weekend

Machinery makers in operation / Sluggish delivery surfacing / Lombardy's Radici running production with required coronavirus precautions

Slump in foreign trade hits Italian manufacturers in 2019 / Imports hit harder than exports / Sales to US and China rise

Chinese plastics machinery makers increase focus on exports and R&D / Global economic uncertainties hit H1 profits

Euromap reports declining business / Ray of hope in increasing use of recycled materials

Italian processors suffer from economic slowdown / Trade with Germany contracts

US sees second-quarter sales recovering slightly

Amaplast appoints Dario Previero as president / Industry sees positive growth trend in 2018

Domestic sales fall quarter-on-quarter, rise year-on-year / Exports ebb slightly in Q1 / Weaker economy and trade issues cloud outlook

Deteriorating outlook for 2019 as orders fall in Q1 / Growth in 2018 lower than anticipated / China takes top export position

40% of domestic packaging companies planning investments / European plastics machinery association Euromap seeks opportunities

Plastics machinery shipments rise 8% in Q4 2018 / Market conditions likely to improve in 2019 / Plastics Industry Association reports

European sector lifted by growing polymer demand and prices / Ongoing market consolidation / New investments in Eastern European sites / AMI report

Foreign sales see sharp slowdown in first three quarters of 2018 / Middle East exports slump / Cautious outlook for 2019

Trade balance drops in first half of 2018 / Weaker sales in Middle East / Optimism for year-end results