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AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY Associations call on EU commission for bold post-crisis recovery plan / Suppliers face falling revenues and rising debt across Europe	03.07.2020
PLASTIVALOIRE Car component supplier witnessed largely stable turnover / "Brutal decline" in current quarter due to Covid-19	30.06.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING Flexible formats to grow the fastest to 2024 / Demand growth in emerging markets to outperform world average / Smithers report	29.06.2020
CPI CARD / VISA Global launch of credit cards made from recycled PETG	29.06.2020
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Covid-19 crisis catches up with the sector in Germany / “Dramatic consequences” from second half year onwards / ZDB association expects zero growth at best / Non-residential construction particularly affected	26.06.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Industry takes a hard hit from Covid-19 / Many converters need the “ventilation” provided by the government	26.06.2020
MEDICAL ELASTOMERS Global market to expand by 6% annually to 2025 / Coronavirus pandemic drives up demand / Asia market to overtake Europe / Smithers report	25.06.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING French and German associations call for minimal regulation to implement EU's circular economy plan / Plastics tax does not take into account EPR contributions now in place	24.06.2020
RECYCLASS Guidance on assessing recyclability of PP containers published	24.06.2020
WIND TURBINE BLADES Global market set for “critical year” in 2020 / US and China primary drivers of growth / AMI report	24.06.2020
COVERIS EUR 10m upgrade for medical packaging production in Germany	23.06.2020
ARTIFICIAL GRASS Global market to recover from Covid-19 impact by 2022 / AMI Consulting report	22.06.2020
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST Expansion of US facility / Barrier packaging films for pharma market	19.06.2020
SERIOPLAST Italian packaging producer set for expansion / EUR 77m credit line for constructing three new plants	18.06.2020
PLASTIC PACKAGING Black is the new green? / Dark pigments and masterbatches without carbon black	18.06.2020
GURIT Gurit speeds up closure of aerospace plant in Switzerland due to Covid-19	16.06.2020
RECYCLASS Publication of methodology for assessing packaging recyclability	16.06.2020
SIMONA Acquisition of majority stake in aquaculture specialist Stadpipe / Boost for the application segment	15.06.2020
SENOPLAST Start-up of thermoformed sheet production in China / Panels for trains and cars	15.06.2020
SK CHEMICALS “Ecotria” food-contact copolyester grades with 30% recyclate	15.06.2020
LACTIPS French bioplastics producer stems EUR 13m equity increase / Backing from Mitsubishi Chemical and Bpifrance	12.06.2020
CORONAVIRUS Industry firms continue contributions for plastic masks and shields / Multiple collaborations and networks set up in Spain	11.06.2020
ALIAXIS Plastic pipe producer to focus on core activities / CEO Laurent Lenoir to depart	11.06.2020
SPAIN Plastic packaging tax to buffer heavy coronavirus spending	08.06.2020
VARROC LIGHTING SYSTEMS Production site in Poland opened	08.06.2020

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