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PLAST Only 38,000 visit Milan fair / Organisers still satisfied	19.09.2023
PLAST Italian fair reopens after five years / Visitor, exhibitor attendance lower than before pandemic / Market players mostly pessimistic / Green Deal or ‘Green Death?'	18.09.2023
ITALY Recyclate consumption rises in 2022 / Packaging, construction lead demand / Multiple factors expected to buoy growth	17.08.2023
EPS Italian demand rises to all-time high in 2022 / Rome reduces incentives	13.07.2023
ITALY Slowdown impacts consumption of polymers / Solid growth for plastics machinery sales in 2018 / Agreement with China could lead to investments in Italian ports	10.04.2019
INTERVIEW Plastic Consult's Paolo Arcelli talks to PIE about Italy's plastics industry / Communication and sustainability are challenges for sector / "There is ample room for growth, both in rigid and flexible packaging solutions"	10.04.2019
ITALY EPS consumption rising slightly / Higher demand from packaging sector	25.05.2018
ITALY Plastics sector looks back on good year / Growth above industry average with stellar prospects / Machinery manufacturing, “Industry 4.0” and digitalisation drive investments	29.03.2018
INTERVIEW Paolo Arcelli, director at Plastic Consult / Current views on plastics industry in Italy	29.03.2018
ITALY A country muddles through the swamp / Political warfare inhibits progress / Plastics consumption rises in 2016 / Auto industry orders more engineering thermoplastics / Can it compete internationally?	30.05.2017
ITALY Plastics industry in strong recovery mode in 2015 / Thermoplastics consumption rises by 3% to 5.5m t / Strong acceleration in Q4 / Demand from automotive segment particularly high / Biotechnology continues to play an important role	02.03.2016
ITALY Output of EPS for building and packaging slips in 2014 / Performance of two applications diverging	17.04.2015
ITALY Plastics consumption down in 2014 / Lack of investment / Too many small businesses / Only slight signs of recovery / Efforts to switch to "green" chemistry not sufficient / Study by Plastic Consult	17.03.2015
ITALY Thermoplastics consumption takes a deep cut in 2012 / PVC hardest hit / E&E industry struggles to combat poor domestic demand / Plastics processing segment one of the few bright spots in the country's industrial sector	21.08.2013
ITALY Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up	11.03.2013
ITALY One of the weakest links in the European industrial chain / Plastics machinery performs below average / Polymer production shrinking / Company formerly known as Polimeri to move more into specialities	30.05.2012