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“Balcony singing for the plastics industry” / Guido Marschall from plas.TV talks about his new video series

World's leading plastics and rubber trade fair underscores top position / Düsseldorf the industry's meeting point with 225,000 visitors making the trip / Percentage of international guests increases again / Circular economy a dominant topic

Mood in fibre-composite industry is clouding over / Automotive sector putting a brake on growth

Euromap celebrates “record” 2017 / Order books full despite hints of slowdown

Fifth “Plast Alger” has record visitor numbers

"Plast Alger" and "Printpack Alger" fairs will be held in March 2018 / Powered by "K" organiser Messe Düsseldorf

Second release of "Euromap 77" digital interface

German producers report excellent economic situation / Prospects a little dimmer / Composites Germany survey

"Chinaplas" industry fair showcases a country in transition / Will "Made in China" soon be tantamount to "Made in Germany"? / Close to 150,000 visitors attend Shanghai event

“Printpack Alger” and “Plast Alger” twin exhibitions to take place in Algiers in early April / Algeria a leading African importer of plastics and packaging technology

560 exhibitors expected at first edition of the international tool fair in Stuttgart in early May

New tooling fair “Moulding Expo Stuttgart” to make its debut in May 2015 / Support from European associations

PIE readers can attend upcoming “Equiplast” industry fair free of charge

Local office of German plastics machinery association holds first management meeting / Cautiously optimistic about 2014 / Germany supplies 25% of all plastics and rubber machinery imports

Composites Germany umbrella organisation joins EuCIA / Replaces AVK

Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in

Exports to China grow by almost 34% in 2013 / Japan is leading supplier of machinery to the People's Republic

Plast Alger: Biennial plastics fair slated for April in Algiers

Part 4 –International machinery manufacturers in expansion mode / German companies profit from spontaneous deals at “K 2013” / Italian players are moderately optimistic

Inaugural "Plastprintpack" to showcase growing importance of West Africa

Anti-counterfeit pigments available utilising infrared technology

1-day Chinaplas B2B conference well received / Focus on OEMs and sustainable packaging in China / View to challenges the global plastics industry must address / 200 participants attend kick-off Guangzhou

Exports to China fall in 2012 / Germany remains largest exporter and increases dominance over Japanese competitors

Exports climb by 2.3% in 2012 / Sales to China fall 16%

More than 20,000 visitors attend “Interplastica 2013” / Success testifies to revival of the Russian market