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23.10.2015 BIOPLASTICS  Global growth rates remain high / Degradable and bio-based polymers still niche materials / Market dominated by drop-in applications / Europe is leading production region / 5m t of bio-PET for bottles by 2018

23.10.2015 UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Unipetrol's Litvinov cracker only expected to restart in July 2016 / Outage impacts Q3 results

22.10.2015 VORWERK  Renewed expansion of “Thermomix” production in France / Food processors now account for most sales

21.10.2015 PACKAGING RECYCLING  Germany's PET bottle recycling rate stands at 94% / Use of rPET rising / Europe still has a lot of catching up to do / GVM packaging research

21.10.2015 SUMITOMO DEMAG  Hungarian subsidiary established / Further investments planned / New head of sales appointed for machinery division

20.10.2015 FAKUMA  German plastics fair meets expectations / Rising internationality among visitors / Movers and shakers attend / Aside from VW crisis, sector mood mostly upbeat

19.10.2015 RECYCLING MARKET FRANCE  French warrantor Valorplast lowers redemption price for PET and polyolefin bales / Validity of current economic model increasingly questioned

19.10.2015 ASHLAND  New distribution deals for Scandinavia

19.10.2015 TREXEL  Brian Bechard becomes CEO at “MuCell” inventor

16.10.2015 INTERVIEW  “Our industry needs reliable suppliers!” / IK president Roland Roth on the situation on the polyolefin market / Need for more choice / US processors could become a threat

16.10.2015 EUROPEAN TUBE MARKET  Stability prevails in H1 2015 despite difficult business environment / Increased raw material costs add concern / Demand for plastic tubes declines, but laminates see gains / ETMA members report

15.10.2015 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Dow confirms that Tarragona cracker is offline / Repairs in progress

15.10.2015 SOLVAY  Acquisition of German compounder Epic Polymers / Focus on long fibre-reinforced materials for automotive applications

15.10.2015 PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN  Spanish household recycling up 10.7% in 2014 / Improved sorting

15.10.2015 B.BRAUN  Medical technology provider launches large investment in France / Expansion of plastics processing activities

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