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28.02.2013 UK PLASTICS INDUSTRY  Optimism for 2013 falls as economic woes continue to exert pressure / Exports affected by euro crisis / Former BPF president Brian Mann set to retire

18.02.2013 GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS  Industry association GKV cautiously optimistic for 2013 after flat 2012 / Concerns about volatile polymer supply, high energy costs and cheaper competition

06.02.2013 TURKEY  Plastics industry grows strongly again in 2012 / Processing business expands by around 9% / Nevertheless, margins under increasing pressure and investment activity declines / Highly dependent on international raw material markets

04.02.2013 FRANCE  Plastics processing sector posts losses in 2012 / Situation not expected to improve this year

01.02.2013 US PIPE MARKET  Over 6% growth forecast to 2016 as construction industry sees turnaround / Steel remains top material in value terms / PVC remains leading resin / Freedonia report

18.01.2013 TENCATE  Acquisition of UK thermoset composites producer Amber Composites

11.01.2013 US PLASTIC FILM MARKET  Demand to grow by 1.8% annually to 2016 / Material performance and source reduction will drive gains / LLDPE remains leading material / Freedonia survey

17.12.2012 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW  Borealis' executive vice president Polyolefins Alfred Stern talks to PIE about the global and European market situation and the company's experiences with “Borstar”

28.11.2012 AVTOTOR  Cooperation with Canadian automotive supplier Avtotor / Manufacturing cluster to be established in Kaliningrad

21.11.2012 BRAZIL  Domestic plastics processing industry unable to meet rising polymer demand / Imports increasingly important / China most important feedstock supplier

20.11.2012 PLASTICS MARKETS  European polymer output sees downward trend in H1 2012 / Slight recovery in processing segment / Automotive and packaging stable / Moderate growth in consumption in 2011 / PlasticsEurope report

19.11.2012 EUROPEAN ROTATIONAL MOULDING  Cautious recovery in 2012 / Continued economic uncertainty hits infrastructure projects / AMI report

14.11.2012 PET FILM  Expiry of anti-dumping measure relating to products from Brazil, India and Israel

08.11.2012 KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST  EUR 39.6m investment to raise output in China, Brazil and Portugal / Adding 137 employees

30.10.2012 EXXONMOBIL  BOPP films business to be sold to India's Jindal PolyFilm / Merged capacity totals 480,000 t/y

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