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12.01.2012 EUROPEAN PLASTICS RECYCLING  SuperCleanQ consortium receives EUR 1.9m EU funding to improve process and quality procedures / Focus on food contact applications by 12 companies and organisations

11.01.2012 PLASTICS PACKAGING  German companies positive about business in 2012 / Raw material prices on the up / Margins under threat again

04.01.2012 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Spanish authorities hand down fines in price fixing case / Linpac blows the whistle / ILPA-ILIP and Veripack charged

02.01.2012 BARRIER PACKAGING  US market to grow 1.5% per year to 2016 / Multilayer packaging becomes more sophisticated / Latest BCC study

23.12.2011 STRETCH AND SHRINK FILM  US demand predicted to rise by 3.3% per year to USD 2.4 bn in 2015 / Resins demand to rise to 860,000 t / Latest Freedonia study

23.12.2011 ELECTRONIC ENCLOSURES  Plastics use in electronic enclosures growing at 6.1% per year / Surge in new products drives downsizing and thin-walling / BCC Research reports

21.12.2011 CARDIA BIOPLASTICS  Trial supply of bioplastic kitchen bags to select Nanjing residents / Meeting China's bioplastic goals / Plans to apply model to other Chinese cities

20.12.2011 DUPONT  US “Tedlar” plant in start-up mode / State aid

20.12.2011 PLASTIC OMNIUM  Automotive division plans to build 20 new production facilities by 2015 / Launching own prepreg manufacture for composite parts

20.12.2011 COCA-COLA  Deals with three biotechnology companies to speed up development of 100% bio-based “PlantBottle” / Virent, Gevo and Avantium to develop their respective technologies / Replacing petroleum-based PTA with plant-based PTA

16.12.2011 PLASTIC TECHNOLOGIES  New app to calculate the intrinsic viscosity of PET blends

12.12.2011 KANEKA  CPVC joint venture with Mitsui and Meghmani Organics in India / USD 120m investment / Start-up planned for 2014 / Output to go towards meeting subcontinent's rising CPVC needs

09.12.2011 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Study by Austrian consultancy highlights environmental and economic superiority over alternative materials / Executive summary now available for download

01.12.2011 INDIA  Commerce ministry agrees to enhance packaging industry standards / Boost to USD 23 bn market

01.12.2011 LG ELECTRONICS  Raising washing machine and refrigerator production in Poland / Plans to significantly increase market share in Europe

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