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24.07.2014 CUPS AND LIDS MARKET  US consumption to reach USD 10 bn in 2018 / Lid demand growth to outpace cups / Foodservice market will remain largest application sector / Freedonia report

21.07.2014 PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY  Exports rise again in first quarter led by China / Imports remain weak / "Much-needed injection of confidence"

18.07.2014 FRANCE  Ban on lightweight plastic bags from 2016 / Retail associations warn of additional costs to the consumer of EUR 300m per year

08.07.2014 SOUTH AFRICA  Commodity plastics consumption to grow by 4.7% per year to 2017 / Growing demand for packaged foods / Frost & Sullivan report

04.07.2014 MITSUBISHI / SABIC  Plans for Saudi MMA and PMMA complex finalised / Start-up targeted for mid-2017

01.07.2014 SHALE GAS  Spain's constitutional court throws out fracking ban / Some estimate reserves as high as 1.4 tr cbm

01.07.2014 MEDICAL PLASTICS  Asia Pacific market to grow by 6.2% per year to 2017 / Improving regulations and investments to boost demand / Frost & Sullivan report

30.06.2014 SWITZERLAND  Plastics industry continues its decline in 2013 / Drop in volume of material processed / Companies report stable operations / Construction and packaging sectors hope for economic improvement

27.06.2014 ITALY  Plastics sector still in crisis mood / Consumption of all polymers declines in 2013

18.06.2014 UK INDUSTRY  Growth in output boosted by plastic and rubber sector / Highest production in 40 years

17.06.2014 PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY  VDMA revises down 2014 sales prediction / Orders in Germany boosted by investment in plant and equipment / Foreign export growth to slow

17.06.2014 NOVA CHEMICALS  First barrels of ethane from Bakken Shale formation arrive in Joffre / New feedstock mix should enable full-scale production at group's PE plants

12.06.2014 INEOS / SASOL  Plans for HDPE joint venture finalised / Debt-financing details being worked out

11.06.2014 WOOD PLASTIC COMPOSITES  US-residential construction helps drive up demand by 9.8% annually / Market to reach USD 5.5 bn in 2018 / Freedonia report

10.06.2014 EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY  EU chemicals output continues to rise in Q1 despite petrochemicals decline / Polymers production grows by 1.3% in March / Cefic data

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