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17.04.2013 ITALY  Non-biodegradable plastic bag ban to be enforced from late May / Cereplast gears up to supply

17.04.2013 RICOAL  Coal chemical company plans new polyolefin production in Rostov-on-Don / Start-up set for 2016

11.04.2013 ASIAN PLASTICS ECONOMY  Engineering polymer consumption on the rise / ASEAN countries increasingly catering to regional customers / Malaysia for medical devices, Singapore for electronics

09.04.2013 BELGIUM  Plastics and rubber products output falls 2.6% in 2012 / Negative business trend continues into 2013 / World's largest per capita plastics producer / Federplast survey

08.04.2013 POLYMER PRICES  North America March 2013: Producers manage to hike PE notations / January price escapade cripples PE sales as notations continue to fall / PVC drive starts to slow / PS still stable / Engineering thermoplastics continue to tread water

08.04.2013 COMPOSITES MARKET  Focus on automation and mass production capability / Expected growth of 6-8% per year / GRP applications take a back seat in Europe / JEC Show in Paris experiences continued growth

27.03.2013 PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY  Improving exports continue to drive production output / Overall manufacturing levels remain static / Germany is largest market / US shows good growth

14.03.2013 INEOS  Joint venture with Sinopec YPC to build China's largest phenol facility / At least 400,000 t/y capacity to come on stream in 2015

11.03.2013 ITALY  Plastics demand declines by 9% year-on-year / Consumption down to 1997 levels / Plastics packaging production falls to 3.3m t / Exports of plastic waste have almost dried up

08.03.2013 POLYMER PRICES  North America February 2013: PE moving sideways / PP contracts continue to rise despite spot market turnaround / PVC pointing upwards / PS receding again / Engineering thermoplastics mostly subdued despite cost pressure

08.03.2013 DOW  Arbitration court orders Kuwait group to pay final damages of USD 2.48 bn / Breach of contract suit over failed joint venture

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

13.02.2013 SUMITOMO  Chiba ethylene cracker to cease operations in 2015 / Responding to declining domestic demand and structural market shift

11.02.2013 GERMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING  Mixed plastics recyclers complain about dramatic dearth of sorted material / Call on industry to restructure itself

08.02.2013 SK CHEMICALS / TEIJIN  Plans for PPS joint venture in South Korea / Production of high-performance plastic scheduled to begin in 2016

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