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23.05.2012 ITALY  Visitor numbers at leading plastics fair “Plast” down slightly / Share of Turkish, eastern European attendees grows / Excellent fair structure / Italy's plastics machinery sector under pressure

22.05.2012 GREECE  Plastics industry suffers from shrinking domestic demand / Packaging industry is one bright spot

15.05.2012 PLASTICS PACKAGING  Detailed 2011 figures for Germany released / Volume sales grow faster than sales by value / Margins pressured by high polymer prices / End markets apply the brakes because of high costs

10.05.2012 INDIA  Supreme Court to consider total plastics ban / Anti-littering effort supported by TV station

10.05.2012 DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS  Agreement with China Lumena New Materials to market and sell PA 4.6 and PPS / Examining other options at cooperation

09.05.2012 THAILAND  Map Ta Phut accidents prompt government to set up new industry control regime / Explosion at Bangkok Synthetics leaves 12 dead / Dozens hurt as chlorine escapes from Aditya Birla Chemicals' plant

09.05.2012 ADVANCED  Saudi group sets up joint venture with Turkey's Bayegan / Integrated PP plant to go on stream in Turkey in 2015

09.05.2012 A. SCHULMAN  ICO Polymers' Verolanuova production plant moved to Gorla / New merged Italian site boasts two new lines

02.05.2012 PLASTICS TRADE  Spotlight on China's Zhang Mu Tou plastic trading centre in Dongguan / PIE visits regional hub for plastic buying and selling activities / EUR 1.2 bn in annual turnover

30.04.2012 PROPYLENE  Accelerated Chinese demand spurs new investments / UOP technology selected for two more China propylene projects / Start-ups expected in 2014

27.04.2012 CHINA  Record number of visitors at Chinaplas 2012 / Rising share in foreign attendees at world's second largest plastics fair / Processing sector focuses on sustainability / Increasingly difficult market environment / Domestic demand needs to grow

27.04.2012 OPP FILM  Latin America's largest BOPP producer buys new BOPET line purchased from Brückner Machinenbau / Start-up expected in early 2013

26.04.2012 DOW  New UK technical centre for PU elastomers and systems / Third recent investment in PU innovation

24.04.2012 CHINA  Merger of key plastics industry groups creates China Synthetic Resin Marketing Association / Tasked with aiding government draw up, implement plastics policies / Resins market continues to grow / PIE exclusive with group head Zheng Kai

20.04.2012 US INSULATION MARKET  Demand to grow 7.8% annually / Rebounding building construction market drives gains / Foamed plastic use set to rise to USD 3.9 bn in 2016 / Freedonia report

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