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26.01.2012 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING  North American market grows to USD 18.3 bn in 2010 / Strong recovery follows 6% contraction in 2009 / Alcan Packaging acquisition takes Bemis into dominant position / PCI Films report

25.01.2012 ITALY  Legislative guidelines for non-biodegradable bag ban finally passed / Some controversy remains

25.01.2012 GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY  Slower growth in H2 2011 / Stabilisation at high level looks likely in 2012 / Euro crisis looms on the horizon

20.01.2012 US ASEPTIC PACKAGING  Demand to rise by 8% per year to USD 5.1 bn in 2015 / Pharmaceutical market dominates applications / Beverage gains driven in part by drive to replace BPA / Freedonia reports

17.01.2012 POLYMER PRICES  China January 2012: 34m t of standard thermoplastics produced in 2011 / Imports exceed 23m t / Three leading trade centres determine polymer pricing / First in a new series of special reports

12.01.2012 BASF / SINOPEC  Second Nanjing expansion phase completed / USD 1.4 bn project / New acrylic acid plant

06.01.2012 PIC  Kuwaiti group plans new PET complex in Saudi Arabia / QPIC subsidiary to build hub in Al Jubail

06.01.2012 POLYMER PRICES  North America December 2011: Quiet end to the year / Struggles over hikes for indexed PE / PP tending slightly downward / PVC and styrene have bottomed out / Engineering plastics still weak / Benzene makes a comeback in January

05.01.2012 CHINA  Dalian city officials reportedly retract promise to relocate Fujia Dahua's PX plant / Citizens threaten renewed protest action

03.01.2012 SCOTT & FYFE  Fournier Matériaux Composites appointed “Polymat” distributor in France

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 ITALY  Exports increase in plastics and rubber processing machinery / Germany remains largest market / Far East sales to increase by 30% / Credit insurance problem for exporters / Assocomaplast forecasts

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

16.12.2011 QATAR  Follow-up: Shell and Qatar Petroleum ink deal on scope of proposed Ras Laffan petrochemical hub / Output to go towards growing Asian markets

14.12.2011 FEEDSTOCK MARKETS  Shell test drills confirm shale gas reserves in China's Sichuan basin / Sinopec chairman says country's shale gas reserves surpass those of US

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