Market data 
Mexico’s plastics industry grew 10% to just over $20bn (€15.3bn) in 2011, measuring processed products, resins and equipment
24 January 2012
Global demand for plastics processing machinery is projected to rise 6% annually through 2015, according to a new market study
18 January 2012
The IK Industrievereinigung trade association says plastic packaging companies have “more positive expectations” than in the last quarter of 2011, despite anticipating higher raw material prices
11 January 2012
The latest analysis from German group Ceresana Research shows the Eurozone debt crisis is affecting the mood of plastics companies in western Europe, but it has only had a small impact on the worldwide plastics industry’s confidence levels.
23 December 2011
Assocomaplast, the association of Italian plastics and rubber machinery producers, has announced the industry’s estimated turnover for 2011, showing growth of 11.1%. Production value increased from €3.6bn in 2010 to €4bn this year
21 December 2011
The US plastics industry is continuing its slow recovery from the recession of 2008-09, and industry officials are optimistic about the future.
16 December 2011
The consumption of polyethylene pipes in Russia could grow by about 18-19% this year compared to 2010, according to recent forecasts from Myron Gorilovsky, head of Polyplastic, one of Russia’s largest producers of plastic pipes and engineering plastics
14 December 2011
The forthcoming and long-awaited entry of Russia into the WTO will result in a change in the balance of power in the Russian polymers market, but will not lead to a sharp increase in imports, as some experts predict
30 November 2011
Mexico’s plastics industry association has revised upward its 2011 growth estimate for the sector
29 November 2011
The outlook for the plastics caps and closures market is less positive than it was a year ago, according to Dominic Cakebread, director of packaging services at research group Canadean
8 November 2011
Global demand for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is forecast to rise 6.3% per year to 5.6m tonnes in 2015, according to a new report from Freedonia
6 October 2011
Research conducted on behalf of a consortium of European plastics bodies reveals that China has snatched the plastics producer top spot from Europe
3 October 2011
PlasticsEurope has unveiled the results of the first-ever study on polyolefins recycling and recovery rates in rigid applications in Europe
30 September 2011
A German plastics industry association says its members are more cautious about their economic futures, despite a slowdown in the increase in raw material prices
29 September 2011
Last year saw a robust recovery in foreign deliveries by German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers, according to a news release by the VDMA, the German Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association
26 September 2011
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