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1. Door opens to natural fibres in PUR (02-03-2012)
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   Sonderhoff presented a 40% flax fibre reinforced polyurethane at the FSK plastic foam industry association's symposium, held at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, last year.
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2. Plast 2012: special innovation supplement (02-02-2012)
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   Organisers of the Plast exhibition in Milan, Italy in May say more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries have signed up for the event. This was the total up to 31 December 2011, and the final number is likely to be more as applications for stands have continued to be submitted in recent weeks. European Plastics News will publish an Italian plastics supplement to co-incide with the event.
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3. Lukoil to invest in Ukraine’s Karpatneftekhim (02-01-2012)
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   Russian oil giant Lukoil plans to invest more than €45m this year in the expansion of its Ukrainian petrochemical asset Karpatneftekhim, Ukraine’s largest producer of petrochemical products, according to Sergei Chmyhalov, head of Karpatneftekhim.
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4. Teklas uses PP in WIT production (02-01-2012)
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   The use of unreinforced polypropylene from Schulman in water assist injection moulding technology (WIT) is enabling Turkish company Teklas Kaucuk to make ducts with integrated flexible bellow sections.
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5. IKV colloquium shows breakthroughs (02-02-2012)
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   The IKV plastics processing institute at the RWTH Rhineland Westphalia university in Aachen, Germany, is holding its 26th international biannual plastics technology colloquium on 7-8 March 2012. With more than 50 presentations in 14 sessions and visits to the laboratories, IKV says it is looking forward to attracting more than the 500 participants and 40 exhibiting companies who attended the 2010 event.
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6. Lanxess expanding in India and Brazil (02-01-2012)
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   The western Indian state of Gujarat is fast emerging as the next major auto hub. Lanxess AG is tapping into the market with local production, opening an engineering resins compounding plant in Jhagadia on 31 January.
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7. Aptar Pharma expands in India (02-01-2012)
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   France-based Aptar Pharma is hoping to expand its presence in the Indian medical market with a new manufacturing plant near Mumbai.
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8. Cepsa looks to spend in Europe and worldwide (02-02-2012)
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   Spanish oil and chemicals group Compañía Española de Petróleos (Cepsa) is undertaking a far reaching production expansion and upgrade programme across its petrochemicals business.
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9. PlastIndia claims title of world’s third largest plastics fair (02-02-2012)
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   If emerging markets are supposed to provide an economic lift to the world economy these days, India’s plastics sector seems ready to oblige, with its leaders opening the PlastIndia trade show on 1 February by predicting they’ll maintain double digit growth over the next decade.
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10. Poland’s Izo-Balex to set up PU panel plant (02-01-2012)
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    Polish plastics manufacturer Izo-Balex will set up a new polyurethane insulation panel plant in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. The company plans to invest as much as 38m zloty (€8.85m) at the production facility and create about 41 new jobs.
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1. Lanxess expanding in India and Brazil (02-01-2012)
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   The western Indian state of Gujarat is fast emerging as the next major auto hub. Lanxess AG is tapping into the market with local production, opening an engineering resins compounding plant in Jhagadia on 31 January.
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2. Lukoil to invest in Ukraine’s Karpatneftekhim (02-01-2012)
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   Russian oil giant Lukoil plans to invest more than €45m this year in the expansion of its Ukrainian petrochemical asset Karpatneftekhim, Ukraine’s largest producer of petrochemical products, according to Sergei Chmyhalov, head of Karpatneftekhim.
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3. Poland’s Izo-Balex to set up PU panel plant (02-01-2012)
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   Polish plastics manufacturer Izo-Balex will set up a new polyurethane insulation panel plant in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. The company plans to invest as much as 38m zloty (€8.85m) at the production facility and create about 41 new jobs.
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4. Aptar Pharma expands in India (02-01-2012)
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   France-based Aptar Pharma is hoping to expand its presence in the Indian medical market with a new manufacturing plant near Mumbai.
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5. Plast 2012: special innovation supplement (02-02-2012)
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   Organisers of the Plast exhibition in Milan, Italy in May say more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries have signed up for the event. This was the total up to 31 December 2011, and the final number is likely to be more as applications for stands have continued to be submitted in recent weeks. European Plastics News will publish an Italian plastics supplement to co-incide with the event.
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6. Cepsa looks to spend in Europe and worldwide (02-02-2012)
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   Spanish oil and chemicals group Compañía Española de Petróleos (Cepsa) is undertaking a far reaching production expansion and upgrade programme across its petrochemicals business.
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