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Ceresana: New Market Study Polypropylene

01.08.2017 - Polypropylene (PP) is the second most important standard plastic after polyethylene, compatible with many processing technologies, and used for the most diverse applications ranging from packaging to household appliances, clothes, and vehicles. Ceresana analyzed the global market for polypropylene already...

Assocomaplast: Market for italian machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber from is holding

31.03.2014 - Assocomaplast (the Italian trade association belonging to CONFINDUSTRIA, which groups to-gether some 165 makers of machinery, moulds and equipment for plastics and rubber) has completed the year 2013 balance sheet for the sector (see table below), incorporating ISTAT foreign trade data. Recovery...

Maack Business Services announces PEPP, SPF plastics conference dates for 2011

20.01.2011 - Conference organizer Maack Business Services’ global technology and business forum for the polyethylene and polypropylene sectors, PEPP, will once again be at the Swissotel in Zurich this year, on September 21 and 22. MBS is planning sessions covering latest developments in materials and polymerisation...

VDMA: Russia an Important Market for Plastics and Rubber Machinery

09.12.2010 - German Exports to Russia during the current period (January to October 2010) only reached a value of 76.6 Mio. EUR, which is a decline in shipments of 20.7 % compared to the same period in 2009. Russia stays on third place in the list of the most important destinations for German plastics and rubber...

VDMA: The Middle East an Important Market for Plastics and Rubber Machines

18.11.2010 - In 2009 German exports of plastics and rubber machines to the six countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) reached a value of 110 Mio. Euro. Compared to the previous year, they went down by 32.7 %. The decline in export volume is a consequence of the worldwide economic crisis in 2009. The...

ifo: Further Fall in the Ifo World Economic Climate Indicator

17.11.2010 - The Ifo World Economic Climate clouded over in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the second time in succession. However, the indicator is still above its long-term average. The slight decline in the world economic indicator is solely attributable to the weakening of expectations for the coming six months....

ifo: Euro Area - Economic Climate Indicator Rises Marginally

10.11.2010 - The Ifo indicator for the economic climate in the euro area rose once again marginally in the fourth quarter, and is now only slightly below its long-term average. The assessments of the current economic situation were considerably more favourable than in the third quarter of 2010. The expectations...

Frost & Sullivan: Eastern Europe and Niche Applications Stimulate the European Polymer Blends Market

14.07.2010 - Hard hit by the global economic slowdown in 2009, the European polymer blends and alloys market is on the upswing again, thanks mainly to high growth potential in Eastern Europe, particularly for electronics applications. Electronic housing and computer-related applications will be the main development...

MBS: Polyolefins congress highlights key industry issues

26.11.2009 - Key business and technology issues facing the polyethylene and polypropylene supply chains got a good airing at the PEPP 2009 global congress on polyolefins organized by Maack Business Services in Zurich in October. This annual meeting regularly attracts representatives from virtually all the world’s...

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