BIAXPLEN

EUR 40m BOPP line starts up in Russian Samara region / Output to be sold to European markets as well

PLASTICS MACHINERY MARKET

China key to European plastics machinery suppliers / Domestic sales increasing in importance / Market accounts for 10% of Euromap exports in 2012 / “Chinaplas” in Shanghai gets underway

BOPP FILM MARKET

Plant expansion still too fast for healthy consumption growth / Capacity utilisation below 70% / Consolidation unavoidable / Situation in China unclear / Middle East expands single-mindedly

BRÜCKNER

Portugal's film producer Casfil invests in BOPP line

VACMET

Indian packaging materials producer starts BOPP film business / Machinery from Brückner

OPP FILM

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

SRF

New BOPP film line from Brückner / First foray into the biaxially oriented PP film market

BRÜCKNER

New BOPET line for China's Jiangsu Suqian

PLASTCHIM-T

Second joint BOPP film project with Brückner / Energy efficient 18,000 t/y production line started