VDMA

Plastics machinery: "Blue Competence" initiative to promote sustainability / Launch at Fakuma fair

YEAR IN REVIEW

Plastics industry braces for fresh surprises and more business as usual in 2012 / Price volatility and economic uncertainty / For some segments 2011 beats expectations / Fracking and plastic bag ban are key issues

EUROMAP

Industry recovery brings output close to record set in 2008 / Asian upswing dents Europe's global share

PLASTICS MACHINERY

Plastics processors can achieve 20% saving in energy consumption by 2020 / Data from Euromap study

PLASTICS MACHINERY

Euromap: European plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers could cut 20% machine-related energy by 2020

YEAR IN REVIEW

Plastics economy bounces back from crisis in 2010 / Truly remarkable year sees demand, prices, industry sentiment improve / Structural changes are emerging / Dawn of Asian century near?

PLASTICS MARKETS

Worldwide production plummets in 2009 / Slump in polymer consumption throughout Europe / PVC and engineering plastics hardest hit / Horizon much brighter in 2010 / PlasticsEurope report

PLASTICS MACHINERY

Euromap predicts double-digit growth in 2010 / Production caved in by 24.5% in 2009

FAIRS

“Chinaplas” goes green / Over 2,100 exhibitors expected to participate in bigger plastics show