GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS

Margins squeezed tightly by record polymer prices / Supply shortages worsen situation

GERMAN PLASTICS ECONOMY

More than half of industry's players return to or surpass pre-crisis performance levels in 2010 / A few still struggling / Capital spending and employment now increasing / Record participation in “KI Dialogue”

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

GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS

What goes down must come up / Sales continue to rise / Production volumes picked up in H1 2010 / Technical components highly volatile

K 2010

World's leading plastics show opens in Düsseldorf / Centre of the plastics universe / Industry has climbed out of the trough and put on its running shoes / Confidence is growing, but will the upswing be sustainable?

GERMAN PLASTICS CONVERTERS

Double-digit sales, production setback in 2009 / Industry advises caution on speed of recovery