TURKEY

Plastics industry slowly starts to grow again / Gains still fall short of expectations / Europe's second largest processing country / Few changes on the imports front / Pagev highlights the need to improve competitiveness

TURKEY

Plastics Rubber and Composites Sector Assembly established / Legal platform to serve the industry / Pagev's Yavuz Eroglu elected first chairman

ASSOCIATIONS

Turkey's Pagev and PlasticsEurope sign declaration of collaboration / Emphasise need to address common problems

PLAST EURASIA

Istanbul-based plastics fair sees record number of visitors

FAIRS

Annual “Plast Eurasia” fair takes place in Istanbul in early December

EVENTS

“Second International Plastic Packaging Technologies Congress” held in Istanbul in mid-October

FAIRS

“Plast Eurasia” to kick off with “Automotive Plastics” conference / Istanbul-based fair will be held in early December

TURKEY

Plastics industry continues to see solid growth rates / Europe's second largest plastics processing country / More than 8m t of polymers converted in 2013 / Activities centre around Istanbul / Strongly dependent on feedstock imports

PLAST EURASIA

More than 40,000 visitors from 90 countries at recent Turkish plastics exhibition / Broader international reach / Record number of exhibitors

POLYONE

Commissioning of Turkish production facility

FAIRS

Plast Eurasia 2013: Istanbul preparing to host Turkish and international plastics industry in December / More than 40,000 visitors expected

EVENTS

Pagev VIII. Turkish Plastics Industry Congress: “Plastic Applications for Food Industry” in Istanbul / Call for Papers

TURKEY

Visitor numbers at Plast Eurasia 2012 rise 23% year-on-year / Foreign visitor numbers up 41% over 2011 / Exhibitor numbers increase by 10% / Next fair held in December 2013

EVENTS

“Seventh Pagev Turkish Plastics Industry Congress” ahead of “Plast Eurasia 2012” in Istanbul

FAIRS

More than 1,000 exhibitors expected at “Plast Eurasia” 2012

FAIRS

"Plast Eurasia 2012" in Istanbul

EVENTS

Third “GPCA Plastics Summit” in Dubai

TURKEY

Plastics industry continues to boom / Processing sector expected to grow by 15% in 2011 / Extremely dependent on raw material imports / Saudi Arabia by far most important plastics supplier / Industry association Pagev reports

FAIRS

Exhibitor numbers up 30% at "Plast Eurasia" 2011 in Istanbul / Turkey's plastics production reaches 7m t

TURKEY

Plastics sector growing at 15% a year / 670,000 t of plastics produced in 2009 / Packaging is leading application / Highly dependent on exports to meet raw material demand

TURKEY

Europe's fourth-largest plastics converter processed 3.5m t of plastics in 2009 / Packaging applications lead the way / Extrusion as most common processing technique / AMI reports

TURKEY

Plastics industry on the road to recovery / Petkim to invest USD 60m in additional restructuring / Feedstock access crucial for future development