MOULD MANUFACTURING

AMBA says trading conditions are improving for US mould manufacturers / Plastics sales up in May

ITALY

Plastics and rubber machinery exports increasing at rapid pace / China overtakes France as second largest market / Assocomaplast announces new committee members

GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY

Order intake increases by 75% in 2010 / Output value of core machinery back at pre-crisis level this year? / China is global production leader but Germans remain the export champions

PLASTICS MACHINERY

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

ISRAEL

Demand for plastics machinery rising / Not yet back at pre-crisis levels / Germany is the leading supplier

PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY

German exports increase by over 26% / China remains top market / Growth seen in most regions worldwide

ITALY

Plastics and rubber machinery sector on steady road to recovery / Production levels reach EUR 3.6 bn in 2010

PLASTICS MACHINERY

German exports to China rise by 64% in 2010 / Sales volume nearly touches 2004 record

GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY

Strong recovery from crisis / Sales rise by 17% year-on-year / Output levels still shy of 2008

ITALY

Machinery export recovery contributes to production increase of 8% in 2010 / Fall in trade in Europe, but growth in Americas and Asia / Assocomaplast survey

PLASTICS MACHINERY

German exports to Russia slip further in 2010 / The leading supplier has a 42% market share

PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY

German exports to GCC member countries cave in by 32.7% in 2009 / VDMA industry association discerns an improvement in 2010

TAIWAN PLASTICS MACHINERY

Production value expected to reach USD 1.1 bn in 2010 / Exports expected to reach USD 9.4 bn / TAITRA presentation at “K 2010”

PLASTICS MACHINERY

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

PLASTICS MACHINERY

Year-on-year sales growth forecast is revised upward to 15% / Mood at K 2010 will be upbeat

GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY

H1 2010 above expectations / Sharp increase in order intake / “Ideal scenario” for K 2010

ITALY

Plastics machinery exports begin to recover from 2009 slump / Further stabilisation expected

GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY

Shock is wearing off / Business picking up since October / Exports are driving orders / Domestic market still weak / Injection moulding machines particularly hard hit / China is the new no. 1

GERMAN PLASTICS MACHINERY

Suppliers hit by piracy problems / VDMA takes action

PLASTICS AND RUBBER MACHINERY

German exports to Asia up / Orders among EU-27 down / Regional shifts as a result of the crisis