ITALY

Plastics industry in strong recovery mode in 2015 / Thermoplastics consumption rises by 3% to 5.5m t / Strong acceleration in Q4 / Demand from automotive segment particularly high / Biotechnology continues to play an important role

LA SEDA

Selenis takes Artenius Italia / Cristian Lay group said to invest EUR 10m at El Prat and Tarragona / APPE to sell as a complete unit