LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE

Critical skill shortage in plastics processing industries intensifies / Germany needs almost 500,000 foreigners per year; shortage of working migrants in Italy and Spain – study / PIE talks to industry experts

TUBES MARKET

Deliveries of European tube makers in 2023 flat at previous year's level / Cautious optimism for H1

TUBES MARKET

Deliveries of flexible products edge higher in H1 / Pharma demand rises 5% / Household, technical sales plummet

TUBES MARKET

European tube deliveries rise nearly 2% in 2022 / Industry group optimistic for H1 2023 / Energy prices dip as labor cost rise

EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET

Sales up 1% in first half of 2022 / Energy, inflation, recession concerns loom

EUROPEAN TUBES MARKET

Market still resilient in second year of pandemic / Manufacturers complain about exploding costs / Muted optimism for 2022

NEOPAC HUNGARY

Name change for Tu-Plast Tubeproducing / Oláh to be new managing director

HOFFMANN NEOPAC

New tube production line in Hungary