| Braskem : 2Q10 EBITDA grows 15% and exceeds R$ 1.0 billion |  | The foreign market of thermoplastic resins was characterized by price booms until May, when this tendency was reverted, due to the effects of European economic crisis aggravation and Chinese economy deceleration. This scenario caused a small inhibition in the demand for resins in the domestic market in June, as the clients opted for consuming all products in stock, waiting for a price realignment, which effectively started this month.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, RO, RU | | | Warm up for K-2010 on the pages of Plasportal! | | For plastics processing machinery makers, international trade fairs and exhibitions play an important role in acquiring new customers. The biggest such fair is the 'K' exhibition in Düsseldorf, where organizers expect more than 200,000 visitors and 3,000 exhibitors this fall.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, PL, RO, RS, RU | | | Dear readers, | | we will not publish a newsletter on August 2 and August 9. Our next newsletter will be published on August 16.
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| | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, PL, RO, RS, RU | | | Europe’s converted flexible packaging market worth EUR 20 billion | | Converted flexible packaging represents one of the most complex and dynamic sectors of the European packaging industry and a new report from Applied Market Information Ltd (AMI) has, for the first time ,detailed the activities of 50 of the largest companies involved. From this analysis AMI estimates that the converted flexible packaging industry in Europe consumed nearly 3.6 million tonnes of substrates in 2009 and the business was worth approximately EUR 20 billion.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, RO, RS, RU | | | Borouge III EPC contracts worth $2.6 billion signed | | Borouge, a joint venture of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Borealis, announced it has signed three EPC contracts worth a total $2.6 billion for the Borouge III production complex, a capacity expansion program that will make Borouge's site in Ruwais in the United Arab Emirates the largest integrated polyolefin plant in the world.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, PL, RS, RU | | | | | East meets West at K-2010 and on Plasportal | | Large international trade fairs present great opportunities for meetings between Eastern and Western Europe. At these forums, both sides can showcase their new products and technologies, and can gauge market needs and opportunities on the other half of the continent.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, PL, RO, RS, RU | | | Debut with a splash with the help of Plasportal and K-2010! | | After three years, the 'K' plastics and rubber industry trade fair will once again be organized this fall in Germany's Düsseldorf.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, PL, RO, RS, RU | | | DSM and Resinex sign distribution agreement for eastern european market | | DSM Engineering Plastics and RESINEX have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales of DSM Engineering Plastics resins in Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, PL, RO, RS, RU | | | European flexible tubes industry threatened by spurting raw material prices | | In the first half of 2010 the European flexible tubes industry is enjoying up to two-digit increases in order income, depending on the requested tube diameters and tube types.
More | | | This article is also available in the following languages: CZ, HU, RO, RS, RU | | | Thailand's Indorama to double PET production capacity Rotterdam | | Thailand's Indorama Ventures announced plans to build a new PET production line in Rotterdam with capacity of 190 kt per year, almost doubling its existing capacity to 390 kt per year. The investment is to be completed in the first quarter of 2012.
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