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Analysis of the plastic tube market

Analysis of the plastic tube market

Just a few weeks before the International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, Tube 2008, in Düsseldorf, another sector is reporting successful developments. In addition to the steel industry, which is currently posting one positive result after another, the German plastic tube industry is charting a course for significant growth. As Dr. Elmar Löckenhoff, Managing Director of the Kunststoffrohrverband e.V. (Plastic Tube Association), states in the preface of the KRV business report 2007, the German plastic tube industry is also benefiting from globalisation. - This is shown specifically by the opening of the Eastern European markets - he admits.

Borealis demonstrates innovations to automotive industry

Borealis demonstrates innovations to automotive industry

Borealis, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, will demonstrate the award-winning benefits of its pioneering polypropylene (PP) solutions to key decision makers in the automotive industry at the VDI "Plastics in Automotive Engineering" International Conference from March 5-6, 2008 in Mannheim, Germany.

PaintExpo 2008 closer and closer

PaintExpo 2008 closer and closer

With more than 270 exhibitors from 15 different countries, the second PaintExpo - Europe`s Leading Trade Fair for Industrial Coatings Technology - which will take place at the Karlsruhe (Germany) Exhibition Centre from 11 through 14 March 2008, will register 10.4 percent growth.