European plastics machinery volumes nudge record levels

摘要

PRODUCTION volumes by European manufacturers of core plastics and rubber processing machinery increased by 27.3% to ·9.78bn in 2010, according to Euromap, the organisation which represents the machinery companies.It forecasts a growth rate of 10% this year, which would take 2011 production to approximately ·0.80bn, close to the record year of 2008. European core machinery exports were·7.03bn in 2010, 23.9% higher than in 2009, when the plastics market slumped in the global recession.