Updated European Plastics Demand set to rise on booming manufacturing

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ANALYSIS: European plastics demand set to
rise on booming manufacturing
London (Platts)--11Feb2014/630 am EST/1130 GMT
--Andrew Allan, andrew.allan@platts.com
--Anna Ward, anna.ward@platts.com
--Daved Chohan, daved.chohan@platts.com
--Miguel Cambeiro, miguel.cambeiro@platts.com
--Edited by James Leech, james.leech@platts.com

2. Plastics demand driven by the packaging
industry
• European demand for plastics is expected to rise
over the next few months after key industry data
showed the car, manufacturing and construction
industries grew in January at the fastest pace for
multiple years.
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3. Plastics demand driven by the packaging
industry
Data provider Markit's purchasing managers' index
(PMI) for European manufacturing, a key benchmark
for the strength of the economy and demand for
plastics in general, hit 54 in January, up from 52.7 a
month earlier, marking its fastest expansion since May
2011.
With plastics demand driven by the packaging industry
(39.4%) followed by………………..
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