Our latest monthly survey carried out in mid-January on trends and perspectives of Italian plastics and rubber processors shows a slight optimism from the companies that constitute the statistical sample.
The statistical data referred to January-October 2009 confirmed that Russian imports of plastics and rubber machinery and moulds suffered a sharp slowdown.
TPA and GPS, Italian and German companies, together with the Italian Research Council and the research institute Fraunhofer set up an European research consortium.