The growth of digital printing is predicting to reach double digit this year to push graphic industry in domestic.
Sales of plastic raw material in the first quarter of 2012 dropped by 5 to 10 percent year-on-year
The demand on plastic raw material in the second quarter of 2012 is estimated to grow 36 percent
The country’s packaging industry expects revenue to grow at a double digit rate this year
Production of plastic packaging industry may increase up to 15% in 2012
Bottled water sales in October 2011 reached 1.6 billion liters
Turnover of the national packaging industry is projected to rise to US$ 4.6 billion in 2012
The national packaging industry is projected to grow by only five percent in the first semester of 2011
Plastic packaging producers have to increase the price as the raw materials price also rise significantly
Polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) trade activity in Southeast Asia are relatively quiet because some buyers decided to stop ordering and expected to get a reasonable price sometimes at next week
Data of Association of Indonesia Aromatic, Plastic and Olefin Industry (Inaplas) shows that ethylene and propylene had increase US$100 to be US$ 1,200 per ton, while polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) increase 7% to be US$ 1,500 per ton. Deputy Chairman of Inaplas Budi Susanto Sadiman said the price increment would be started next week, it is because the producer can not be directly applied the price to user