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- Plastics News
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- March 2, 2009
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Malaysian group seeks government aid
NEW DELHI Malaysia's plastics processors are seeing their output decline by 10-30 percent, the result of the ongoing global economic crisis, said Lim Kok Boon, president of the Malaysian Plastics Manufacturers Association in Petaling Jaya.
Food-packaging demand remains strong, with processors serving that market running at 100 percent capacity, Lim said at the PlastIndia 2009 trade show, held Feb. 4-9 in New Delhi.
MPMA and other Malaysian trade groups have called on the country's government to consider a number of relief packages for manufacturing and processing sectors especially those hit by the global ...