Optimistic expectations for Belgian industry

The Belgian Association Federplast.be, that counts more than 300 companies with 34,000 employees and a turnover of 16 billion euro, is optimistic for 2010, being confident in new increasing opportunities as energy saving and new technologies. All this after the production decrease of 13.4% (in particular in consumer good and, in a less negative way, in packaging, medical and household article markets) and employment of 4.8% registered in 2009.
According to their survey, companies implemented the remediation measures and costs cut necessary to increase or, at least, to keep the same results of 2009. In detail, 44% of interested companies in expecting the same results of 2009 while another 44% is expecting results.