POLYMER PRICES
Engineering recyclate May 2012: rPA 6 and rPC prices rise despite slack bank holiday business / Other grades roll over / Plastic scrap still expensive but more readily available / Despite poor margins, prices likely to roll over at the end of Q2
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17.05.2012
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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Pacific Garbage Patch provides bug-breeding grounds / “Threat to the marine environment”
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17.05.2012
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BRASKEM
Mulling new US plant fed by cheaper shale gas feedstock / Decision to be made this year
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17.05.2012
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ECO PLASTICS
Continuum bottle recycling jv with Coca-Cola officially opened / Setting new industry standards for sustainable packaging / New bottles from old within six weeks
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17.05.2012
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ELECTRIPLAST
Electrically conductive hybrid plastics range expanded
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17.05.2012
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POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate May 2012: Only minor gains for producers / Buyers' hold-out in primary market influences secondary sector / Persistently high procurement costs meet order slowdown / First plants idled
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16.05.2012
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CELANESE
Emulsions price hike in EMEA
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16.05.2012
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SIEMENS
Exhaust gas CO2 as feedstock for new “green” polymer / Cooperation with BASF
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16.05.2012
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KRATON
Renewed price hike for styrenic block copolymers
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16.05.2012
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COLORANT CHROMATICS
Swiss specialty chemicals group enters distribution agreement with India's Nishigandha Polymers
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16.05.2012
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RTP
Expansion of Ladenburg production plant / Relocating former Clariant compounding line
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16.05.2012
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PLASTICS PACKAGING
Detailed 2011 figures for Germany released / Volume sales grow faster than sales by value / Margins pressured by high polymer prices / End markets apply the brakes because of high costs
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15.05.2012
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LUCITE
EMEA price increase for acrylic glass sheet
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15.05.2012
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COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES
Use of material in packaging to be reduced by 25% by 2020 / All bottles to include recycled and bio-based PET / Sustainability plan published
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15.05.2012
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POLYONE
Cooperation with Xenia on advanced thermoplastic composites / Distribution agreement in Europe / Lightweighting opportunities
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15.05.2012
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