RUSSIA
Engineering thermoplastics market contracts slightly in 2012 / Imports from Europe and Asia on the rise / Russian production still too low / Western European quality often not matched / Plastinfo report
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POLYMER PRICES
Russia March 2013: Notations mostly point down in final month of Q1 / LDPE proves the exception as film season gets underway / PVC and PET treading water / Mixed start to Q2
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POLYMER PRICES
North America March 2013: Producers manage to hike PE notations / January price escapade cripples PE sales as notations continue to fall / PVC drive starts to slow / PS still stable / Engineering thermoplastics continue to tread water
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POLYMER PRICES
China Standard Thermoplastics March/April 2013: Market mostly stable / Feedstock prices soft / Local manufacturers cut polymer notations to move volumes / No signs of an imminent revival
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POLYMER PRICES
Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2013: Producers hold onto half of cost reductions / Falling naphtha strengthens converters' waiting game / Intensity of demand revival will decide further developments
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POLYMER PRICES
Standard Recyclate April 2013: Sinking virgin prices have little effect / Building season lends impetus / rPE uneven / rPP continues sideways / Primary market provides a damper
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POLYMER PRICES
Engineering Recyclate April 2013: Calm on all fronts / Notations continue to roll sideways / Business still lively / Prices very close to those of primary materials / Stability likely
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SABIC
Restructuring European operations / More than 1,000 jobs to be cut / Two of Gelsenkirchen's three PP lines will be idled
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TOTAL
Polystyrene production ends in UK / Stalybridge plant shut down
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KEM ONE
Arkema to take EUR 125m charge for former PVC business / Six-month search for new owner
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ALBIS
Cooperating with Addmaster on antimicrobial additives / Using “Biomaster” technology for masterbatches and compounds
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ELIX POLYMERS
A. Schulman appointed as distributor for Mexico
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ALSIANO
Danish distribution group acquires Swedish Interplast / First step in Nordic plastics growth strategy
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CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES
Majority share in India's Parikh Packaging acquired / Latest global expansion / Raising output in the US
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CLONDALKIN
Dutch packager divests large swathes of US flexible packaging operations / Sale of Van der Windt Group
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PROCAP
Luxembourg-based manufacturer of caps and closures acquires Schwerin-based Schoeller Cap Systems
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PET RECYCLING TEAM
Alpla subsidiary starts up PET recycling plant in Poland
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HUHTAMAKI
Efficiency measures introduced in foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania segment / 2012 operating profit increases by 34% to EUR 162m
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MONDI
Packaging plant in Lindlar to close up shop / Pouch manufacture will be redistributed among three other facilities
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EXOPACK / KOBUSCH
Technology alliance with Dutch PerfoTec / Innovative equipment extends shelf life of fresh produce / Film offering to expand in Europe and North America
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BOXON
Swedish labels company BEAB acquired / Collaboration to continue growth in China
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EGYPT
New PE plant to start up in Alexandria in 2015 / Engineering contract awarded to Toyo and ENPPI / Part of national Petrochemicals Master Plan
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ASIAN PLASTICS ECONOMY
Engineering polymer consumption on the rise / ASEAN countries increasingly catering to regional customers / Malaysia for medical devices, Singapore for electronics
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SHALE GAS
China grants first production-sharing exploration contract to Shell / India's government approves development of country's light feedstock reserves / Catching up to the US shale gas revolution
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BELGIUM
Plastics and rubber products output falls 2.6% in 2012 / Negative business trend continues into 2013 / World's largest per capita plastics producer / Federplast survey
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ITALY
Non-biodegradable plastic bag ban to be enforced from late May / Cereplast gears up to supply
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