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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 (11.04.2013)

SRI LANKA
Government grant to support local plastics industry / Sector dominated by SMEs / Plastics consumption expected to rise by 10-12% per year (07.08.2012)

TAIWAN
USD 3.3 bn state grant to revamp petrochemical sector (30.07.2012)

TAIWAN
Environmental legislation could see planned cracker project relocated to Malaysia (24.05.2012)

THAILAND
Map Ta Phut accidents prompt government to set up new industry control regime / Explosion at Bangkok Synthetics leaves 12 dead / Dozens hurt as chlorine escapes from Aditya Birla Chemicals' plant (09.05.2012)

DSM ENGINEERING PLASTICS
Global headquarters have moved to Singapore / Relocation to be completed this year / Asian market expected to dominate sales (16.02.2012)

HONAM PETROCHEMICAL
Plans for new petrochemical hub in Indonesia / Cracker and downstream units could start up in 2016 (14.02.2012)

PHILIPPINES
Plastics industry largely focused on local market / Chinese processing machinery dominates / More than half of local plastics demand met by imports / First cracker scheduled to come on stream in 2013 (01.02.2012)

LOTTE
Asian Development Bank supports Honam Petrochemical's polyolefin project in Uzbekistan / Start-up scheduled for 2015 (30.01.2012)

VIETNAM
New petrochemicals projects to stimulate plastics growth / More capacities to come on stream by 2015 / Sector in need of reconstruction and liberalisation (25.05.2011)

THERMOPLASTIC COMPOUNDING
Asian demand for thermoplastics compounds stands at 11m t / Colour compounds account for largest share / Sector dominated by independent companies / China is largest regional consumer and producer (29.04.2011)

SOLUTIA
Acquisition of selected assets of Taiwan's Aimcore Technology / Expanding its foothold in the Asian film market (29.03.2011)

POLYPLEX
Indian BOPET film manufacturer continues to grow its business / Expansion in Turkey and Thailand (08.12.2010)

DOW CHEMICAL
Official start-up of octene LLDPE line in Map Ta Phut (08.11.2010)

THAILAND
Demand for plastics is picking up / Local companies are planning investments (29.10.2010)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Polycarbonate expansion in Thailand can go ahead / Decision on new Asian plant this year (25.10.2010)

BP
Sale of Malaysian polyethylene and ethylene assets for USD 363m (03.09.2010)

TAIWAN
Plastics processing picking up again after last year's crisis / Surplus resin output is exported (27.08.2010)

GRAHAM PACKAGING
First China plant to get ball rolling in Asia / New regional plants to drive Asian HDPE consumption (23.08.2010)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PP production kicks off in Vietnam's Dung Quat (17.08.2010)

ASEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY
Southeast Asian region is a key player in plastics / Increasing use of all-electric injection moulding machines / Green technology (25.06.2010)

ASIA
Region continues to be world's fastest growing masterbatch market / Demand to reach 1.2m t/y in 2013 / China is most significant growth driver (07.04.2010)

INDONESIA
Billions to be invested in petrochemical industry / Total PP capacity to reach 1.5m t in 2015 (30.03.2010)

SINOPEC
Chinese become new partner for polypropylene plant in Kazakhstan / LyondellBasell withdraws (26.03.2010)

BIOPLASTICS
Thailand aims to spearhead development in Asia / Strong raw material base / Expert policy workshop in Bangkok (07.12.2009)

LUCITE
Official opening ceremony for new MMA facility in Singapore / World's first plant powered by Alpha technology (12.11.2009)

EVENTS
"JEC Asia Show 2009" (01.10.2009)

QAPCO
Tekfen wins USD 165m LDPE plant contract (21.07.2009)

PERSERO
“Unipol” licence for 250,000 t/y Indonesian PP line (06.07.2009)

AZERBAIJAN
Chemicals industry on the brink of bankruptcy / Plastics sector is also hit by the crisis (09.06.2009)

BASF
Subsidiary established in Vietnam (12.05.2009)

SOLVAY
Bioethanol plant to provide PVC feedstock in Brazil / “Green” plastics production will start in late 2010 (04.05.2009)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Rising demand rise spurs output increase in Japan (06.04.2009)

EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL
Technology centre to be built in Shanghai (24.03.2009)

QAPCO
Sumitomo Asia to buy ethylene from Qatar (13.03.2009)

VIETNAM
Plastics production in its infancy / Five major petchems complexes under construction or planned / Many small plastics converters / High energy and material consumption due to outdated machinery (17.02.2009)

UHDE
Orders received for seven aromatics plants (05.01.2009)

EVONIK
New PMMA moulding compounds plant starts in China / First unit of EUR 250m methacrylates complex (03.12.2008)

ROSNEFT
Petrochemicals complex to be built near Vladivostok (12.11.2008)

BOROUGE
Logistics hub in China to handle UAE expansion (27.10.2008)

RÖCHLING
Manufacturing and sales consolidation in US / Expansion plans for hardboard production (24.10.2008)

BALDA
Selling off the future to bail out the present: Balda is reducing its touch screen stake / Refocusing on the infocom plastic systems and components business (09.10.2008)

TICONA
New “Vectra” production plant in China (06.10.2008)

PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Marubeni initially to take all C3 from Vietnam's first refinery (25.09.2008)

VINYTHAI
Thai PVC plant expanded / Further expansion to 400,000 t/y planned (18.09.2008)

EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL
Specialty compounds agreement signed for Asia Pacific (11.09.2008)

BOROUGE
Contract awarded for Shanghai logistics and compounding operations (21.08.2008)

DUPONT
New “Vespel” polyimide plant starts in Singapore (31.07.2008)

PVC MARKET
Russia is main growth driver behind China / Domestic construction and films sectors strong / Global consumption to rise 4.5% by 2012 / Output lags, despite new investment (20.06.2008)

SUMITOMO CHEMICAL
Expansion in PP compounds / New production lines in Saudi Arabia and Thailand / More capacity in China (09.04.2008)

J & A PLASTICS
Transparent ABS specialties from Toray added to portfolio / Additional capacity under construction in Malaysia / Start-up in March (28.02.2008)

BASF
Plasticiser expansion to meet growing demand in Asia / Nanjing plant to be debottlenecked (15.01.2008)

SOUTHEAST ASIA
Engineering plastics to grow by 8.4% annually / Frost & Sullivan study (19.12.2007)

DOW
Full takeover of PU joint venture in Thailand (22.11.2007)

BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Systems house inaugurated in Thailand (14.11.2007)

APET SHEET IN ASIA
Region's market reaches 650,000 t/y / Market growing 15% annually / PCI sector analysis (12.11.2007)

HAITIAN / ZHAFIR
Chinese machine manufacturer aims at leading world position / First models to come from German production facility at the end of 2008 (17.10.2007)

EXXONMOBIL
World-scale petchems complex to be built at Singapore / Cracker and 1.75m t/y polyolefins output (25.09.2007)

CHINA
Anti-dumping duty levied on BPA imports (11.09.2007)

DOW
Agreements with BASF and Solvay to build world-scale HP and PO plants in Thailand (01.08.2007)

TICONA
Engineering plastics producer targets Asia growth / German POM plant relocation to be announced soon (20.07.2007)

RÖCHLING
Record result in 2006 / Exit from steel business affects sales for the last time (01.06.2007)

TICONA
New application development centre in Shanghai / Groundbreaking for two Chinese production plants (31.05.2007)

TICONA
World-scale LCP and POM plants in Asia (07.03.2007)

MALAYSIA
Plastics industry records significant increase / More foreign investors welcome (10.11.2006)

BALDA
Further repercussions from the BenQ affair / Three German facilities for sale / Job losses (31.10.2006)

ENGRO ASAHI
Pakistan joint venture aims to increase PVC capacity by 50% / Import duties lowered (27.09.2006)

VIETNAM
Expansion of polymer capacities / Lively demand from the automotive and electronics industries (22.08.2006)

SHELL
Go-ahead for world-scale cracker in Singapore (07.08.2006)

BALDA
Second-quarter earnings slip hits H1 results / JV with touch screen specialist TPK in China (31.07.2006)

MECAPLAST
Order received for BMW and PSA under-bonnet components / Expansion in Asia (21.07.2006)

RÖCHLING
All companies in the black / Expansion in Asia, eastern Europe and America (22.06.2006)

BASELL
"Spherizone" technology for new Thai PP plant / New jv partner for HMC (12.06.2006)

BATTENFELD
Acquisition of 14% stake in Kabra / India´s largest manufacturer of extrusion systems (22.05.2006)

MAN
Truck joint venture with Force Motors / Asia and Africa to be supplied from India (12.05.2006)

RIETER
Complete takeover of Indian joint venture / Expansion of capacity and production range (11.05.2006)

BASF / TORAY
New PBT plant started up in Malaysia / 50:50 joint venture / Separate marketing (02.05.2006)

MORETTO
New facilities planned in central Europe and Asia / Sales increase in 2005 / Positive result (13.03.2006)

BAYER MATERIAL SCIENCE
New regional centre in Hong Kong (02.03.2006)

ALPLA
Five more plants planned worldwide in 2006 / Expansion mainly in US and Asian markets. (23.02.2006)

PAKISTAN
Plastics industry growing at 15% per year / 6,000 converters / Only four resins producers (16.02.2006)

BALDA
Indian joint venture with Motherson Sumi (06.02.2006)

BALDA
Share purchase of Malaysian joint venture (31.01.2006)

BAYER
PU systems house in Thailand (30.01.2006)

INDIA
Plastics consumption upsurge continues / Petrochemical centres under construction / Processors troubled by price hikes and profit stagnation / Booming infrastructure propels spending (25.08.2005)

HUHTAMAKI
Slight business growth for Europe in H1 2005 / Expansion underway in India and Vietnam (11.08.2005)

MALAYSIA
Plastics processing industry in transition / Increased competition from low-wage countries calls for more advanced technology / Polymer consumption 1.4m t / Growth in automotive, construction (28.07.2005)

BASF
Expansion of Asian PU capability / New system house in Thailand / Research centre in China (02.06.2005)

BASF
New plants for PA and PBT compounds in Asia / Capacity of more than 100,000 t/y (10.03.2005)

SOUTHEAST ASIA
Masterbatches advancing fast / Compounding shows strong growth / New AMI market guides (24.02.2005)

CARCLO
Joint venture for control cables in India / Output to be cut in UK / Start-up in September 2005 (23.12.2004)

SOUTHEAST ASIA
Thermoplastics to grow 6% in 2004 / China accounts for 65% of demand / New AMI study (09.12.2004)

WILDEN
German injection moulder with joint ventures in Dubai, China / Sales recovery expected in 2004 (25.11.2004)

ARKEMA
Plans to double Asian sales by 2010 / Korea and Singapore target sites for new plants (11.11.2004)

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