BIOPLASTICS
European Bioplastics industry group claims recent US report not scientifically backed-up / “Unbalanced conclusions”
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18.05.2012
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DSM COMPOSITE RESINS
Price increase for European resins portfolio
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18.05.2012
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XTRATHERM
Irish insulation material producer builds new plant in Belgium / EUR 25m investment
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18.05.2012
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EPS
Italian market has been stagnant for years / Demand pegged at 141,000 t in 2011
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18.05.2012
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PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
Jamaica launches pilot project to separate plastic waste / Nationwide programme could kick off in 2013
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18.05.2012
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PLASTIC FANTASTIC
Plastics and spice and everything nice
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18.05.2012
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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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GERMANY
Plastics producers raise 2011 output to 20.7m t / Revenues on the rise / Margins pressured by feedstock costs / PlasticsEurope Deutschland predicts “growth interval” in 2012
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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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