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ANNUAL REVIEW 2015 Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were	11.12.2015
BASF New capacity for pigments at Ludwigshafen / Expanded output already in the Chinese market	10.12.2015
BASF Raising engineering thermoplastics compounds capacity in Germany	30.11.2015
VIDEOLAR-INNOVA Brazilian EPS plant to start production in mid-2016	26.11.2015
BRASKEM / GENOMATICA Successful laboratory scale production of butadiene from renewable feedstocks / Milestone in collaboration	25.11.2015
BASF Merging Swiss plastics additives activities	24.11.2015
POLYMER PRICES Polyurethane Feedstocks November 2015: Slight decreases across the board / Overall demand reasonably good / December will bring another downturn for TDI and rollover for all other materials	23.11.2015
BASF New TDI plant officially inaugurated at Ludwigshafen / German dignitaries praise chemicals and plastics group's technology, commitment to industry	18.11.2015
BASF Food-contact grades added to “Elastollan” TPU portfolio	17.11.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Fire shuts Shell's Moerdijk cracker again / No indication of how long outage will last	13.11.2015
POLYETHYLENE High-pressure production: LDPE becoming increasingly tight in Europe / Global importance wanes / New plants mostly flexible and easily switched to EVA / Specifically targeted types more expensive	30.10.2015
BASF South Korean “Ultradur” and “Ultramid” compounding plant starts up / Development laboratory to follow in Q2 2016	30.10.2015
BASF CEO lowers sales and earnings forecast for 2015 after weaker than expected Q3 / Declining demand from China and lower oil prices pressure / Plastics businesses perform well	28.10.2015
BASF Site agreement for Ludwigshafen extended to 2020 / Job security and EUR 6 bn investment	26.10.2015
BIOPLASTICS Global growth rates remain high / Degradable and bio-based polymers still niche materials / Market dominated by drop-in applications / Europe is leading production region / 5m t of bio-PET for bottles by 2018	23.10.2015
MAUSER Dutch IBC specialist plans IPO in the US	19.10.2015
BASF / SINOPEC Plasticiser precursor joint venture BASF MPCC officially starts up / Feedstock for DINP	14.10.2015
POLYETHYLENE Low-pressure production: HDPE and LLDPE output linked / Number of global swing plants rising / European lines no longer competitive / Local converters increasingly dependent on imports / Exclusive PIE report	09.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS BASF/Shell: Ellba styrene and propylene oxide plant in Moerdijk to resume operations by year's end	08.10.2015
BASF Back in the PS business after Styrolution exit / Marketing crystal clear GPPS packaging grades	05.10.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS BASF declares all forces majeures in PA 6.6 chain over / New orders now being accepted	29.09.2015
BASF BDO licence agreement with Genomatica expanded / Asia-Pacific countries added / Large-scale production plant planned	29.09.2015
ROQUETTE “BioHub” biosuccinic and isosorbide European research project concludes / Two plants successfully commissioned	18.09.2015
AUTOMOTIVE PLASTICS Metals substitution and rising production of passenger cars drive global demand / PP accounts for about 28% of market / Grand View Research study	14.09.2015
BASF POLYURETHANES CEO René Lochtman relocates to parent company	08.09.2015

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