POLYOLS MARKET Global green and bio polyols sector growing at 10.8% per year / Strongest growth in Asia / Corn and soybean most common feedstock / Markets and Markets report	24.04.2014
RUSSIA Specialty chemicals market to grow by 5.6% to 2018 / Government targets reduction in imports to 12% / TechSci Research report	23.04.2014
SHALE GAS German anti-fracking groups mobilise against Baltic coast test drilling / US study finds Environmental Protection Agency underestimated methane emissions from gas fields	22.04.2014
POLYMER PRICES China Standard Thermoplastics March/April 2014: Ethylene and propylene import prices fall while styrene firms / Polymer import quotes soft / Domestic prices rising / Demand largely normal	17.04.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS BASF temporarily shuts down its Ludwigshafen cracker	11.04.2014
BASF / SINOPEC Nanjing-based BASF-YPC joint venture commences acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymers production	11.04.2014
PLASTICS AND ENERGY German plastics producers keep renewables surcharge exemption / Compromise with EU	10.04.2014
ARKEMA New liquid thermoplastic material for composites	02.04.2014
SHALE GAS Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in	28.03.2014
BASF Price increase for butanediol	28.03.2014
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS New furnace commissioned at Texan cracker / Ethylene output raised / Capable of using ethane as feedstock	26.03.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth	25.03.2014
TRINSEO / STYRON Flotations plans revived / Former Dow business hopes to raise USD 200m and pay down debt	19.03.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Ineos chairman Ratcliffe sees demise of European chemical industry if energy questions not resolved / Open letter to EU president Barroso / “Rabbits with our trousers down”	12.03.2014
EPS INSULATION Syndicate plans to lobby EU to prolong use of HBCD as flame retardant / Decision expected by year's end / Ban already enforced in Switzerland / German association members plan to follow in mid-2014	11.03.2014
BASF PolyAd Services subsidiary sold to Edgewater Capital Partners / Focus on light stabilisers, antioxidants and customer specific blends	10.03.2014
BASF Changes in Ludwigshafen “Ultramid” polyamide production setup / Raising output of “Ultramid C” for flexible packaging films	07.03.2014
SUCCINITY Follow-up: BASF-Purac joint venture begins commercial biobased succinic acid production	04.03.2014
BASF Production at Hungarian PU systems house to cease	28.02.2014
BASF Focus on petrochemical strengths boosts earnings power / CEO Kurt Bock says Europe should embrace shale gas / “Happy shareholder” in styrenics jv Styrolution	27.02.2014
BASF Strong finish to 2013, despite stiff headwinds / All segments aside from Performance Products improve EBIT before special items	26.02.2014
RENNOVIA US agricultural giant ADM invests USD 25m in biotech company / Processes for renewable-based PA	24.02.2014
BASF European PA 6 base polymer and intermediates price increase	21.02.2014
BASF Liquid masterbatch business to be sold to Audia International / Not a strategic focus	20.02.2014
RUSSIA Engineering thermoplastics consumption recovers slightly in 2013 / Gains driven by ABS and PMMA / Import volumes of PC, PA and SAN down / Asian producers increasingly step into the fold / Low local capacity utilisation rates / Plastinfo report	18.02.2014

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