BRASKEM New UHMW-PE plant to start up in Texas by late 2016	12.01.2016
BRASKEM / GENOMATICA Successful laboratory scale production of butadiene from renewable feedstocks / Milestone in collaboration	25.11.2015
STYROLUTION Work on Brazilian joint venture with Braskem suspended / Adverse market conditions spell end for 100,000 t/y ABS and styrenics project	04.11.2015
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
AVERY DENNISON Bio-based self-adhesive PE films introduced / Certified sugar cane used as raw material / Braskem cooperates in development	23.10.2015
EVENTS “European Biopolymer Summit 2015” to be held in London in December	25.09.2015
BRASKEM New interim naphtha supply contract with Petrobras / Struggling over pricing / Bribery charges cloud the picture	11.09.2015
M. HOLLAND US group sets up Mexican distribution joint venture with Grupo Solquim / “Platform for aggressive growth plans”	20.08.2015
BRASKEM Second quarter operating profit rises by 16% to BRL 2.6 bn / Recovery of petrochemical margins and weaker local currency support gains / Joint venture in Mexico with Idesa reaches final stages	12.08.2015
FKUR “Terralene” bio-based range extended with easy to process PP compound	05.08.2015
EVENTS “2015 European Biopolymer Summit” to be held in London in December	22.07.2015
POLYDIST Name change for distributor Resin Trade / Netherlands subsidiary established / Acquisition of Merco Polymers	28.05.2015
US FEEDSTOCK MARKETS Latest updates on new cracker projects / Thailand's PTT plans to launch ethylene production in Ohio / Braskem apparently getting cold feet in West Virginia	28.04.2015
BRASKEM IDESA Mexico plants to start shipping PE to Europe in early 2016	02.04.2015
TETRA PAK “Good progress” made towards environmental goals last year / 2014 sustainability report highlights use of bio-based plastics and recycling	20.03.2015
AMERPLAST Marketing Braskem's “Green PE” in Europe	19.03.2015
INTERNATIONAL PLASTICS INDUSTRY Most producers see sales and earnings improvement in 2014 / Cautious optimism for 2015 / Falling raw materials prices and strengthening demand provide impetus / Currency shift will boost European companies	06.03.2015
POLYPROPYLENE Versatile material continues to see global growth / Consumption doubled since 2000 / Propane gains importance for propylene production as a result of ethylene decoupling / Availability likely to remain good	02.03.2015
BRASKEM Operating profit increases in Q4 and full year 2014 / Recovery in petrochemical prices helps drive revenues up / PP sales volumes rise in US and European business / Comperj to be axed?	19.02.2015
BRASKEM LLDPE capacity expansion in Bahia brought on stream / Output to go towards meeting domestic demand	21.01.2015
PLASTICS MARKETS EUROPE Consumption grows 1% in 2013 / Polyolefins, PU and PET see gains / PVC and PS demand continues to fall / Producers under rising pressure / USA as most important trade partner	09.01.2015
SOLVAY Earnings up 10% in Q3 / CEO upholds “high single-digit earnings forecast for full year / Brazilian competition authorities reject sale of Indupa to Braskem	14.11.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Shell moves closer to building US shale gas-fed complex / Land purchase in Pennsylvania but no final commitment / USD 4bn cracker would produce 1.5 m t/y	13.11.2014
BRASKEM Profits decline in Q3 on higher naphtha costs / Sales volumes rise in line with Brazilian thermoplastics demand	11.11.2014
TETRA PAK First 100% bio-based carton packaging launched / Commercial volumes due in early 2015	20.10.2014

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