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Mixed feed cracker starts up / “Heart” of Jubail hub capable of switching between liquid and gas feedstock

Personnel reshuffle continues following change at the helm / Gary Miller appointed COO

Acquisition of Safripol in EUR 272m deal / Polymer producer adds to offering of manufacturer's diversified chemical business

Contractors for Liwa Plastics Industries Complex will have to meet “Omanisation level” / Work on integrated polyolefin hub on the Gulf of Oman proceeding apace / Commissioning delayed to 2020

Ground-breaking ceremony for Texas MEG plant

European Commission initiates “Phase II” review of proposed merger of equals / Companies confident that deal will conclude this year

Plastics use cuts environmental costs compared with alternative materials / Manufacturers have significant opportunities to reduce environmental costs / ACC study

Record operating profit in Q2 2016 / Performance plastics and materials businesses see fall in sales and EBITDA

Dow and DuPont shareholders approve merger and subsequent three-way split / Focus now shifts to gaining regulatory approval

Maria Ciliberti appointed new business development director Polyolefins

First foreign company to receive Saudi trading licence / Diversification of economy

Kuwait public prosecutor reviews K-Dow cancellation / Parliament unhappy with the way the pull-out was handled / Papers name officials and managers involved

“RecycleReady” technology allows for recycling of PE-based barrier packaging / “Retain” modifier ensures ideal dispersion

Acquisition of Dow's speciality films business is completed / Presence in Europe strengthened

PIE talks to World Plastics Council chairman Abdulrahman al-Fageeh and PlasticsEurope executive director Karl H. Foerster / WPC as platform for sharing best practices / Localising global solutions / Focus on marine debris / Increasingly global scope

US methane-to-propylene plant on hold / Volatile pricing hits shale gas projects

Takeover of Dow Corning complete / “Hand-in-glove, strategic fit” for Material Sciences portfolio

Rudy van Engen new EMEA director for DuPont Performance Materials

Leading global industry players and cities join to form The New Plastics Economy initiative / Ellen MacArthur report serves as blueprint / Three-year project aimed at achieving a system-wide transformation

Senior leadership positions announced / Jim Fitterling to become COO of Material Science business

PIE talks to Philippe Hanck, head of DuPont Performance Materials' Asia Pacific business / Group's largest compounding plant to start up in China at the end of June / Strong start to 2016

Material business will form core of “Dow 6.0” / Dow Corning silicones also part of the merge

Production of HBCD flame retardants to be discontinued / Focus on PolyFR

European headquarters moves in Belgium

North America April 2016: Polyethylene rises again / PP drifting down / PVC and polystyrene pointing up / ABS and PA 6 with notable increases / PC and PA 6.6 continue to erode