ExxonMobil

Petrochemical output increasingly threatened by strike / Most refineries affected / Many FM declarations / Minister says the country has been taken hostage

Metallocene PE resin introduced for production of improved shrink films

Global demand to expand by 4.5% per year to 2022 / Growth driven by rising industrial output in emerging markets / Grand View Research report

Distributing ExxonMobil's “Santoprene” TPVs in Brazil

China Engineering Thermoplastics January 2016: Butadiene and styrene rise while other feedstocks point down / Polymer prices firm / ABS and PC rise slightly / Consumption in line with expectations / Processors gearing down for Chinese New Year holidays

White oil: ExxonMobil declares force majeure in France / Availability of TPE tightening / So far little impact on PS and EPS

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

Positive outlook for GCC chemicals / Saudi Arabia offers opportunities to downstream investors / New petrochemical projects temporarily halted / Exports to China continue to grow

Ethane imports will soon feed Europe's ethylene crackers / Sunoco opens its terminal in Pennsylvania / Ineos to supply FEP's Mossmorran cracker from Grangemouth

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

Range of mPE resins now includes extrusion coating and lamination grade / Opportunities to improve package sealing performance

10th “Annual GPCA Forum” to take place in Dubai in mid-November

Changes in executive leadership and management / Martin Pugh named interim COO

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

Half of rubber carve-out to be sold to Aramco / Joint Venture set to start in Q1 2016 / First back integration for German producer / Farther-reaching Middle East projects envisaged

Polymers boost group performance in Q2 / Revenue from plastics down but earnings up / Capacity upgrades on track / Chlor-alkali merger with Olin almost wrapped up

North America June 2015: PE inches sideward / PP producers improve their margins / PVC remains stuck at the bottom / PS down by triple digits / Slight uptrend for engineering thermoplastics

Takeover of Univation Technologies complete / Leading technology licensor to global PE industry

North America March 2015: PE and PS bottom out / PP oscillates amid good C3 availability / PVC in unsustainable upwards trend / ABS and PC price erosion largely stopped / PA remains under pressure

Chevron to quit Romania, too / Oil multinational will close European exploration chapter

UK distributor appointed by ExxonMobil Chemical to market “Santoprene” TPVs

Poland: US oil group Chevron pulling out of shale gas exploration / Opportunities said to be no longer competitive

Introducing new elastomer for cPP and BOPP films / Grade said to exhibit “outstanding sealing performance” / Debut at Plastindia fair

Search for ethane outlet continues following Shell's exit from Al-Karaana

Lower electricity costs drive compounder's plan to invest in South US / Shale gas not a factor