EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW PIE speaks to ECPI's sector group manager Stéphane Content about the European plasticisers market / Media wrongly group all phthalates together as harmful / Sustainability a key focus / REACH implementation should be balanced and pragmatic	01.12.2014
EXXONMOBIL Neil Chapman likely to fill the shoes of outgoing president Stephen Pryor	26.11.2014
POLYTALK PlasticsEurope conference highlights petchems producers' negative outlook for future of European manufacturing / Producers call for more support from Brussels / Authorities highlight benefits of circular economy	10.11.2014
DOW Agreement for full ownership in Univation Technologies processing technology joint venture with ExxonMobil / Business to be integrated into Performance Plastics division	08.10.2014
AGRICULTURAL FILM Global market to reach 7m t at value of USD 10.5 bn in 2020 / LLDPE most dominant material / China as leading consumer / Grand View Research report	29.08.2014
THERMOPLASTIC POLYOLEFINS Global market to grow by 6.4% to USD 3.4 bn by 2020 / Grand View Research study	25.08.2014
NPE Several raw material suppliers book space for "Customer Service Centres" in Orlando / Fair at 94% of total capacity	11.08.2014
EXXONMOBIL Washington Penn acquires PP compounding activities in the US / Plans to quit all downstream businesses?	28.07.2014
DOW Construction on mega Texas cracker to start this month / Commissioning in 2017 / Plans for downstream facilities specified	27.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Work on US Gulf Coast crackers and PE plants gears up / ChevronPhillips and ExxonMobil lead the way / Some 30% of expanded US commodity plastics output to be exported by 2020	23.06.2014
DOW CHEMICAL North America's shale gas advantage will not evaporate soon, Liveris says / European companies must import or quit markets / CEO defends his integrated production strategy	06.06.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS ExxonMobil declares FM for polypropylene from Lillebonne	23.05.2014
CHINA POLYETHYLENE MARKET Current five-year plan sees new production plants brought on stream / Dependence on imports declines / International producers see sales fall short of expectations / Will the next PE flood come in before the shale gas volumes?	22.04.2014
KRAHN CHEMIE Acquisition of Italian speciality chemicals distributor Pietro Carini / “Solid base for further growth”	10.04.2014
CHEVRON PHILLIPS Groundbreaking ceremonies held for 1.5m t/y Cedar Bayou ethane cracker / Ethylene largely for domestic consumption / Two 500,000 t/y PE plants part of USGC project	07.04.2014
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
GREENPAK Chinese barrier film producer predicts uptake in local demand / “Evolution” blown film line from Germany's Reifenhäuser	20.03.2014
CHINAPLAS 2014 Sustainability as key theme at this year's plastics mega-event in Shanghai / Organisers expect almost 3,000 exhibitors / “Green Forum” co-organised by PIE / Last call for registrations for exclusive readers' trip to China	04.02.2014
EXXONMOBIL Regular operations underway in Singapore / Multi-feed cracker provides opportunity to directly crack crude oil	14.01.2014
SHALE GAS First nationwide ethane pipelines in the US due to go online soon / Supplies for petrochemicals on the Gulf Coast and in Canada / Boost for PE production / Opportunities and risks for European processors	10.12.2013
POLAND Plastic processing: Production value continues to climb despite 2012 volume drop / Blustery economic headwinds picking up / Construction sector in a hole following completion of large projects / New impetus for growth starting 2014	09.10.2013
DANGOTE GROUP New refinery for Nigeria by 2016 / PP production planned / Secure financing for private project	12.09.2013
EXXONMOBIL Singapore mega cracker now producing ethylene / New PE and PP plants	04.06.2013
HANWHA CHEMICAL South Korean chemical producer reportedly looking into building an ethylene plant in the US / Jumping the shale gas bandwagon	22.03.2013
POLYETHYLENE North America: Sasol building swing line / ExxonMobil plans to raise exports / New player eyeing facility in the Appalachians	11.03.2013

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