EVENTS 10th “Annual GPCA Forum” to take place in Dubai in mid-November	22.10.2015
TRINSEO Changes in executive leadership and management / Martin Pugh named interim COO	13.10.2015
POLYETHYLENE 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	09.10.2015
LANXESS 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	24.09.2015
DOW 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	30.07.2015
POLYMER PRICES 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	07.07.2015
DOW Takeover of Univation Technologies complete / Leading technology licensor to global PE industry	12.05.2015
POLYMER PRICES 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	09.04.2015
SHALE GAS Chevron to quit Romania, too / Oil multinational will close European exploration chapter	25.02.2015
PLASTRIBUTION UK distributor appointed by ExxonMobil Chemical to market “Santoprene” TPVs	11.02.2015
SHALE GAS Poland: US oil group Chevron pulling out of shale gas exploration / Opportunities said to be no longer competitive	10.02.2015
EXXONMOBIL Introducing new elastomer for cPP and BOPP films / Grade said to exhibit “outstanding sealing performance” / Debut at Plastindia fair	10.02.2015
QATAR Search for ethane outlet continues following Shell's exit from Al-Karaana	22.01.2015
AUDIA INTERNATIONAL Lower electricity costs drive compounder's plan to invest in South US / Shale gas not a factor	07.01.2015
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

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