Indorama

Global consumption to grow by 6.9% per year to 2025 / Consumer awareness about recycled products and government initiatives drive growth / Europe's waste management systems oversupplied with low-quality plastics / Grand View Research report

PET world market leader to acquire DuPont Teijin Films / Forward integration for polyester films

Four US producers file petitions for anti-dumping duties against five supplier countries

PTA plant expansion completed in Rotterdam / Backward integration for European PET production

Plastics industry continues on the road to growth / Processing segment gains 3% / Local polymer supply still inadequate / Lack of investment / Strong customer industries / Uncertain political landscape

Mothballing of Turkish PET production unit

Anti-dumping duties imposed on PET deliveries from China, Indonesia, India and Taiwan

Indian PET joint venture with Dhunseri completed / Second largest PET producer on the subcontinent

Air permit awarded for US cracker / Start-up in Q4 2017 / Integration of PET and olefins

EU Commission suspects South Korean companies of price dumping

Exclusive metaxylene supply agreement with Cepsa / Meeting rising demand for PET feedstock / Planning further investments in Spain

Mexican PET giant in talks to acquire Petrobras' production hub in Brazil / World's second largest polyester producer seeking more capacity

Awards for best polymer supplier presented at EuPC annual meeting in Lyon / Repsol takes prizes for innovation and HDPE / “Unique insight” into supply chain dynamics

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

Takeover of Cepsa's PET-related assets complete / “Stronger base in Europe”

Purchase of BP's petchems hub in Decatur completed / Backward integration for AlphaPet / Takeover of Cepsa “imminent”

Agreement for Indian PET joint venture with Dhunseri / MicroPet ownership to be split / Capturing more market share in high-growth region

Post-tax profit rises fourfold to EUR 170m / High value added products play an increasingly important role / Sales fall on weaker crude prices

Plastics industry in strong recovery mode in 2015 / Thermoplastics consumption rises by 3% to 5.5m t / Strong acceleration in Q4 / Demand from automotive segment particularly high / Biotechnology continues to play an important role

Agreement to acquire BP's PX and PTA complex in Decatur / Backward integration into PET

Acquisition of Micro Polypet completed

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

Indian PET market penetration with MicroPet buy / Back-integration into PTA and MEG

Labour agreement renewed but no bets are on about the future of Sardinian PET production / Talks over feedstock supply at a stalemate / Rumours of an Indorama exit persist

Cepsa exits PET as Indorama takes Spanish business / Thai group gains vertical integration