JBF

JBF RAK Emirati holding company takes over Arab parts of PET producer and processor	06.11.2024
INEOS Belgian environmentalists put pressure on PTA plant in Geel / CEO Jim Ratcliffe criticises anti-business sentiment	10.10.2024
YEAR-ENDER: EUROPEAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY The plastics industry continues to work in a state of emergency / Slumps in demand, cheap imports and ever-new regulations make life difficult for producers and processors / Producers on the other side of the Atlantic also face more difficulties	20.12.2023
GUEST EDITORIAL “It's about more than just PET,” says Daniel Stricker	01.12.2023
POLYMER PRICES PET November 2023: Market still in crisis mode / European production in deep trouble / PX drop implemented in part / Dispute over annual purchase volumes coming to a head / December to remain weak	01.12.2023
JBF INDUSTRIES Ambitious PET group collapses / GAIL takes over in India / Fate of Belgian plants unknown	09.11.2023
UPDATE - POLYMER PRICES PET October 2023: Hard-pressed situation for producers culminates / Temporary shutdown announced in Belgium / Part of increased PX cost passed on with a low level of activity	01.11.2023
JBF GLOBAL EUROPE Belgian PET producer names Rotstein VP of marketing and commercial	07.09.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PET: Indian JBF the first producer to supposedly declare force majeure / High costs cause plant cutbacks in Europe	21.07.2022
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PP: Ineos declares force majeure in Belgium	23.04.2021
PET Fibre applications compensate for overall slowdown / Surplus tendency with paraxylene / PTA more balanced / Excessive increase in MEG capacities	17.01.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PET: JBF lifts FM in Belgium / BP's PTA facilities delivering again / Shortage to continue into summer	19.07.2018
JBF Restructure with investor KKR to reduce debt / New PTA plant to yield substantial EBITDA	23.05.2018
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PET: JBF declares force majeure in Belgium	18.05.2018
PET Global consolidation gathers speed after many years of overcapacities / Margins already on the up / Switch to more virgin material in China as "collateral damage" from new recycling policy	11.05.2018
SASA POLYESTER Turkish company builds polyester and PET plants in Adana / Contract with Uhde Inventa-Fischer	05.12.2017
INDORAMA Permanent closure of PET plant in UK	28.11.2017
JBF PET facility in Geel starting up with the aid of MB Barter / Indian company could be poised for takeover	01.11.2017
ALPEK PTA supply to M&G halted due to overdue payments / Possible troubles for PET producer	25.09.2017
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS PET: JBF disconnects plant in Belgium / Liquidity problems / UAE production also set to stop	17.08.2017
PET Petitioners applaud final US anti-dumping duties for PET imports from Canada, China, India and Oman / Unanimous vote by International Trade Commission	06.04.2016
PET US authorities impose preliminary anti-dumping duties on PET imports from Canada, China, India and Oman / Chinese producers slapped with highest tariffs	27.10.2015
PET US imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on PET from China and India / No tariffs for Omani imports	18.08.2015
JBF KKR to invest USD 150m in Indian PET producer / Funds will contribute to completion of petrochemical complex in Mangalore	07.08.2015
EVENTS Sixteenth “GEPET” conference to be held in Lyon in June	27.05.2015