Lotte

USD 3.1 bn Lake Charles hub inaugurated / MEG plant called biggest in US / Joint cracker with Westlake

USD 175m expansion at Ulsan up to 2020 / VAM capacity to double

Third PP plant on stream in Malaysia

China Standard Thermoplastics July 2018: Styrene driven upwards / Low season generally has dampening effect / Weaker Chinese yuan affects import prices / Market could pick up in August

"Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2018": Six plastics producers awarded / Vynova gets special prize for polymer quality / Ceremony at EuPC conference in Milan

Adjusted profit up by half in 2017 / Business benefits from restructuring

China considers anti-dumping duties on styrene monomer / US, South Korea and Taiwan affected

China Engineering Thermoplastics December 2017: Scarce supply raises prices / Only PA 6 decreases / PBT unchanged / PC rose significantly / Sideways movement can result from market loosening

China Engineering Thermoplastics November 2017: SM notations rocket / PC and PMMA significantly more expensive / PA 6 and PBT decrease

South Korean elastomer joint venture with Lotte goes into operation / First site in Asia

Expansion of PC capacity in South Korea / New cracker and PP line in Southeast Asia / Titan IPO in Malaysia undersubscribed

"Best Polymer Producers Awards for Europe 2017": Ceremony in Madrid / Borealis wins the special category of delivery reliability / Marsh: "Major opportunity for a better dialogue"

Plans for USD 1 bn MDI complex in Louisiana / Location and capacity not yet disclosed

Petrochemicals and plastics: Following earlier rise, former tiger state increasingly under pressure / Expansions in China limit sales outlets / Government-initiated restructuring / Quality over volume / Feedstock partnerships with foreign players

New US polymer distributor / Focus on small- and medium-sized plastics processors

Vice chairman's death called suicide / Close ties to family owners / Corruption scandal in South Korea

EU Commission suspects South Korean companies of price dumping

Chemicals business acquired from Samsung is rebranded

Groundbreaking ceremony for Louisiana ethane cracker / Start-up expected in 2019

USD 3.8 bn is the magic number / Latest takeover bid accepted by Axiall / Combined company will become North America's second-largest PVC producer

South Korea's Lotte Group issues unsolicited offer for vinyls producer / Onset of a bidding war with Westlake?

New owner of Samsung's LCP slate / "Selcion" family now produced in China

Non-binding MoU with South Korea's CJ CheilJedang for commercial PHA production / Proposed deal would include offtake agreement

Board summarily rejects latest Westlake takeover proposal / Shareholders addressed in open letter

Plans for US ethane-based cracker receive definite go-ahead / Lake Charles plant to start up in 2019