Reliance

Sixteenth “GEPET” conference to be held in Lyon in June

Integrated PET complex in India starts operations / Company now among top 10 global producers

New PP line brought on stream / Output accounts for 10% of total Indian polypropylene capacities

India's Reliance and China's CNOOC announce plans for gas imports from the US / Feedstock to be used for domestic crackers

Study on the state of plastics recycling the Maharashtra region now available / Weak enforcement of regulations prohibits industry progress / Better training needed for key stakeholders in collection process

"Chinaplas" exclusive: PIE speaks to Sibur managing director and head of Basic Polymers Sergey Komyshan / Sell-and-build strategy / Focus on integrated sites / Export share expected to rise / Ukraine crisis has no significant impact on operations

Newest anti-dumping duties on PVC imports revealed / Korea exempted, Chinese producers face stiff penalties

Chlorine and epoxy businesses to be put up for sale / Assets worth USD 5 bn / Texas plant to close

China Standard Thermoplastics May/June 2013: Feedstock pricing strengthens / Commodity business picks up / Prices lift on renewed optimism

Polyolefins and EVA polymer price adjustments

China Standard Thermoplastics April/May 2013: Mixed bag of perspectives / Ethylene pricing continues depressed / Largely stable pricing / Some slight upward movements / Downstream processing capacity utilisation 70%

China grants first production-sharing exploration contract to Shell / India's government approves development of country's light feedstock reserves / Catching up to the US shale gas revolution

LyondellBasell's “Lupotech T” technology selected for Jamnagar LDPE/EVA plant

India's third largest petrochemical producer in dire financial straits / “Extremely uncertain” future

Malaysian PTA plant sold to Reliance / Focus on high growth markets like China

Licensing contracts for Jamnagar ethylene cracker and PX line awarded / Mega-hub scheduled to go on stream in 2015

Polymer growth targets on track / Headed for the big leagues? / Most output still earmarked for domestic market / New projects proceeding apace

Awakening plastics giant struggles to its feet / World's highest consumption growth of 16% annually / Reliance dominates polymer production / Automotive and packaging drive demand / High recycling rates

Plans for large polyester complex in India revived

Standard Thermoplastics in March 2011: Higher costs mostly factored in / Minimal margin gain with HDPE and PVC / PS softer / Seasonal business boosts EPS / Sales decline / Fresh price hikes for PVC and polyolefins

Standard Thermoplastics Trend March 2011: Hikes for polyolefins above rise in monomer costs / PVC sees no margin gains / PS shaky / Seasonal demand will help EPS / Extremely high prices dampen demand

Distributing Reliance PP homopolymer grades in Italy / Plans to raise revenues to EUR 300m this year

K 2010 is a resounding success / Move to a new hall was a good one for PIE and KI / Much interest in the new production capacity data base / Winner of the iPad drawing is an Austrian packaging executive

Previously shelved plans for Jamnagar cracker revived / Indian group has great ambitions for polyolefins

Polymer production expected to reach 12m t/y in 2015 / Demand driven by growing needs for household and consumer goods / Highly fragmented industry dominated by SMEs / Raw polymer materials are main export good