Sabic

PP compounds for soft feel in automotive interiors / Three new filaments for 3D printing

More than 60 firms sign up to "UK Plastics Pact" / Plastics waste initiative led by Wrap / First global network of this kind / Supported by Ellen MacArthur Foundation and BPF

More exhibitors and exhibition space at "Formnext 2018" / Additive manufacturing process chain extended to software and finishing work

Commercial production of MMA and PMMA begins in Saudi Arabia

Plans for new world-scale styrene plant on US Gulf

Significant price hikes for engineering materials

EPDA annual conference to take place in Edinburgh in June

The combustion engine lives on – for the time being / More upheaval in auto components supply sector / Automotive engineering plastics conference in Germany delivers fresh approaches for car interior / More requirements, more competition, more plastic

Net income in 2017 rises on strong organic growth / CEO to provide strategy update in summer 2018

PPE production resumes in the Netherlands / World's third plant for "Ultem" PEI in Singapore

Baytown ethane cracker ready to start / Shale fuels more Gulf investment

PP resins developed for packaging applications / Thinner films enable weight and cost cuts

World Plastics Council elects LyondellBasell's James Seward as chairman

Sabic acquires almost 25% stake in Swiss company / Shares previously held by White Tale and 40 North

New "Lexan" PC granules unveiled / Heat-resistant and transparent

BASF and Americas Styrenics join World Plastics Council

New ROCG cracker at Jamnagar operational / New plants for MEG and PE

POM line commercially operational

New PP extrusion line in operation in the Netherlands

New investment programme / Up to USD 10 bn for plastics acquisitions / Refineries and projects

James Stern appointed president of MedPharmPlast Europe

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

Launch of high melt strength PP / Foaming ability enhances lightweighting

3D printing heads for small series production / "Formnext" exhibition in Frankfurt a "centre of gravity" / Market expected to triple by 2023 / Quality assurance a difficult issue

Polyolefins: Sabic puts PP from Geleen on allocation / PE grades not clear / Commotion at Chemelot Park