Sabic

Blow moulding HDPE introduced for dairy market

Standard Thermoplastics Trend June 2012: Polyolefin bubble bursts / Producers often have to concede more than the monomer decline / Market awash with special offers / Subdued ordering for all materials and grades

Spain's Técnicas Reunidas awarded contract for new ABS line in Al Jubail / Completion in 2014

Sabic appoints new country leader in Italy

Standard Thermoplastics in May 2012: Slipping oil prices pull polymers down / Margin losses on a broad front / Inventories swell as converters cut orders to a minimum / Prices destined to fall again in June

New bimodal HDPE grades meet increasing challenges of film production / Focus on carrier bags and heavy duty sacks

Standard Thermoplastics Trend May 2012: Polyolefins fall on lower feedstocks / PVC stable / PS and EPS cost rises hard to recoup / Lengthening oversupply / Sinking crude notations could trigger more polymer price cuts

Standard Thermoplastics in April 2012: Order slump shatters polyolefin producers' margin-improvement dreams / PS suppliers pass on cost relief / PVC and EPS make gains / Is a trend reversal on the horizon?

Upgrading Geleen's cracker No. 4 / EUR 135m investment

Standard Thermoplastics Trend April 2012: Increases for polyolefins are limited to cost pass-through / PVC profits from start of building season / PS notations lose ground / Slack ordering sets the tone

Groundbreaking for new technology centre near Shanghai

Groundbreaking ceremony for new PC plant in Tianjin / Commissioning expected in 2015

Dawn of the “Great Ethylene Era” / Five Year Plan calls for massive increase in domestic C2 capacities / Pinpointed regional investments / Foreign players race to form joint ventures

Standard Thermoplastics in February 2012: Polyolefins see triple-digit rises as margins improve / PVC producers also enjoy some margin relief / Styrenics reach limit / Olefin costs will rise again in March

MDI and TDI manufacturing license from Mitsui Chemicals / Part of strategic plan to penetrate global PU business

Follow-up: Anti-dumping duties on Saudi petrochemical products cancelled

Market for standard thermoplastics grapples with old and new challenges / WTO entry will force lower import tariffs that could further pressure local producers / Price developments similar to western Europe

Major upstream producers unite to address foreign anti-dumping charges

Standard Thermoplastics Trend February 2012: Producers improve margins / Only styrenics players fail to cover their costs / Icy conditions hamper production / Upward price trend likely to continue up to Easter

North America January 2012: PE and PP hold firm / PVC sees a slight rise / PS follows costs upward / Engineering plastics still moving sideways / C3 cost explosion in February will propel notations upward

Third “GPCA Plastics Summit” in Dubai

Official distributor for Sabic's polyolefin range in Poland

India lifts anti-dumping duty on PP imports from Saudi Arabia / Turkey files case against Sabic over MEG exports

New addition to PP “Flowpact” range / Designed for thin-wall containers such as margarine tubs

Alternative feedstocks rejuvenate global plastics sector/ Oilfield licences to be awarded in Brazil / Shale gas fever rages on three continents / Middle East resources still firmly driving / Saudi Arabia, Iran are major players / GlobalData reports