Sibur

Engineering thermoplastics consumption recovers slightly in 2013 / Gains driven by ABS and PMMA / Import volumes of PC, PA and SAN down / Asian producers increasingly step into the fold / Low local capacity utilisation rates / Plastinfo report

Sibur: Appointment of Pavel Lyakhovich as new head of "Plastics and Organic Synthesis Products" division

Stake in styrenics producer OJSC Plastik sold for EUR 12.6m / Part of strategy to focus on key assets

Plan to build large-scale polyolefin hub in Russia / Cooperation with Gazprom on gas processing complex

President Putin on hand to officially open PP production at Tobolsk

Long-term additives supply agreement with BASF

Pre-commissioning underway for new BOPP line in Russia

Commissioning of new TPE line in Voronezh

Russia: PP production declines / Consumption up / Larger volume for export in future

PVC joint venture with Solvay / Combined projected sales of EUR 4.3 bn / Potential to be in the global top three

Engineering thermoplastics market contracts slightly in 2012 / Imports from Europe and Asia on the rise / Russian production still too low / Western European quality often not matched / Plastinfo report

Tighter price spreads contribute to fall in operating profit in petrochemicals segment / Acquisitions boost group sales

“14th Greater Europe PET” conference

Uniform system of PP grading codes to be introduced by joint venture with Moscow Oil Refinery / Trading subsidiaries established in Turkey and Ukraine

Russia October 2012: Winter chill brings notations down / HDPE recedes from its lofty heights / PS and PVC buck the trend / All signs point to further declines

EPS expansion in Perm is on stream

Fire erupts at Sibur subsidiary Tomskneftekhim / Minimal damage

Follow-up: ZapSibNeftekhim complex will include two HDPE and two LLD/HDPE swing lines

Russian plastic packaging manufacturer starts bulk trash container production

PET producers and processors appeal to prime minister Medvedev to intervene on proposed ban / Law would send the industry back years

Linde to build new C2 cracker in Tobolsk / ZapSibNeftekhim subsidiary will turn out 2m t/y of polymer once completed

Russia May 2012: PP, LDPE and PS pointing upward / HDPE and PVC stable / Import PET notations ease / Producers likely to offer rebates in June as petrochemical feedstocks slide

Launching PP imports to battle tightness in Russian market

Stake in BOPP producer Biaxplen increased to 100%

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