TotalEnergies

Polyolefins, EPS: Total lifts FM for Feluy

Polyolefins, EPS: Total declares force majeure for Feluy / Truck strike in Belgium prevents deliveries

MoU for petrochemicals hub in Iran

Fierce competition and high volatility drive consolidation in Germany / French state fund for renovations / New UK market leader is born / Cladding segment increasingly trends towards grey EPS / Prolonged use of HBCD has no notable market relevance

Eye on the world: A journey from Brazil to China, from Russia to Italy / Challenges experienced by most countries

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

Carbon fibre-reinforced SMC production begins in Germany / Maleic acid anhydride capacity raised

New polymer R&D centre opens in Lyon / Collaboration involving all key French producers

Development of multilayer high barrier food jars with RPC Promens Consumer / Improved transparency and gloss

Dutch IBC specialist plans IPO in the US

Cracker in Carling to be shut down on 5 October

Half of rubber carve-out to be sold to Aramco / Joint Venture set to start in Q1 2016 / First back integration for German producer / Farther-reaching Middle East projects envisaged

New production era for mass plastics begins / European refineries on the brink of extinction / Feedstock base lost / Global competition increasingly relegates Europe to second class / High time for discussions on how to react

Three new shale gas exploration licenses purchased in the UK / En route to becoming country's second largest oil and gas producer

US group sets up Mexican distribution joint venture with Grupo Solquim / “Platform for aggressive growth plans”

Appointed core distributor of Total's PS, PP and PE in England, Wales and Scotland

Ongoing torch activity at Feyzin refinery complex / Impact on cracker unclear

PP: Total lifts force majeure / Availability of select grades to remain tight until September

HDPE: Ineos declares force majeure in Rosignano and Sarralbe

Russian oil giant raises international profile / Securing stakes in German refineries / Share in ChemChina acquired

PVC: Kem One to resume VCM production this week / PVC to follow “shortly afterwards”

PVC: Kem One FM remains in place / Still no C2 deliveries from Lavéra

Updates on forces majeures / Availability of most PP grades still restricted / FM for Gonfreville HDPE could be lifted by month's end

VCM and PVC chain unlikely to restart before early July “at best” / Update on FM in Lavera

Kem One declares force majeure for PVC / Fire at Napthachimie's Lavéra cracker cuts feedstock flow / Unclear if Ineos HDPE plant is affected