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SHALE GAS
Ukrainian crisis raises the temperature of energy discussion / Security of Europe's supply threatened? / Imports of LNG from the US a hot-button topic / Petrochemical chieftains weigh in
 		28.03.2014
BASF
Price increase for butanediol
 		28.03.2014
BASF TOTAL PETROCHEMICALS
New furnace commissioned at Texan cracker / Ethylene output raised / Capable of using ethane as feedstock
 		26.03.2014
COMPOSITES MARKET
Industry dominated by need for shorter cycle times / Thermoplastics increasingly used as matrix materials / "JEC" in Paris with record exhibition area / Carbon fibre market still seeing double-digit growth
 		25.03.2014
TRINSEO / STYRON
Flotations plans revived / Former Dow business hopes to raise USD 200m and pay down debt
 		19.03.2014
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
Ineos chairman Ratcliffe sees demise of European chemical industry if energy questions not resolved / Open letter to EU president Barroso / “Rabbits with our trousers down”
 		12.03.2014
EPS INSULATION
Syndicate plans to lobby EU to prolong use of HBCD as flame retardant / Decision expected by year's end / Ban already enforced in Switzerland / German association members plan to follow in mid-2014
 		11.03.2014
BASF
PolyAd Services subsidiary sold to Edgewater Capital Partners / Focus on light stabilisers, antioxidants and customer specific blends
 		10.03.2014
BASF
Changes in Ludwigshafen “Ultramid” polyamide production setup / Raising output of “Ultramid C” for flexible packaging films
 		07.03.2014
SUCCINITY
Follow-up: BASF-Purac joint venture begins commercial biobased succinic acid production
 		04.03.2014
BASF
Production at Hungarian PU systems house to cease
 		28.02.2014
BASF
Focus on petrochemical strengths boosts earnings power / CEO Kurt Bock says Europe should embrace shale gas / “Happy shareholder” in styrenics jv Styrolution
 		27.02.2014
BASF
Strong finish to 2013, despite stiff headwinds / All segments aside from Performance Products improve EBIT before special items
 		26.02.2014
RENNOVIA
US agricultural giant ADM invests USD 25m in biotech company / Processes for renewable-based PA
 		24.02.2014
BASF
European PA 6 base polymer and intermediates price increase
 		21.02.2014
BASF
Liquid masterbatch business to be sold to Audia International / Not a strategic focus
 		20.02.2014
RUSSIA
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
 		18.02.2014
BASF
Commencing commercialisation of crosslinkable PA 6.6 compound developed with Sweden's Nexam Chemical / Automotive and E&E applications
 		13.02.2014
CHINAPLAS 2014
Sustainability as key theme at this year's plastics mega-event in Shanghai / Organisers expect almost 3,000 exhibitors / “Green Forum” co-organised by PIE / Last call for registrations for exclusive readers' trip to China
 		04.02.2014
BASF
Immediate price hike for polyetheramines sold across Europe
 		29.01.2014
BASF
“Ultrason” high-performance thermoplastics plant starts up in Korea
 		22.01.2014
FRX POLYMERS
Evonik added to list of investors in US start-up of flame retardants
 		20.01.2014
BASF
Expansion of TDI capacity in Shanghai
 		16.01.2014
SUCCINITY
Spanish succinic acid plant production underway / Commercial volumes expected in Q1
 		13.01.2014
CHINA
2.7m t of engineering thermoplastics consumed in 2012 / National strategy to raise domestic output / Self-sufficiency does not preclude imports
 		09.01.2014
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